Final Score: Pirates 3 Dodgers 12
Why The Pirates Lost: A disastrous 7th inning saw the Dodgers score 10 runs on 7 hits, 4 walks, with the Pirates making two throwing errors. It took the Pirates 51 pitches and 10 batters to record the 1st out of the inning. The pitchers threw 68 pitches for the inning. The Pirate pitchers walked 9 batters for the game. They gave up 15 hits. Even though it did not make much difference, for the 4th straight game the Pirate offense scored 3 runs. During this 4 game losing streak against the best in the National League, the Pirates have been out scored 27 to 12. They have been dominated in every phase of the game. In this game the Pirates hit 2 solo home runs and had 3 runners on base through the first 8 innings. Two walks and a fly ball lost in the sun. They struck out 12 times.
Key Moment Of The Game: This was a good game for six innings until the horrible 7th inning. There really isn’t a lot to say here. Maybe something like this will wake this team up. We will see what happens.
Next Game: Tonight, Dodgers, in Pittsburgh. Shohei Ohtani will make his pitching debut in Pittsburgh tonight. He will bring his 0.74 ERA to the mound. Jared Jones will be going for the Pirates. A game that looks like the Pirates have zero chance of winning. On the other hand if they would somehow win this game it could be a season changing event. Wishful thinking but you never know. That’s the reason they play the games.
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