Tag: Another debacle

Final Score: Pirates 5 Brewers 12

Why The Pirates Lost: The answer can be found in yesterday’s questions. Will the Brewers score over 30 runs for the series? Yes. They added 12 to score 33 for the series. Will the Pirates catch every ball hit or thrown to them? No. Will anybody be sent down today? No. How many AAA boys will be out there? Three but only two at the same time. They went 1 for 9 with 4 strikeouts. They also made an error. Will Don Kelly get ejected again so he won’t have to watch? No. Boy, did he ever pay the price. Will Gene Lamont look at the lineup card today? No, unless he doesn’t need reading glasses. Will the Pirates get a hit today, let alone score a run? They did get a hit. In fact, they got 12 of them and 4 walks. They only got 5 runs from that, all of that on two Bryan Reynolds home runs. They were 2 for 9 with runners in scoring position. Contrast that with what the Brewers did. They got 12 hits and 7 walks. They produced 12 runs. They were 8 for 14 with runners in scoring position. The Pirates were outscored in the series 33 to 6. The Pirates are off today. Then on to Chicago for another beating. They open their next homestand against the Blue Jays. Eleven losses in a row are a distinct possibility.

Key Moments Of The Game: The Pirates made a game of this for 5 and 1/2 innings. The Brewers crushed Mitch Keller for 6 runs on 8 hits through 4 innings. In the top of the 5th, the Pirates got a little action going. They got a leadoff single by Ronnie Simon. Horwitz walked. Bryan Reynolds took a low inside sweeper into the seats to make the score 6-3. Nick Gonzales sandwiched a single between 2 outs. Joey Bart hit a line drive into right center field. It hopped over the fence for a ground rule double. This cost the Pirates a run and would have made the score 6-4. In the top of the 6th, Bryan Reynolds hit another homer. This time he hit it with a man on. It made the score 6-5. Without the bad break, it would have tied the game. Who knows how the momentum would have swung if the Pirates could have eyeballed them. As it turned out, the Pirate bullpen of Mlodzinski, Nicolas, and Sanders completely collapsed. In the next 2 innings, they gave up 6 runs on 4 hits, walking 5! The game was over.

Next Game: Tomorrow afternoon, the Cubs in Chicago. The Pirates are off today. They play 3 day games in a row. At least we should get this torture over with before dinner. To me, this has been one of the most disappointing times in Pirates history. You consider how you felt about the team at the end of the 2023 season. Now, think about your opinion of them now. It makes you realize two things. You need either prescription drugs or lots of alcohol if you are going to continue to watch this team.