Tag: Audition night

Final Score: Pirates 2 Brewers 5

Why The Pirates Lost: The Pirates decided to hold auditions rather than try to win a ball game. In the long run, it was not a bad decision. They went with the B squad two nights in a row. Yohan Ramirez and Colin Holderman came in to pitch the 8th and 9th. They were only trailing 3-2. Maybe they wanted to see if how they pitched the game before was a fluke. It was. Although, to be fair to Holderman, the Pirates went circus act in the field. AAA boy Jared Triolo hurt his chances for a promotion. He went 0 for 4 and had 2 errors in the field. All of this may have been more significant if the Pirate offense had been more of a factor. They ended the game by going 17 up and 17 down. The Brewers had an amazing 20 at-bats with runners in scoring position. They were only able to get 3 hits and left a whopping 12 men on base. I think it was that constant pressure that made the Pirates finally wilt. The Brewers had 10 hits, 5 walks, 1 hit by pitch, and reached base 3 times on errors. It was audition night in Pittsburgh last night. It probably cost them the game, but I was fine with it. After all, I hadn’t bought a ticket.

Key Moments Of Game: The Pirates had Quinn Priester on the ropes in the first 4 innings. However, they did not put him away. He gave up 5 hits and a walk. The Pirates scored 2 runs but should have scored more. In the first, they had 1st and 2nd with one out but failed to score. In the 2nd, they scored a run and had a runner on 2nd base with no outs. They did not add on. In the 3rd, Tommy Pham doubled home the 2nd run with one out. He was stranded. The 4th inning started with an Oneil Cruz single. Joey Bart was hit by a pitch. Nick Yorke grounded into a double play. This started a streak of 17 up and 17 down. The B squad got back to normal, and the Pirates lost.

Next Game: Tonight, Brewers in Pittsburgh. Mitch Keller goes for the Pirates tonight. He is going up against Brandon Woodruff. Coming off shoulder surgery, he got off to a great start. His last three outings have been bad. He has pitched 14 and 1/3 innings, giving up 16 runs on 20 hits. Three of the runs have been unearned. Maybe the Pirates can take advantage. There are 20 games left in the season. As bad as this season has been, if the Pirates go 12-8, they will have the same record as last year and the year before. What a wacky season.