Final Score: Pirates 14 Brewers 5
Why The Pirates Won: Their offense exploded with the bottom of the order shining. Marcell Ozuna went 2 for 5 with a home run and 2 RBIs. Jared Triolo went 3 for 5 driving in 2 runs. Henry Davis had the biggest day going 2 for 4 with a home run and 3 RBIs. They accounted for 7 of the 14 runs. Every starter got a hit and either drove a run in or scored a run. The Pirates pounded out 15 hits with 7 of them being for extra bases. They were 7 for 13 with runners in scoring position. It was a nice easy win for Paul Skenes. He went 5 and 1/3 innings giving up 2 runs on just 3 hits, walking 1 and striking out 7. The Pirates swept the Brewers and find themselves 3 games over .500 going into the All Star game. They are 2 games out of the wild card.
The Key Moments Of The Game: The Pirates caught a break when the Brewers decided to rest Jacob Misiorowski who has arm fatigue. They took full advantage scoring 4 runs in the 2nd inning using a very aggressive approach. The Pirates sent 7 men to the plate that inning and not one batter saw more than 3 pitches. One batter hit the first pitch, four batters hit the 2nd pitch and 2 batters hit the 3rd pitch. In the big 10 run 4th inning the first out was not recorded until after the 10th man in the inning had batted. The Pirates can rest on their laurels until July 17th when they go play the Guardians in Cleveland.
Next Game: On Friday, Guardians in Cleveland. We have a 4 day break for the All Star Game. The game is a little later in the season as far as games are concerned. It is usually around the 90th game of the season. The Pirates have played 97 games. There are only 65 games left in the season. During the next 4 days we will see how this team stands with the rest of the league. What the schedule is like. Some Pirate propaganda. Will the Pirates make a big splash at the trade deadline or even if they can make a big splash. It is going to be very difficult for them to get what they need which is some quality bullpen pitchers. The Pirates may have to think outside of the box to make this a solid bullpen. We all know the Pirates rarely if ever do that. Don’t worry I will take care of that the next 4 days.
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