Tag: Catching the ball

Final Score: Pirates 2 Mets 7

Why The Pirates Loss: Another poor performance by Quinn Priester giving up at least one run in every inning he pitched. Osvaldo Bido came in the top of the 6th inning and gave up a home run enabling the Mets to score in each of the first 6 innings. It is not a formula for victory. The Pirate offense had a lot of traffic in the first 6 innings thanks to 6 walks, but could not get the big hit, leaving 10 men on base for the game. They only had 5 hits for the game and none after the 6th inning. They picked up their 7th walk in the 8th inning but did nothing with it. The only good news for the Pirates is that they only used 2 pitchers so the bullpen should be well rested for these final two games of the series and there is an off day on Thursday. Priester has been a slow starter at every level, but this is a little ridiculous. After 6 starts he has an ERA of over 9. WOW!!!!! Despite the pitch clock this game took almost took 3 hours to play. It is a good thing the Pirates laid down and died at the end because it may have pushed 4 hours if they had rallied.

Key Moments Of The Game: This game boiled down to the Mets getting some 2 out hits, scoring 4 of their 7 runs after two were out. The Pirates did score their first run after 2 outs but had many opportunities and failed the rest of the way. Top of the 3rd, bases loaded, 2 outs no runs. Top of the 4th, 1st and 2nd, 2 outs, no runs. Top of the 6th, 1st and 2nd nobody out, 1st and 3rd one out, no runs. After that the Pirates felt why bother and only got a walk in the 8th the rest of the way. Against mediocre pitching the Pirates struck out 11 times.

Next Game: Tonight, the Mets in New York. Bryan (And You Thought Rich Hill Was Bad) Falter makes the start tonight. Maybe he will have a good game tonight, who knows? Last night was another lack luster performance by the young Buccos, with lots of mistakes on all sides of the ball. They have bounced back from previous bad games. We will see what happens tonight.