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Pirates Morning Report: Breaking Open Another One.

Final Score: Pirates 12 Brewers 2

Why The Pirates Won: For the second time in five games the Pirates brought out the long ball. They hit five home runs including a grand slam by Joey (Don’t Ever Say My Name Rhymes With Fart) Bart to break the game open in the top of the 6th inning. Quinn Priester pitched one of his better games of the year. Starting in the 2nd inning he gave up 2 runs, 1 earned, 4 hits, walking 2, striking out 8 in 6 innings of work. Four of those innings the game was close. The other thing the Pirates learned last night is if you have a 10 run lead to protect, Dennis Santana is your man. At least the Pirates won’t get swept.

Key Moments Of The Game: Josh Fleming survived a very shaky first inning as the opener. He threw 24 pitches and only 9 of them were for strikes. A double play helped and the final Brewer batter of the inning swung at a pitch way above the strike zone to pop out. Going into the top of the 6th inning the Pirates had gotten only 1 hit, the Bryan Reynolds home run to take a 2-0 lead at the time. Then they turned into the ‘27 Yankees. Reynolds single. Tellez single. Gonzales bad hop single, 3-2. Hayes single, bases loaded. Suwinski single, 4-2. The Brewers brought in Bryse (Love Milwaukee Beer) Wilson. Joey Bart lit up a 2-2 curve ball for a grand slam home run and this game was over. The Pirates had just gotten 6 hits in a row, where many times, they don’t get that many for an entire game. They added another 4 meaningless runs, on 3 more home runs, but I heard that Santana breathed a big sigh when the 12th run crossed the plate.

Next Game: Tonight, Brewers in Milwaukee. Martin Perez will start tonight. Let’s hope he can replicate his last start. Looks like Oneil Cruz may be headed to the IL, but this would be a good time to rest the hamstring with the All Star break coming up. I am in California for the week. That is the reason these are like mid morning reports. Could it be possible that the Pirates will rattle off 7 wins a row to take them to the All Star break. I hear that Derek (The Shadow) Shelton is burning the midnight oil to make sure that does not happen.

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Pirates Morning Report

FINAL SCORE: PIRATES 5 DODGERS 1

WHY THE PIRATES WON: GREAT STARTING PITCHING BY JOSE QUINTANA TO RACK UP THE FIRST WIN BY A PIRATE STARTER THIS SEASON. APPARENTLY, QUINTANA HAS A HISTORY OF GIVING THE DODGERS FITS AND IT HELD TRUE AGAIN LAST NIGHT. HE HAD SOME CONTROL ISSUES BUT HAD SOFT CONTACT THROUGH MOST OF THE GAME. EVEN WHEN THE DODGERS HIT IT HARD THE PIRATE OUTFIELD MADE SOME FANTASTIC PLAYS. THE BULLPEN CARRIED IT THE REST OF THE WAY, BUT THE BATTERS DID A NICE JOB OF ADDING ON WITH HOME RUNS BY MICHAEL PEREZ AND JAKE SUWINSKI.

KEY MOMENT OF THE GAME: THERE WERE TWO BIG MOMENTS. IN THE TOP OF THE FIFTH QUINTANA GOT TWO QUICK OUTS AND THEN WALKED FREEMAN AND TREA TURNER THEN SINGLED TO PUT RUNNERS ON FIRST AND SECOND. JUSTIN TURNER THEN HIT A FLY BALL DOWN THE LEFT FIELD LINE THAT WAS JUST FOUL BY ABOUT A FOOT. HE THEN GROUNDED OUT TO END THE INNING. IN THE TOP OF THE SEVENTH THE DODGERS HAD FIRST AND SECOND WITH ONE OUT, AND FREEMAN AND TURNER FAILED TO DO ANY DAMAGE. UP TO THIS POINT, THE GAME HAD A FEEL THAT THE PIRATES MAY BE GIVING IT AWAY, BECAUSE THEY HAD 10 HITS BUT COULD ONLY MUSTER ONE RUN. THE LONG BALL TOOK CARE OF THAT IN THE NEXT TWO INNINGS AND THE PIRATES GOT A VERY NICE WIN AGAINST ONE OF THE BEST TEAMS IN BASEBALL. WHO WOULD HAVE THUNK IT?

NEXT GAME: TONIGHT, DODGERS IN PITTSBURGH AT LEAST THE PIRATES ARE NOT GOING TO GET SWEPT. SHELTON AND THE BRASS MUST BE IN A STATE OF SHOCK, PARTICULARLY AFTER THIS PAST WEEKENDS PLAY.