Final Score: Pirates 3 Mariners 10
Why The Pirates Lost: Jake Woodford got lit up pretty good, but a dark cloud still hovers over him, literally. He had to pitch in a downpour in the 2nd inning and 2 of the 7 runs he gave up were unearned as the Pirates botched up a routine play. The offense could only get 5 hits and 3 runs as the Mariners blew the Pirates away to salvage the final game of the series. Ben Heller pitched a scoreless 1 and 1/3 innings to bring his ERA down to 13.50. The Pirates needed to get some real momentum going but failed miserably in every phase of the game.
Key Moment Of The Game: The throwing error by Jared (I Don’t Belong In The Major Leagues) Triolo really opened up the gates when the Pirates at least had a chance to win. The Pirates now go on an unusually scheduled 3 game road trip to Texas before returning home to face the Reds on Thursday. The next 10 games are against teams with losing records. Eight out of ten wins is a must. I am not expecting it.
The Next Game: Tonight, the Rangers in Texas. Luis Ortiz will start for the Pirates, and he has had a couple of rough outings. I noticed that Keller is pitching on Tuesday but on Wednesday it is TBD which would have been Skenes’s turn. I am sure they are going to hold him off until they return home to sell tickets, to hell with winning games. Maybe they might bring Jones back then, but I doubt it. This organization had no intention of making the playoffs this season. Their horrible free agent signings over this past winter basically proves the point.
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