Author Archives: Craig W. Toth

Tigers Complete A Sweep Of The Pirates In A Sunday Matinee

If you would have told me on Friday afternoon that the Pirates offense would score 18 runs in the first two games of the series versus Detroit, 3 more than they put up in the previous 4 games against the Twins, there is no way I would have have thought they were facing a sweepContinue reading “Tigers Complete A Sweep Of The Pirates In A Sunday Matinee”

Yinzer Reactions: The Good And The Bad Of The Pirates Series Versus The Twins

As the series with the Cubs ended and the one against the Twins began there wasn’t much to be positive about. The Pirates pitchers were dropping left and right to injuries and the bats were silent, except for some late inning heroics that ultimately fell short. The negatives were abundantly clear and every Yinzer withContinue reading “Yinzer Reactions: The Good And The Bad Of The Pirates Series Versus The Twins”

Walk Off Win. Pirates Fight Their Way To Victory.

Entering the day, the Pirates found themselves in danger of being swept by the Twins in a 4 game home-and-home series and extending their current losing streak to 8 games. During their current skid the Pirates have utilized any method you can think of to lose games and possibly even invented some new ways inContinue reading “Walk Off Win. Pirates Fight Their Way To Victory.”

Musgrove Gets Touched Up Early and The Pirates Fail To Rebound

On Monday night, up until the bottom of the 6th inning the Pirates seemed to have everything firing exactly the way they wanted it to; Cole Tucker homered to lead off the game, base knocks were bringing in runners and Derek Holland had it in cruise control. Then everything began to fail and what lookedContinue reading “Musgrove Gets Touched Up Early and The Pirates Fail To Rebound”

Yinzer Reactions: Recapping The Pirates Series With The Cubs

After a series sweep by a division rival it may be hard to find the silver linings or see any light at the end of the tunnel. Pirates Fans and others are all too happy to pile on to the misery that we were left with after Pittsburgh’s one-hit loss to Milwaukee because as weContinue reading “Yinzer Reactions: Recapping The Pirates Series With The Cubs”

Pirates Late Inning Heroics Fall Short

After dropping the first game to the Cubs on Friday night, 6-3, the Pirates were looking to get back on the right track as former top prospect, Mitch Keller, took the mound for the Pittsburgh against Chicago right Tyler Chatwood. Pirates fan were just hoping that the Bucco bats would wake up a little bitContinue reading “Pirates Late Inning Heroics Fall Short”