Sure, things happened in this game. Joe pitched fairly well but gave up two homeruns and three runs. Woodruff was brilliant and the Bucs had no answers for anything he tossed up there, especially his changeup which mystified seemingly every batter in the lineup.
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Expect the Unexpected with Pirates Lineups
In baseball every fan no matter how involved, from the casual observer to the most ravenous fan, one thing binds us all, lineup opinions. Everyone has their perfect vision of an ideal flow, the players involved and any variations beyond that for specific situations.
The Bullpen Continues To Struggle, But The Bats Save The Day
The Pirates win a wild one over the Brewers at PNC.
Five Thoughts at Five
The sports world is swirling with activity let’s dive right into some thoughts on some of the bigger ones.
Pirates Lose 6-5 and Derek Shelton Had a Rough Night
The Pirates had a lot of firsts in this game, the first rain delay, the first piggyback start, the first blown save, the first extra inning action and finally we saw the honeymoon for Derek Shelton at least come back to Earth a bit.
Yinzer Reactions: Everything Is Great OR It’s The End Of The World
A lot of things went right, but some things also went wrong in the Pirates opening series versus the Cardinals.
Pirates Open the Home Schedule Against the Brewers
The Home Opener. Here we are on July 27th, and we’re talking about the home opener. Its another casualty of 2020, and the typical buzz on Federal Street won’t come.
Pirates Avoid The Sweep In St. Louis
Offense production continues to come from unexpected places as the Pirates top the Cardinals 5-1 in the opening series finale.
Playing for Their Jobs?
With limited viable options and make no mistake that is very much on this regime, I believe the cuts will be pretty obvious.
Williams Struggles While Wainwright Takes Him to School
As soon as the lineup was announced today, I had questions, and believe it or not why is Tucker in Right Field wasn’t one of them. I mainly questioned benching Jose Osuna after a nice two hit game last night from the DH spot.