Final: Pirates 9, Orioles 3 WP: Chris Resop (3-2) LP: Jeremy Guthrie (2-9) After seeing multiple games in a row where the Pirates’ offense looked totally inept, this game was nice to see. The Bucs jumped ahead with a 3-run 1st inning that was highlighted with a 2-run double by birthday boy Garrett Jones. Neil
Indians complete sweep with walk off win
Final: Indians 5, Pirates 2 WP: Tony Sipp (3-0) LP: Tim Wood (0-1) Once again, the offense’s inability to score led to another loss. A now expected, excellent start from Jeff Karstens went to the wayside this afternoon as the Pirates lost in 11 innings to Cleveland 5-2. The Pirates opened up the scoring in
Carrasco shuts down Pirates
Final: Indians 5, Pirates 1 WP: Carlos Carrasco (7-3) LP: Paul Maholm (3-8) Unfortunately (or fortunately, maybe), I was unable to watch a single pitch of this game. I checked the score periodically on my phone throughout the night and things seemed to be going bad once I figured out the Pirates had not gotten
Can’t win them all
Final: Indians 5, Pirates 1 WP: Josh Tomlin (8-4) LP: Kevin Correia (8-6) The Pirates’ bats fell silent again tonight, as they dropped the 1st game of the weekend series, thus snapping their 4 game winning streak. Kevin Correia was shaky, but kept the team in the game as he gave up 2 runs (1
How sweep it is!
Final: Pirates 5, Astros 4 WP: James McDonald (5-4) LP: Jordan Lyles (0-2) SV: Jose Veras (1) Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to watch much of this game, but from the looks of the box score and the summary, it looks like James McDonald once again did not have his best stuff. He labored through 5.2
Bucs win; Time to party like it’s 1999
Final: Pirates 7, Astros 3 WP: Charlie Morton (7-3) LP: Enerio Del Rosario (0-1) SV: Joel Hanrahan (19) This one took forever, but the Bucs won it at last. The win propelled them to 34-33 on the year, putting them above .500 this late in the season for the first time since 1999. Charlie Morton