OnlyBucs

No one with a job in professional baseball would have fielded that lineup and expected to win.

Pirates lose a game that the lineup suggests they didn't want to win anyway.

Doc wrote: ↑Fri Aug 25, 2023 1:36 am Gameday reported that Hatch was coming into pitch but I see that Bednar has remained in the game.

Nope. It's Hatch.

just got home from team trivia and put the game on. Pleased to see a 3-3 tie despite the shocking lineup. Let's win it!

bucs607179 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 23, 2023 3:14 pm Can't wait to clinch!!

Maybe Lloyd McClendon will send them champagne.

Hayes has been hitting. But when he ended the inning with the grounder to 2B he was barely moving to 1B. Hayes has a tendency to slowly jog to 1B when he assumes he's going to be out. So the fielder knows he has all the time in the world and never rushes the play or the throw. It's really a poor look.

Does every team have "the best grounds crew in baseball?"

Wildwoodcoach wrote: ↑Wed Aug 23, 2023 5:20 pm This very well could be the worst pitching performances I have in a long long time. He has one pitch. Doesn't cut it in the majors.

Ortiz pitched like a guy whose last AAA start lasted 4.2 innings, 9 hits, 5 ERs, 3 walks, 1 HR.

What did Cherington expect?

Who would have guessed that the guy who was recalled after stinking in 4 of his 6 outings (7.77 ERA) at AAA since being optioned in July would immediately stink when given a start with the Pirates? But of course Cherington is smarter than everyone else and knew that Ortiz was ready to face MLB hitte...

3-0.