Bucs vs Cubbies - Game Thread - 9/5

Surgnbuck · Post by **Surgnbuck** » Sun Sep 05, 2021 9:02 pm

Gamels going to need a hit in the gap....Moran and Stallings on base

Surgnbuck · Post by **Surgnbuck** » Sun Sep 05, 2021 9:04 pm

Gamel strikes out continuing his useless sting of two days

Surgnbuck · Post by **Surgnbuck** » Sun Sep 05, 2021 9:05 pm

Tucker soft liner to short continuing his useless career

Surgnbuck · Post by **Surgnbuck** » Sun Sep 05, 2021 9:07 pm

Pirates have:

A solo HR

A grand slam

3 doubles

5 singles

7 walks

1 HBP

a passed ball

2 wild pitches

a stolen base

a sac fly

yet somehow can only plate 8 guys, 5 of them coming from the HR's

2drfischer@gmail.c · Post by **2drfischer@gmail.c** » Sun Sep 05, 2021 9:10 pm

55737461686473656D060 wrote: Pirates have:

A solo HR

A grand slam

3 doubles

5 singles

7 walks

1 HBP

a passed ball

2 wild pitches

a stolen base

a sac fly

yet somehow can only plate 8 guys, 5 of them coming from the HR's

A very Piratey performance.

Surgnbuck · Post by **Surgnbuck** » Sun Sep 05, 2021 9:11 pm

that's 13 base runners that can't be accounted for by the HR's....and they still managed to only get 3 runs out of that

they have left the bases loaded twice, GIDP with the bases loaded, and first and third with one out and not score.

It's why I say, even when they have a "good" offensive day, they don't even remotely capitalize on the output....there easily should have been three more runs, minimum

Surgnbuck · Post by **Surgnbuck** » Sun Sep 05, 2021 9:14 pm

Banda issues a 2 out walk, nibbling on Schwindel....now I know the guy has shown power, but no one on, 2 outs is not the time to nibble, then issue a walk.

All he does is drive up his pitch count, and now has to worry about a runner on base

Surgnbuck · Post by **Surgnbuck** » Sun Sep 05, 2021 9:16 pm

Infield hit.

Now Banda is in trouble because of trying to paint on Schwindel

Surgnbuck · Post by **Surgnbuck** » Sun Sep 05, 2021 9:16 pm

Now Wisdom is up, and Banda makes Shelton go to the pen.

This is how games unravel, which we've seen happen twice already this game, and looking like a third go around here.

Spitzbarth coming in

Surgnbuck · Post by **Surgnbuck** » Sun Sep 05, 2021 9:22 pm

And in true Pirates pitcher fashion, Spitz goes up 0-2 followed by 2 balls, then hits Wisdom

Duffy up, bases loaded, this is historical looking stuff getting ready to happen