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

Gamel strikes out continuing his useless sting of two days

Tucker soft liner to short continuing his useless career

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

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.

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

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

Infield hit.



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

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

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