8/11 vs SF

[Bobster21]

1. Corey Dickerson (L) LF

2. Starling Marte (R) CF

3. Gregory Polanco (L) RF

4. David Freese (R) 3B

5. Francisco Cervelli (R) C

6. Josh Bell (S) 1B

7. Josh Harrison (R) 2B

8. Jordy Mercer (R) SS

9. Trevor Williams (R) P



Will they try to win tonight? You never know. Frazier is out. Once again Hurdle rewards a player who's hitting well by allowing him to sit on the bench.

[maher.timothy20@gm]

Bell with a 3-run shot.



He looks so much more comfortable at the plate compared to early this year.

[rucker59@gmail.com]

josh Bell with a 3 run HR!



4-0



David Freese was on 1st due to pure hustle, beating out an infield hit. Guy’s a winner.

[rucker59@gmail.com]

Nice interview by Greg and Rock with Barry Bonds.

[maher.timothy20@gm]

Trevor Williams is unbelievable lately.

[Wrathchild]

There’s no way Trevor Williams does this yesterday!

[CarolinaBucco]

Thank goodness the Pirates gave Williams an extra day of rest. Genius move, which I support 100% !!!

[CarolinaBucco]

Williams' last 5 starts:



29 IP

2 ER

0.62 ERA

[SammyKhalifa]

I like when we win. It's better.

[SteadyFreddy]

Solid win tonight and bounce back from last night. As I pointed out last night a win tonight guaranteed the Pirates pick up 1 full game and would be 4 games out and that is exactly what happened tonight. The DBacks and Dodgers both lose tonight as well so the Pirates are 3 back of both of them, and a 1.5 behind both the Cards and Rockies. So this will set up yet another big Sunday afternoon game with an opportuinity to cut the wildcard lead down to 3 games with a win and a Brewers win over the Braves. Kela threw 9 pitches and Vazquez threw 11 pitches so both of them should definitely be available tomorrow along with Crick,Santana, and Rodriguez. So let’s get this one tomorrow and make this a 5-2 trip heading into Minnesota with both Jamo and Archer on the mound in those games.