4/29 game thread. Kingham vs Cards

[Bobster21]

1. Adam Frazier (L) 2B

2. Gregory Polanco (L) RF

3. Starling Marte (R) CF

4. Josh Bell (S) 1B

5. Corey Dickerson (L) LF

6. Elias Diaz (R) C

7. Colin Moran (L) 3B

8. Jordy Mercer (R) SS

9. Nick Kingham (R) P

[DemDog]

Surprise, not a Sunday lineup. Diaz catching because he has worked with Kingham more in the minors and thus can perhaps help him through the first major league game easier than Cervelli without much loss of offense.

[Bobster21]

5E7F775E757D1A0 wrote: Surprise, not a Sunday lineup.  Diaz catching because he has worked with Kingham more in the minors and thus can perhaps help him through the first major league game easier than Cervelli without much loss of offense. 
I suspect Diaz would have caught this day game after a night game anyway. But it's probably better for Kingham this way for the reasons you noted. Let's hope it's a good debut.

[Bobster21]

Nice first inning for Kingham. 12 pitches, 10 strikes.

[LumberCo]

yep, Kingham looked like a stud, albeit one inning, nice way to start

[dogknot17@yahoo.co]

I was hoping for Cervelli to play today to go for the sweep, but the Pirates do play tomorrow.



1-2-3 for Kingham.

[Bobster21]

Thru 2 innings: 6 up, 6 down. 4 Ks. 26 pitches, 22 strikes.

[rucker59@gmail.com]

Looks like he’s planning on staying in Pittsburgh for a long while.



5Ks through 3. No walks. Nothing else to say.

[Bobster21]

Thru 3 innings: 9 up, 9 down. 5 Ks. 41 pitches, 33 strikes.

[rucker59@gmail.com]

Unfortunately pitch count up the last two innings due to a couple long ABs. 60 pitches through 4.