That seems to be the theme of the Pirates season thus far. Win a great game, crushed, win, almost get no hit, 10 runs, then get shutout.
I mean there were two bright spots today. One was Snell, who other than one badly placed 87 mph fastball he might get a win. The other would be Nyjer Morgan. The Buccos had 3 hits, he had two of them. Through his first 6 games on the road as an everyday player, he's hitting .423 with 5 R.B.I.'s and 3 stolen bases. In retrospect, he stole 9 all of last year.
Imagine the uproar from people, including this blog about bringing McCutchen to the majors if Nyjer was not producing. With him being able to be a serviceable lead off man this is letting McCutchen get even more work in AAA before he does come up in early June.
I mean there were two bright spots today. One was Snell, who other than one badly placed 87 mph fastball he might get a win. The other would be Nyjer Morgan. The Buccos had 3 hits, he had two of them. Through his first 6 games on the road as an everyday player, he's hitting .423 with 5 R.B.I.'s and 3 stolen bases. In retrospect, he stole 9 all of last year.
Imagine the uproar from people, including this blog about bringing McCutchen to the majors if Nyjer was not producing. With him being able to be a serviceable lead off man this is letting McCutchen get even more work in AAA before he does come up in early June.
Notes
- The bullpen looked good, even though Chavo got saved by a triple play in the bottom of the 8th
- Harang looked phenomenal, just ran into him on a day where he had it rollin.
- A Key to the series was McLouth and Doumit. In the win they were a combined 5-8, 2 HR's, 7 R.B.I.'s. In the loss, 0-7 with 3 K's.
- I truly hope the Pirates do keep to the key of the season.. and Happy Easter
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