Eleventh loss in a row – and again, this was a winnable game and was lost by the bullpen.
Jordan Lyles was unhittable for 3.1 innings, especially with his 3 run lead, then he hung a ball and Alex Pressley hit it into the Crawford Boxes. McCutchen doubled to the LF bullpen, but then Lyles got the next 2 outs.
Teh kewl was Jordan Lyles laying down the bunt and Jason Maxwell avoiding the tag coming home from 3rd on a successful squeeze. Not sure it was SUPPOSED to be a squeeze, but hey, it was awesome anyhow. I luuuvvv the squeeze and sure would like to see it used a lot more.
Ben Francisco hit a ball juuust over the railing into the Crawford Boxes, next inning, McHenry hit a 2 run job. It was 4-3.
In the top of the 7th, McHenry led off with a double, Froddy let him score with a sac bunt then a sac fly.
sigh. Here we go again.
Bottom of the 7th, CJ triples, Julio Daniel singles him in. Justin Maxwell singled, Francisco Kd, Snyder walked, then pinch hitter Downsie-doo grounds out on the 3rd pitch. It’s the bases loaded curse.
The 8th was kewl – Wesley Wright came out for the 8th, got the lefty, then went to play RF (remember Roy Oswalt playing LF right after he got traded to Philly in that extra inning game we lost?) and Wilton Lopez came in and gave up a double to righty McCutchen, then Wesley came back to pitch, Bogu went to right and Wesley got out the lefty, then the – get this – righty!!!
He stayed in the 9th to get the lefty out, then Rhiner Cruz came in and walked 2 guys to load the bases. But the Pirates aren’t the Astros and know what to do with bases loaded. Xavier Cedeno came in, gave up the tying sac fly, then the go ahead wild pitch (Snyder ain’t Corporan with the glove) and there went the ballgame.
Naturally, we didn’t come back against Hanrahan.
I suppose I should be happy that we didn’t get no hit and were actually in a position to win the last 3 of 4 games, but hey, that all important Loss Record is still within reach.
What was good was Chris Johnson hitting the holy heck out of the ball – another homer, a triple and a double and a walk. Everything else was uck. Including Bogu making the last out of the game the second day in a row, swinging wildly.
Wandy will be on the mount in a Pirates uni tomorrow night facing old re-tread Armando Galarraga. So much for the youth movement.
Tags: Houston Astros, Pittsburgh Pirates
I think I jinxed Rhiner with my comment in the last article. My bad.
Anyway…tommorrow we get to see Wandy in a Pirates uniform.
rhiner hasn’t been any good since he originally hurt himself and went on the DL
and no one else is any good neither – and everyone is overused thx to millsie-poo and his matchup thingys
i don’t know if i can handle watching wandy pitch against the astros
Rhiner didn’t miss that 3rd strike by much for out #2. Game of millimeters.
You both were pretty prophetic yesterday.
Lisa……I’m right there with ya girlfriend! It’s gonna be strange, to say the LEAST to see Wandy on the hill with a Pirates uniform on. I gotta feeling, his emotions are gonna get in the way, and he might cave in, pitching against his “family”.
I hope not. I hope he throws a NO-NO, just to piss the Astros off!
Pretty much a must-win for Wandy. Imagine the catcalls and innuendos if he “lets” the Stros win.
For his sake (and ours), I hope the Astros pull it out against the Pirate bullpen.
our bullpen? um, no
wandy wasn’t great but he wasn’t worried – only well hit ball was maxwell’s