Tue 4.25 3.35p: Syndergaard (0-3, 4.91) vs Oviedo
Wed 4.26 3.35p: TBD Gonsolin (0-0, ---) vs. Contreras
Thu 4.27 9.35a: TBD Urias (3-2, 3.33) vs. Keller
Typically, the Dodgers have beaten up on the Pirates; from 2016-2021, the Dodgers had won every season series. But last year, the Dodgers went 1-5 against Pittsburgh. And this year, the Pirates are off to a scorching 16-7 start, including a seven-game win streak that has them atop the NL Central (tied with the Brewers).
Everyone's excited that the Dodgers' 48 HR ranks second in the majors (beyind Tampa Bay), or that our .787 team OPS is fourth in the majors (behind the Rays, Cubs, and Phillies). But don't let that distract you from the fact that we're a 12-11 team who has hovered aroudn the .500 mark all year (our peak was three games over .500 on April 6). Sure, that's good enough for first in the NL West, tied with the Snakes and a half-game ahead of the Padres. Given PNC Park has a sub-par HR factor (23rd in the league), my expectations are low.
Also want to shout out that I was considering attending this series, before life got in the way. Sigh.
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GAME ONE
Betts SS .269
Freeman 1B .281
Heyward RF .179
Outman CF .311
Vagas 2B .213
Peralta LF .208
Busch DH ---
Taylor 3B .111
Barnes C .063
Syndergaard P 4.91
Geez, you look at this lineup, and you realize that if we don't hit HR, we're toast. That's a lot of low averages--including in the three hole, today!
Dodgers up 2-1 after one. Vargas with a 2 RBI double after a walk and catcher's interference.
Wait, catchers interference, and it WASN’T on Barnesy?!
And, we are already losing 3-2.
Thanks, Noah
Can we PLEASE stop the Noah Syndergaard experiment
PIT 7-2, B4
Freeman with a two-out RBI! 7-3 PIT
It’s so bad that Victor Gonzalez is pitching already.
I don’t think Gonzalez has pitched in over a year!
Spectrum didn't want me to see this game. Now I understand why.
Busch RBI makes it 7-4 PIT. Now we’ve got rancho ardiendo, and Barnes up 😬
One out for Barnes with rancho
Barnes sac fly. 7-5 PIT
Mookie flies out to end the inning.
7-5 PIT.
Mookie is 0-for-3
CT3 hits a three-run HR?!?!
8-7 LA, now going to the bottom of the ninth
Dodgers win!!!
CT3 game winning HR?!? Damn you Spectrum!!
WIN
(except for spank)
GAME TWO
Betts RF .253
Freeman 1B .280
Heyward CF .171
Outman LF .316
Vargas 2B .231
Busch 3B .333
Taylor SS .163
Peralta DH .189
Wynns C .100
Gonsolin P
Good first inning for Catman.
0-0 through 1
CT3 is the recipient of a bad called third strike to end the top half of the second.
I'm intrigued by the Pirates player whose last name is "Joe." First name for a last name that I haven't seen before.
@Quad: I hear you on Connor Joe. I've got a friend with the last name "Joe" and I always thought it was weird, too.
I don't think they're related.
Dodgers are not only down 2-0 in the bottom of the fifth (with the Bucs still threatening!), but they're also being NO HIT
Dodgers get robbed on an overturned call that Carlos Santana GIDPd, but they get Jack Suwinski to fly out anyway for the third out.
2-0 PIT through 5
Good news in the sixth: no-hitter is over (Barnes and Freeman both get hits).
Bad news, with two on and one out, Heyward flies out, then Outman flies out. That's where we wanted to be in the order (third and fourth), but it didn't work out.
Now 3-0 PIT. Almonte replacing Bruihl.
Almonte gets Hayes to GIDP to end the sixth.
3-0 PIT.
Time to turn it on, Dodgers...
We get a two-out hit in the seventh, but that's it.
And then Almonte hits Bryan Reynolds with a pitch to start the seventh.
Almonte was really walking a tightrope there--getting a second out at home with the bases loaded--but Rodolfo Castro singles to left and two more runs score.
5-0 PIT, two out B7
Vesia comes in for the third out.
MLB Gameday's between-innings highlights are all about the Astros.
C H E A T E R S
Wait, Pirates get the call overturned, so now it's 6-0 PIT and still B7.
This is bullshit.
Pirates double steal on the hapless Dodgers, who can't defend the stolen base(s)
And, Vesia is shitting the bed here. 8-0 PIT.
Hey, we scored a run!
8-1 PIT, T8
Game 3
10am PT, and we are already losing!
PIT 3-2, B3.
Urias coughs up a two-run HR to Connor Joe. 5-2 PIT
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