Monday, May 2, 2011

An encouraging series

The Pirates returned the favor to the Rockies by taking 2 of 3 in Colorado. Correia pitched great in game 1. The Pirates lost all hitting in game 2 and then Morton pitched good enough but the Pirates offense exploded for two four run innings without any long balls.

Several wonderful things from the Pirate perspective happened. Alvarez and McCutchen both hit. Alvarez was 2 for 4 in the finale. McCutchen was 2 for 6 in the last game with an RBI and a run. McCutchen had a homer in Game 1 and a leadoff homer in Game 2 for that games only run. These are good signs that their bats might be warming up.

Daniel Moskos made his debut and it was successfull. No hits, no walks, no runs. Can't complain about that. Hanrahan continues to look dominate. Veras and Biemel are doing what they were signed to do and Resop looks like he will be able to hold down the 8th inning until Meek gets better.

The Pirates now head out to San Diego trailing the Cards by 3 games, but are only 1 game out of second place. It is the back half of the rotation, so we will see how they hold up on the road. How will McDonald follow up his best game so far this year? Getting game 1 is an important thing for the Pirates.

No comments:

Post a Comment