Pirates (Falter) vs Brewers (Burnes): 8/5/23, 6:10pm

[jason21nl]

Lol.  What a joke 

[RobertCrawley]

13 minutes ago, BruisedCrew said:

Burnes has had an annoying number of non competitive 2 strike pitches tonight. 

it annoys me because it adds pitches to his count and suggests that his command is not at its best. Some times that is an omen for a bad inning coming up. 

The term is a throwaway pitch. 

[willie key]

Nothing like losing the burnes game twice to some of the worst teams in the nl

[wiguy94]

1 minute ago, BruisedCrew said:

More non competitive pitches from Burnes. Playing with fire now. In a game where 1 run could lose it. 

Yeah his bad command has really hurt him today. Really inflated the pitch count and just costed him 2 runs after going up 0-2 against the 8 hitter and subsequently walking him.

[wiguy94]

1 minute ago, RobertCrawley said:

The term is a throwaway pitch. 

Nah. Burnes is absolutely not trying to throw these pitches 6+ inches off the plate giving the hitters easy takes.

[yourout]

4 minutes ago, HarryDoyle said:

Is Falter really going to outduel Burnes?

One of them gets to face a much easier lineup than the other.

[82brewcrew82]

2 minutes ago, RobertCrawley said:

The term is a throwaway pitch. 

Then they are absolutely awful throwaway pitches.

[RobertCrawley]

2 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

Nah. Burnes is absolutely not trying to throw these pitches 6+ inches off the plate giving the hitters easy takes.

It’s not an uncommon practice in the game of baseball. 

[willie key]

3 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

Nah. Burnes is absolutely not trying to throw these pitches 6+ inches off the plate giving the hitters easy takes.

It’s also because he knows one mistake and he will lose because the other part of the team can’t do their job

[yourout]

So how do they screw this up?

[jason21nl]

Please score 

[RobertCrawley]

1 minute ago, yourout said:

So how do they screw this up?

They did last night. But I have hopes here 

[mtsportsfan]

1 minute ago, yourout said:

So how do they screw this up?

My exact thought ! 

[HarryDoyle]

The Pirates have them right where they want them.

[BruisedCrew]

Hopefully that WP removes the DP threat. 
 

But Ks still don’t advance runners. 

[82brewcrew82]

3 minutes ago, RobertCrawley said:

It’s not an uncommon practice in the game of baseball. 

I think the objective is to place the pitch far enough out of the zone that it can't really be hit but enticing enough to potentially swing at.  Not to throw a pitch that is so obviously a ball that my grandmother wouldn't swing at it.  There is a difference between non-competitive and a purpose pitch.

[Brewcrew82]

Should have pinch hit Frelick for Wiemer...

[jason21nl]

Of course a k

[yourout]

I was going to go with the strikeout than a double play but I didn't think Yelich would do it again.

[Bulldogboy]

Wiemer is not good. Sorry 

[82brewcrew82]

1 minute ago, mtsportsfan said:

My exact thought ! 

That's a good start.

[Brewcrew82]

Wiemer is the worst hitter to have with runners on. 

[mtsportsfan]

Come on Yeli ! Really need a hit !    I'll take the run !

[BruisedCrew]

5 minutes ago, RobertCrawley said:

It’s not an uncommon practice in the game of baseball. 

Nobody intentionally misses by as much as he missed on some of those pitches. 

[nate82]

Wiemer probably shouldn’t see RHP for the rest of the year.  He is looking more and more like a platoon hitter only.