Pirates (Mlodzinski) vs Brewers (Harrison): 4/26/26, 1:10pm

[yourout]

Wow....1st shutout win of the season.

[willie key]

Great performance from Harrison 

[Outlander]

Didn't get to see much of this one but feeling fortunate the Brewers were able to get Harrison for Durbin.

[Brian]

And a much needed day off tomorrow. 

[liveforoctober]

Dang, I was at the game and I thought I'd check in on this thread now that it's over, thinking that it would be a nice reprieve from the normal sadness that the in-game threads provide. Somehow a 5-0 win still had an overarching negative tone other than the talk about Harrison. 

[BruisedCrew]

3 hours ago, Jim French Stepstool said:

Last year they were under .500 a third of the way through the season. If THAT team can stumble along you'd think the 2026 team w/o a few of their more important players might hit a rough patch w/o fans jumping off a bridge.

You'd think so, anyway.

I don’t see anybody jumping off a bridge.

But I do see a lot of people recognizing a team with issues that go beyond missing a few injured players that are still out as they enter a difficult part of the schedule 

 

[liveforoctober]

9 minutes ago, BruisedCrew said:

I don’t see anybody jumping off a bridge.

But I do see a lot of people recognizing a team with issues that go beyond missing a few injured players that are still out as they enter a difficult part of the schedule 

 

I didn't see any bridge jumping today either. That was the last couple of days. I'm just saying the thread was still sad or negative in tone with what was overall a really good day of baseball!

[BruisedCrew]

7 minutes ago, liveforoctober said:

Dang, I was at the game and I thought I'd check in on this thread now that it's over, thinking that it would be a nice reprieve from the normal sadness that the in-game threads provide. Somehow a 5-0 win still had an overarching negative tone other than the talk about Harrison. 

I was at the game too and just scrolled through the thread. If you think it had an “overarching negative tone” that’s you trying to see it.

The first part of the thread was understandably negative as the Brewers went through their fourth straight game of going through the first 3 innings without a baserunner. Lockridge’s 2 out walk in the third broke a string of 35 straight batters retired in the first time through the order. 

Then the comments turned to the 5 run inning and Harrison’s outing. That was followed by the angst of first Megill and then Ashby having trouble finding the strike zone to set the table for the Pirates to come back. Given some of the recent bullpen performances that angst was warranted. I think everyone breathed a sigh of relief when Brewer killer Reynolds grounded out to end the eighth with the bases loaded.

[liveforoctober]

4 minutes ago, BruisedCrew said:

I was at the game too and just scrolled through the thread. If you think it had an “overarching negative tone” that’s you trying to see it.

The first part of the thread was understandably negative as the Brewers went through their fourth straight game of going through the first 3 innings without a baserunner. Lockridge’s 2 out walk in the third broke a string of 35 straight batters retired in the first time through the order. 

Then the comments turned to the 5 run inning and Harrison’s outing. That was followed by the angst of first Megill and then Ashby having trouble finding the strike zone to set the table for the Pirates to come back. Given some of the recent bullpen performances that angst was warranted. I think everyone breathed a sigh of relief when Brewer killer Reynolds grounded out to end the eighth with the bases loaded.

So you disagree with me that the thread was overall negative, but then agree with me that the first part of the thread was negative and that the ending of the thread is negative.

[adambr2]

Harrison has been one of the big bright spots. Nice to get back in the W column. 

[BruisedCrew]

3 minutes ago, liveforoctober said:

So you disagree with me that the thread was overall negative, but then agree with me that the first part of the thread was negative and that the ending of the thread is negative.

The thread followed the flow of the game, just like someone should expect. 

I don’t think the last part was negative, just anxious. Maybe it didn’t bother you at all to see relievers walking batters with a 5 run lead, but I think you’d be in the minority