They wouldn't have given Pina anything to hit with 1B open. We kept pitching to the 8th place hitter, Jody Mercer, of the Pirates during that 0-5 series in Pittsburgh before the all-star break with runners in scoring position and the pitcher on-deck with 2 outs. It didn't work well for us, but is there some logical reason that teams would pitch to such a hitter in those cases? Counsell kept doing it earlier this season, as I said.