Those last two ABs back to back by Hoskins and Adames were like deja vu from the last time they both came up. Just horrendous.
Thanks goodness Contreras came through...please good Payamps today.
Can some baseball historian confirm that this was the stretch of winning 4 out of 5 games that least felt like winning 4 out of 5 games in MLB history?
I think you're probably right. Either way, he's a professional and he needs to know better. Could have tried that anytime and you pick the most hitter of hitters counts to do it?
The Cardinals made 10 games up on us just two years ago just after August 1st. We went into the trade deadline 3 games up and ended up losing the division by 7 games.
Far too much season left to suggest the Pirates are too far down to catch up.