Grounds crew member swallowed up, trapped under tarp at Pirates game

He slapped a grounder to the left side of the infield.

“I just was confident and not thinking too much”, Polanco said. “I thought he had as good an outing as I’ve seen in a while”. Kang tripled to right, N.Walker scored. “The camaraderie has been here since spring training, too”. We knew it was going to happen, that’s why we stayed out there. Padres 2, Pirates 0.

Padres starter Tyson Ross was pulled after the delay.

Alvarez’s second career game-ending hit lifted the Pirates to their eighth win in 10 games and beat his father-in-law, Padres interim manager Pat Murphy. “Alexi Amarista”™s sacrifice fly put the Padres ahead, 1-0. “We needed the run at that time of the game”. I wish we were playing a little bit better.

The inclement weather delayed the game for an hour and 42 minutes.

“It was similar for what they did for me and shows what he meant to the team”, said Burnett. Though the delay lasted longer, Liriano began warming up prior to that point. Cashner allowed one run on three hits in six innings.

“He’s strong. He wanted to pitch”, Hurdle said. “He competes”.

The Pirates trailed, 1-0, for most of the game until the seventh inning.

“Burnett loaded the bases with one out in the second, on two walks and Jedd Gyorko”™s single. The grounds crew struggled in the wind to get the tarp on the field, and eventually several Pirates players had to help the crew wrestle the unruly tarp into submission after it almost ate a crew member, evoking memories of Vince Coleman. The two of them and a couple relievers, running in from the bullpen, helped pin down the tarp.

“A lot of wind, and not enough help”, McCutchen said. They lost all three. The Newhall, Calif. native struck out three and walked only one.

Pirates eighth. Benoit pitching. After Barmes struck out, Liriano gave up a hit to Ross followed by a one-out fielder’s choice to leadoff hitter Derek Norris. The 6-foot-5, 230-pound righthander allowed just two hits while striking out one and walking none in two innings of work.

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Pirates third. Garces pitching.