Tuesday’s game between the Padres and Pirates was temporarily delayed due to weather during the third inning. It didn’t go well.
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Strong winds and rain caused the tarp to start swelling as the grounds crew at PNC Park struggled to cover the infield, and a worker was swallowed up.
This is McCutchen’s fifth consecutive All-Star team and his is the first Pirates position player to accomplish this feat since Roberto Clemente made the team from 1960-67.
The Pirates tied it at 1 in the seventh inning on a two-out throwing error by third baseman Solarte on Alvarez’s grounder that allowed McCutchen, who had doubled, to score from second base.
The Pittsburgh Pirates faced the San Diego Padres on Tuesday, but the real battle was with Mother Nature.
“Focus, determination.” Burnett said, when asked to explain his success this season.
He recalled immediately thinking of his children when he got the word and how he’d told his wife the previous night, “I just want to do it for my boys”.
“I knew they were coming”, Alvarez said with a grin. “He’s had a lot better swings lately”. Tony Watson relieved and struck out Matt Kemp.
Padres third. Barmes struck out.
The Atlanta Braves put up four runs in the first two innings as they eased to a 5-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers, while Preston Tucker had four hits in the Houston Astros’ 9-4 victory over the Cleveland Indians. The double extended McCutchen’s hitting streak to fourteen games, a career best.
Up Next: The Pirates and Padres meet Tuesday in the middle contest of their three-game set.
One reason he’s been able to survive the walks is his ability to limit home runs. He had a 13-gamer in 2009, his rookie season. The rain rolled in, and after a hearty delay, Ross was pulled and Frank Garces moved in to help finish what he started. He worked two scoreless innings. The Pirates don’t give up many hits to opposing batters at PNC Park, ranking fourth in the NL with only 8.2 hits allowed per home game. Burnett, Gerrit Cole, Andrew McCutchen and Mark Melancon each made the team.
“We’ve pretty solid baseball for the most part all season but we just seem to have a hard time finding a way to win the close games”, Barmes said. “It’s not for a lack of effort”. C Tim Federowicz, recovering from arthroscopic right knee surgery, is on course to begin a rehab assignment next week at low Class A Fort Wayne. Pittsburgh LF Starling Marte missed his second straight game because of a strained left oblique and was again replaced by INF/OF Sean Rodriguez….
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“Everybody in the clubhouse was ecstatic about A.J. being picked”, Cole said, “because of all the time he’s played in this game and all the opportunities he’s had and probably fallen just short”. The streak extends back to his June 2 start in San Francisco.
