Brault owns an 0-1 mark with a 3.60 ERA in two appearances with the Pirates this season. Feliz then allowed a double to Javier Baez, who doubled and, after two strikeouts, advanced to third base on a wild pitch. After going win-less against the Marlins and losing the series to the Astros, Pittsburgh rattled off four straight road wins all against Milwaukee getting a enormous sweep, just to confuse everybody.
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“It’s never something you expect to continue”.
But just as it appeared the Cubs were on the verge of a come-from-behind victory, a ideal throw by Pirates left fielder Starling Marte nailed Baez at the plate. Both plays resulted in game-saving third outs. Could have gone either way.
This means that Brault has been tabbed to replace the injured Gerrit Cole in the starting rotation.
Hammel was unhappy about his quick hook Saturday against the Los Angeles Dodgers, as he was lifted after throwing just 39 pitches and allowing three runs in 2 1/3 innings. Pittsburgh added on with Harrison’s bases-clearing double off Wood, bringing home Francisco Cervelli and Jordy Mercer for a 6-3 lead.
In the top of the sixth, the offense opened for Pittsburgh when Harrison singled to right and stole second. He got Andrew McCutchen to fly out to right, but then Polanco lined another shot over the wall in right to give Pittsburgh the lead and end Anderson’s day.
Epstein said infielder Tommy La Stella, who is playing for Triple-A Iowa after first refusing to report following a demotion, is expected to join the Cubs “real soon”. We laughed about missing the end of the game in person, nearly making it home in time to see it on TV and how glad we were that they’d won, regardless.
“But it’s a tough call”.
Santana was injured when he collided with left fielder Robbie Grossman in the first inning Sunday in Toronto.
I’d made her promise to get up in the morning with no fuss, and she later obliged, even on what turned out to be about six hours of sleep, well less than the American Academy of Pediatrics’ recommended nine to 12 hours for children ages 6 to 12, like her. “I kind of saw it, more middle up”.
Alvarez signed with the Baltimore Orioles on a one-year, $5.75 million contract, while the Pirates and Jaso agreed to a two-year, $8 million deal.
“I missed my spot by probably a foot”. He only struck out three and issued three walks to go along with five hits.
Jayson Werth hit a solo homer for the Nationals in the first inning against his former team.
Antonio Bastardo, Felipe Rivero and Tony Watson combined to throw three innings of one-hit ball behind Nova, continuing what had been a theme throughout the series for the Pittsburgh bullpen.
The magic number to clinch the NL Central is 18 after Hendricks crafted seven scoreless innings against a risky Pittsburgh lineup, not allowing a Pirate to go past second base while working efficiently (99 pitches, 61 strikes) during a clean game that lasted only two hours and 36 minutes.
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“They were great this series, for sure”, Counsell said. “He studies hitters. And he went to Dartmouth and has a really good education, so he out-tricks guys”.
