“My thing this year is I get two runs and I give up three and it’s gosh”, Anderson said. “Every closer in baseball has those kind of games”.
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Josh Harrison hustled his way to a triple on a ball hit high off the wall in right-center field to start the bottom of the ninth, then scored on the play when second baseman Scooter Gennett’s throw skipped past Harrison. It was ruled an error, and Harrison was awarded the Little League home run to give Pittsburgh the 3-2 walk-off win.
Incredibly, Taillon didn’t appear to be seriously injured and somehow stayed in the game, going on to pitch six full innings and allowing just one run in the Pirates’ eventual walk-off win.
With one out, Milwaukee’s Hernan Perez sent a liner toward the mound that drilled Taillon on the back of the head.
The Pittsburgh Pirates’ athletic trainer said the point of impact was the logo on the back of Taillon’s cap.
The Pirates’ game against the Brewers came to a terrifying halt in the second inning on Tuesday. But going to bed feeling extremely lucky.
Pirates rookie Jameson Taillon pitched six innings in his return from the disabled list, narrowly avoiding serious injury after taking a line drive off his head in the second. Right fielder Gregory Polanco walked, McCutchen singled, left fielder Starling Marte walked and third baseman David Freese singled to right, scoring Polanco. Hurdle yelled something at home-plate umpire Sam Holbrook after Ryan Braun fouled a ball into the ground that bounced up and hit him – a ball that looked as though it could have been fair – and Holbrook threw him out. 338 with 31 RBI over his last 42 games. 257 with 21 RBIs in 49 games.
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Locke seemed like he might be that guy when he went 3-0 with a 3.57 ERA in his previous four starts and also pitching 2 1/3 scoreless relief innings against the Chicago Cubs on July 10 in the last game before the All-Star break. Garza is 2-3 with a 4.35 ERA and 48 strikeouts in his career against the Pirates.
