Astros @ Pirates May 17-19

[steelparrot]

Gomez vs Lyles(8.36 era)
Burnett vs Bedard(6.67 era)
Locke vs Norris(4.32 era)

No wonder they are 11-30 rolling out Lyles and Bedard. We have a chance to make this a great homestand.

 

[thedddd]

Now if the Pirates want to be considered a contender they better sweep the Astros.

And coming into this season with the Astros gone for the many easy wins who would have thought the NL Central would be one of the top divisions. Just hope they can keep pace with the Reds and Cards.

 

[Darkstone42]

A sweep should certainly be the goal in this series. Two out of three has to be expected, but anything less than a sweep would be a little disappointing.

Go Bucs!

 

[Darkstone42]

Oh look, Robbie Grossman.

 

[Darkstone42]

And he leads off with a double on a pretty decent pitch from Gomez. I was not expecting that.

 

[Darkstone42]

And now he scores the first run of the game off a sac fly. Gomez does not look solid early.

 

[Darkstone42]

Not the top of the first I had envisioned, but one run is not the end of the world.

 

[Darkstone42]

Marte seems to get hit by an awful lot of pitches. But having him on base is always a good thing.

 

[Darkstone42]

Marte caught stealing, Snider grounds out, things look dismal, and Cutch hits the solo shot to center to tie things up. Nice to see him really starting to come around at the plate. A wild tear like last season's very well could be on the way soon.

 

[Darkstone42]

First and second for Martin. Let's hope he keeps hitting like he has been.

 

[dare2be]

4-2 scores in Pittsburgh. Pirates on the wrong end of it.

 

[dare2be]

And just as I type that, it is now 4-3 Pens.

 

[thedddd]

Nice come back lets see if they can pull off another walk off.

 

[dare2be]

Well, that was a fucking hilarious ending.

 

[thedddd]

Yeah it was. Just glad they didn't waste the bases loaded 1 out!

 

[thedddd]

Ahh nothing like ESPN vs MLB Network. MLB network did a live look in to the Pirate game and to the Indians 3 run HR walkoff.
And what does ESPN's "baseball tonight" talking about the career history of Mariano Rivera.

 

[dare2be]

lol ESPN.

 

[dare2be]

Little league mistake, no wonder the Astros are so bad.

 

[Illinest]

That homerun by Pedro was majestic. I don't use that word lightly either. It was fucking majestic.

 

[Darkstone42]

That homerun by Pedro was majestic. I don't use that word lightly either. It was fucking majestic.

Clutch spot, great swing, and that ball went flying. I thought it was going to reach the river on the fly. I shouted, "Oh Pedro!" when I saw it on my computer while watching the hockey game with friends. Right when it left the bat. My friends may now be concerned with my sanity, but I don't care.

And that ending.

Thank God for the Astros!