Rockies @ Pirates 8/2-4

[dare2be]

Rockies coming off a sweep by the Braves. Sound familiar? Let's hope history repeats itself.

 

[thehobocop]

I like that history, but also remember the Nats series where we couldn't get the sweep and went on to lose 2 of 3 to an inferior team. A sweep would be nice here, but realistically I would hope for 2 of 3. I believe I saw CarGo and Cuddyer both aren't playing tonight so we should try and take advantage of that.

 

[dare2be]

No, I didn't mean a sweep, I meant how we played against the Cards after they got swept by the Braves.

 

[Darkstone42]

Is it just me, or has Pedro been experiencing terrible batted ball luck lately?

 

[thedddd]

The positive from tonight I guess Cole is consistently getting more K's per start.

 

[SFNL]

Need a win tonight to feel like we actually did well against the Cards.. 2.5 game lead could be gone in a hurry...

 

[thedddd]

Good to see Liriano do as he seems to do a lot, end a losing streak of any sort.

 

[steelparrot]

Yep, even with missing some time, hes been huge for us, 2 rare great moves in free agency last offseason.

 

[Darkstone42]

He has been something else. Man, what a game.

 

[stillmatic32]

As long as he avoids Homer Bailey, he basically never loses.

 

[Darkstone42]

Nice work out of the jam for AJ there.

 

[HammerDown]

The Cards are winning. Go Pirates!

 

[Darkstone42]

Big opportunity here.

 

[Darkstone42]

Oh that was clever, McCutchen.

 

[Darkstone42]

And it ended up getting us a run. Nice.

 

[Darkstone42]

Nice pitching again by Burnett to escape the weird bounce-induced jam.

 

[Darkstone42]

Pretty swing by Pedro there, poking one into left field. That one wasn't falling for him the last couple weeks, but that one got down.

Back in business and already into the Rockies' bullpen in the 5th.

 

[Darkstone42]

That one got out in a hurry! 5-0!

 

[steelparrot]

Super low pitch count for AJ, he could give our bp a much needed 2 days off.

 

[Darkstone42]

Great game for AJ, and we got some hits for him, too.