The Pirates played another poor game in Baltimore as they fell 7-1.
Kevin Correia again looked terrible allowing five runs on ten hits. One run by way of a Wilson Betemit solo shot in the fourth. Tony Watson allowed the other two runs in the seventh by way of a Chris Davis broken bat homer. Yes, broken bat homer. It was that kind of night. The Hammer would get an innings of work in the eighth with a scoreless inning and two strikeouts.
The offense didn't do much better. They had the bases loaded in the fourth and seventh innings and were only able to get one run. A Neil Walker RBI ground out to first where Jose Tabata was nearly tagged out at home after the out. They had two on with no one out in the ninth. The Fort would strike out, Presley would knock a bloop single to left but Jose Tabata forgot his base running abilities and was forced at third. Walker would ground out to end it.
After a greatly played fifteen games the Pirates seem to be regressing back to where they "statistically" should be. Brad Lincoln and Kevin Correia have not been good the past few outings so when is enough enough? Hurdle said last night that Lincoln will make another start in Cleveland which is a questionable move but what about Correia? We have arms in Indy that are ready for their shot in the majors. Why not give it to them, they couldn't do any worse than what is going on right now. It's time to stop playing the "I'm rooting for you to get it together, therefore I'm keeping you in the rotation" game and start placing players on the big league roster that will help you stay in the race. The time is now.
Oh, The Reds won too. The Bucs are now 2 out of first.
Tomorrow is another day, Let's Go Bucs!
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