Friday, April 15, 2011
The Buntin' Brew Crew Live from Pittsburgh!
Some notes about last night's 4-1 victory over the Pirates:
Some notes about last night's 4-1 victory over the Pirates:
- We got to see an Erick Almonte start in right field and we were perfectly situated in the right-field grandstand. He didn't really have a good game, though.
- Much to Jason's chagrin, we also got a Steve Pierce start at third base (his second in his career) for the Pirates. He didn't look that bad at the plate but Jason was annoyed.
- A Real Wolf "looked like Steve Carlton" against the Buccos, according to David Todd, the Pirates Extra Innings host, and he was right. Wolf piled up 10 K's in 6-2/3 innings working his consistently 67-mph bender. We had a great angle on it and it looked like an eephus pitch.
- Despite having the leadoff guy on often, the Pirates were hapless and struck out 14 times. Their offensive highlight of the two-game series was a wild pitch plating Andrew McCutcheon in the 9th.
- It was a good game though. You can't ask for more than to have the game in question in the last at-bat. Bottom of the ninth, bases loaded, down by 3, a rookie up looking for his first major league hit! Of course the rookie was something called Josh Rodriguez, a Rule 5 pickup from the Indians. He actually had 13 dingers in AAA last year so maybe he has potential? Not tonight though, as Axford got him.
- Kameron Loe pitched again tonight... the 9th time in 12 games. I'm fairly certain you can't lean on one reliever that much. Again, why did he pitch last night in a 6-0 lead?
- Axford wasn't so great. He came in to a non-save situation thanks to Joel "If I can't get a save, no one can" Hanrahan (joke thanks to Jason) and walked McCutcheon but then threw a lot of strikes but couldn't finish off the lame Pittsburgh hitters and wound up giving up a run on the wild pitch.
- We got to see a Tony Plush "flop" as he tried to stretch a triple and lost his footing and then got caught in the second pickle of the night. Still, the contact he made was light years ahead of his competition - Carlos Gomez.
- Gomez looked terrible at the plate with his half-hearted bunting attempts. Who bunts for a hit with two strikes?? I guess he thought no one would be expecting it. He got that right.
- Yeah, we managed two bunt-foul-strikeouts tonight. One by A Real Wolf where there seemed some confusion as he kept walking back and forth to the dugout and finally just waved it off.
- Runnin' Roenicke's strategies weren't so hot last night. One steal, one pickoff, a couple failed bunts, and an out trying to stretch. He got lucky on a play at the plate that was called safe much to the "crowd's" dismay.
- Yeah... the crowd must have been 4000 people, max. There were a lot of Brewers fans. It was a beautiful night. Come on, Pittsburgh!
- And speaking of getting lucky, the only extra base hit off A Real Wolf was a "double" by Neil Walker that bounced out of Braun's glove. Boy the "crowd" hates Braun. I need to look up the background on that.
- Lastly, while tickets are a bargain, food is ridiculous at PNC Park. The game was $11 a seat but because my go-to ballpark meal (fish and chips) are no longer available, I went hungry. I'm not spending $6.25 for french fries. Come on!
- Anyway, we had a good time. Great night. Brew Crew 7-5 and on the way to Washington, along with several of their fans. For PNC this year -- I like that you text now to vote on a song, all game long. The opening video is high-larious too!
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