DOUBLE. DIGITS. ABOVE .500. Did anybody really see this coming when the season began with AJ Burnett and Charlie Morton on the DL, when the plan was to platoon Casey McGehee between first and third waiting for Pedro Alvarez or Garrett Jones mess up? Welp, that was Clint Hurdle’s plan…and it’s wroking…it’s working.
Jeff Karstens started his third game last night since coming off the DL and he pitched a monster game against the Astros to help the Pirates win a 2-0 shutout to complete the four-game sweep of the Astros.
Karstens has looked like a completely different pitcher his last 2 outings. No, he still makes a hideous face with his delivery, but for the past week, he’s looked like he’s competing with J-Mac and Burnett to be the ace of the Buccos’ staff. He was about as good as he could get last night going 8 innings and giving up just 4 hits while walking just 1. He struck out a season high 8 Astros thanks to his breaking ball that just destroyed batters by falling off the table. He
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Casey McGehee,
Pedro Alvarez,
Garrett Jones,
Clint Hurdle,
Joel Hanrahan,
Andrew McCutchen,
Michael McKenry,
Clint Barmes
TEAMS: Pittsburgh Pirates, Houston Astros
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