Remember about a month ago when the Pirates’ collapse was in full swing but some yinzers were still clamoring about how the Bucs might not make the playoffs but they’d still snap the streak? Would love to hear from those guys now after the Pirates lost 3-1 to the Brewers and have hit the .500 mark for the first time since June 2.
They’re 2-8 in their last 10, 7-18 in their last 25 and 18-32 in their last 50…we could do this all day. A starter not named Wandy or Correia has won a game since Aug. 28 and that was J-Mac. The Pirates have a -30 run differential in September alone and there are still 11 games left this month. Three games against the Astros this weekend are the only gimme games they have left and at this point even those will be nail biters.
The Bucs may be on their way to a 20th consecutive losing season but at least they didn’t get shut out again. Andrew McCutchen led off the ninth with his 29th homer of the year, killing the streak of 22-straight innings in which the B...
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Andrew McCutchen,
Pedro Alvarez,
Kyle McPherson,
James McDonald,
Rod Barajas,
Michael McKenry,
Carlos Gomez
TEAMS: Pittsburgh Pirates, Milwaukee Brewers
TEAMS: Pittsburgh Pirates, Milwaukee Brewers
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