Houston @ Pittsburgh GameThread, Jul 7, 2008 7:05 PM EDT

Astros vs. Pirates, 7 July 2008

by Charlie on Jul 7, 2008 5:00 PM EDT

Houston @ Pittsburgh

Runelvys Hernandez vs. Phil Dumatrait, 7:05.

As a Pirates fan, I'd like to extend a warm "thank you" to the Astros for starting Runelvys Hernandez in this game. Hernandez, you'll recall, posted an 8.47 ERA in four starts for the Indianapolis Indians last year. The Bucs are coming off a very tough series against the Brewers that dropped them to last place, and the indifference with which the Astros are treating this game--and the possibility that they themselves might wind up in last place if they lose--is simply heartwarming.

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I hope Hernandez does not pound on Wade before he gives up a few runs

Pirates could use the win.

Steve Z

by steve_z on Jul 7, 2008 5:26 PM EDT 0 recs

boxscore

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=280707123

of note: no Freddy (Rivas bats 2nd), Doumit bats 3rd, and Wilson bats 9th.

by humbucker on Jul 7, 2008 6:10 PM EDT 0 recs

here we go

by thielcats on Jul 7, 2008 7:09 PM EDT 0 recs

Well....

that didn’t take long.

by Thunder on Jul 7, 2008 7:14 PM EDT 0 recs

Don't know why

Bay even bothered moving.

by Thunder on Jul 7, 2008 7:15 PM EDT 0 recs

Good lord

didn’t the game just start?

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 7, 2008 7:16 PM EDT 0 recs

The Astros started

I don’t think the Pirates have arrived yet.

by Thunder on Jul 7, 2008 7:21 PM EDT up 0 recs

Welcome back

Phil

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 7, 2008 7:22 PM EDT 0 recs

Will Dumatrait make it 3 innings?

Inquiring minds want to know.

by Hitman Easler on Jul 7, 2008 7:24 PM EDT 0 recs

I don't know...

but I think Dumatrait borrowed the rocket launcher that Duke used in the first inning yesterday.

by Thunder on Jul 7, 2008 7:24 PM EDT 0 recs

Doesn't anyone check those things??

Just come back from a road trip…and the phones in the bullpens aren’t working??

by Thunder on Jul 7, 2008 7:27 PM EDT 0 recs

More total bases than Suckchez gets in a week ...

for Rivas.

by Hitman Easler on Jul 7, 2008 7:30 PM EDT 0 recs

Time for X to tie it up

by Hitman Easler on Jul 7, 2008 7:33 PM EDT 0 recs

not quite

but I’ll take it

by richmondpirate on Jul 7, 2008 7:35 PM EDT up 0 recs

Well

that’s 1 run.

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 7, 2008 7:35 PM EDT up 0 recs

and

the Roach brings one in.

by Thunder on Jul 7, 2008 7:36 PM EDT 0 recs

LaRoche surrenders his Black Hole title..

to you know who.

by Hitman Easler on Jul 7, 2008 7:37 PM EDT 0 recs

Minky

brings us back to square one.

by Thunder on Jul 7, 2008 7:39 PM EDT 0 recs

Eye Chart

tie game!

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 7, 2008 7:39 PM EDT 0 recs

Minky delivers...

I don’t think JR planned on the pitcher hitting in the first .

by Hitman Easler on Jul 7, 2008 7:40 PM EDT 0 recs

Hell has frozen over

Dumatrait with his first ML hit and RBI.

by Thunder on Jul 7, 2008 7:40 PM EDT 0 recs

Dumatrait!

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 7, 2008 7:40 PM EDT 0 recs

Ha...

Runelvys sucks worse than our guys do.

by Hitman Easler on Jul 7, 2008 7:41 PM EDT 0 recs

So batting the pitcher eighth actually does work.

pitcher knocks in the run…and the 9th batter…Jack…makes the out.

by Thunder on Jul 7, 2008 7:42 PM EDT 0 recs

Just like Russell drew it up I'm sure :)

by Hitman Easler on Jul 7, 2008 7:50 PM EDT up 0 recs

Nate!

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 7, 2008 7:53 PM EDT 0 recs

Hernandez might have to take one for the team...

They went 17 innings yesterday.

by Hitman Easler on Jul 7, 2008 8:01 PM EDT 0 recs

That's good

for us.

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 7, 2008 8:02 PM EDT up 0 recs

But with 61 pitches after 2 innings...

I imagine he cant leave him out there much longer.

by Hitman Easler on Jul 7, 2008 8:05 PM EDT up 0 recs

X-Man!

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 7, 2008 8:02 PM EDT 0 recs

Dumatrait giving up a TON of ropes

but fortunately…they’ve been right at people.

by Thunder on Jul 7, 2008 8:13 PM EDT 0 recs

The pitching today

has been horrible.

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 7, 2008 8:23 PM EDT 0 recs

What a monumentally

screwed up bunt play.

by Thunder on Jul 7, 2008 8:26 PM EDT 0 recs

Oh wow....

Get Romulo up.

by Hitman Easler on Jul 7, 2008 8:26 PM EDT 0 recs

If Andrews survives this year...

well…...I got nothing.

by Hitman Easler on Jul 7, 2008 8:29 PM EDT 0 recs

If JR survives this year

next year could be very ugly as well.

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 7, 2008 8:31 PM EDT up 0 recs

I give JR credit for the team showing up most every night ...

and fighting despite the atrocious pitching. However, he manages a game like a turd burglar.

by Hitman Easler on Jul 7, 2008 8:34 PM EDT up 0 recs

Good god.

Ugly.

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 7, 2008 8:33 PM EDT 0 recs

Dumatrait done.

Too late?

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 7, 2008 8:34 PM EDT 0 recs

Are you surprised?

by Hitman Easler on Jul 7, 2008 8:36 PM EDT up 0 recs

Not at all.

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 7, 2008 8:37 PM EDT up 0 recs

Lead gone.

By the way… that bunt play by Hernandez… totally messed up.

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 7, 2008 8:37 PM EDT 0 recs

Dumatrait was looking right at Wiggington...

No idea what he was thinking. Surely Doumit wasn’t screaming first.

by Hitman Easler on Jul 7, 2008 8:40 PM EDT up 0 recs

Doumit!

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 7, 2008 8:44 PM EDT 0 recs

Doums puts the Buccos back on top.

by Hitman Easler on Jul 7, 2008 8:44 PM EDT 0 recs

Eh...

Runelvys still in there.

by Hitman Easler on Jul 7, 2008 8:45 PM EDT 0 recs

Why are Dumatriat and Snell back?

Why not wait till after the All-Star break to bring them back? We’d only have to fill in three games (Monday, Tuesday, Sunday) with our AA/AAA guys (Taubenheim, Herrera, Barthmeier) because of the day off Wednesday. Sunday you can empty the bullpen, too.

Dumatriat and Snell could’ve returned on 7/19 and 7/21, giving them 12 extra days of rest each.

by gregg on Jul 7, 2008 8:45 PM EDT 0 recs

Herrera and Barthmaier

both are pitching tonight. It’s possible we could see Taubenheim as a starter Wednesday or Thursday, with JVB starting the other game. And then Maholm…Duke and the staff (probably Dumatrait) into the break.

by Thunder on Jul 7, 2008 8:58 PM EDT up 0 recs

That may be a first....

Hernandez gives up the first career hit to two different pitchers in the same game.

by Hitman Easler on Jul 7, 2008 8:52 PM EDT 0 recs

We need to get another pitcher out there

soon.
One that needs a 1st career hit, if possible.

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 7, 2008 8:54 PM EDT up 0 recs

We'll probably see something from Elias Sports Bureau

about 3 pitchers getting their first ML hit and RBI in the same game.

by Thunder on Jul 7, 2008 8:55 PM EDT 0 recs

This year's Pirates...

in the record books?

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 7, 2008 8:58 PM EDT up 0 recs

For anything positive

that would be a shock. For bad stats, especially pitching, I figure they will find their way in somehow.

by Thunder on Jul 7, 2008 9:00 PM EDT up 0 recs

Would this be a good or bad stat?

Especially given that 2 of the pitchers are on the Buccos.

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 7, 2008 9:02 PM EDT up 0 recs

66.7% good

by Thunder on Jul 7, 2008 9:07 PM EDT up 0 recs

because

Hernandez hit was HIS first ML hit and RBI as well.

by Thunder on Jul 7, 2008 8:56 PM EDT 0 recs

Brad Lincoln has Piratesitis

5 IP, 10 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1 WP.

by Thunder on Jul 7, 2008 9:09 PM EDT 0 recs

On the bright side...

He still isn’t walking anyone. :)

by Hitman Easler on Jul 7, 2008 9:12 PM EDT up 0 recs

Why walk

when you can just hit rockets all day?

by Thunder on Jul 7, 2008 9:15 PM EDT up 0 recs

Not just yet...

the walk total is too low.

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 7, 2008 9:12 PM EDT up 0 recs

Everyone gets hit hard sometimes

Good pitcher’s bad games tend to look a little more like this, though, rather than 2.2 IP, 8 ER, 4 BB, 1 K

by DITO on Jul 7, 2008 9:24 PM EDT up 0 recs

Your criticism of Lincoln

is off base from what I`ve been reading. He is throwing with good velocity and showing excellent command. This is about as much as can be expected coming off the surgery/lay off that he had.
We need to get him through the year without any other medical problems, build up arm strength, and hope that he`ll be on the fast track to Pittsburgh a year from now.

by patthatt on Jul 7, 2008 9:49 PM EDT up 0 recs