Pittsburgh Pirates @ San Francisco Giants GameThread, Sep 6, 2008 9:05 PM EDT

Pirates vs. Giants, 6 September 2008

by Charlie on Sep 6, 2008 7:00 PM EDT Comment 48 comments

Pittsburgh Pirates @ San Francisco Giants

Paul Maholm vs. Matt Cain, 9:05 PM.

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Good for Morgan for walking, but I can’t believe the new management keeps wasting plate appearances on him.

by Charlie on Sep 6, 2008 9:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

yeah it was a good AB

Jason
The Hanging Curve

by poorboywilly on Sep 6, 2008 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Huh

that guy Pat Maholm is back on the mound.

I wonder if he is related to Paul Maholm.

Jason
The Hanging Curve

by poorboywilly on Sep 6, 2008 9:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Missed the top of the first...

how did Nyjer get doubled on a line drive to 2B?

by Thunder on Sep 6, 2008 9:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

it was a soft liner

so it looked off the bat like maybe it was into the outfield. Plus a very strong throw by the 2B. The bottom line is he should have frozen instead of breaking a step.

Jason
The Hanging Curve

by poorboywilly on Sep 6, 2008 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

wow was that a beauty

of an inning or what?

now lets get a lead

Jason
The Hanging Curve

by poorboywilly on Sep 6, 2008 9:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Kind of amazing to me that Cain’s ERA is only marginally better than Maholm’s. I guess that says more about Maholm than about Cain. Maholm is really having a pretty remarkable season.

by Charlie on Sep 6, 2008 9:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

come on

splashdown

Jason
The Hanging Curve

by poorboywilly on Sep 6, 2008 9:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Aurilia, ugh.

by Charlie on Sep 6, 2008 9:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Who in the world is “S. McClain”? Wow.

by Charlie on Sep 6, 2008 10:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

had a pretty nice run in Japan from 2001-2004. He put up good numbers in the 2001 and 2003 seasons, but wrist injuries limited him in the other two. He`s the kind of 4A player that seems to have success more often than not in Japan, but just doesn`t quite have it for MLB.

http://www.japanesebaseball.com/players/player.jsp?PlayerID=1369

by patthatt on Sep 6, 2008 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

At 36, the Giants probably view him as a prospect.

by Charlie on Sep 6, 2008 10:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

he became the oldest rookie to hit a homer the other day

North Side Notch

by northsidenotch on Sep 6, 2008 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

that was a bad inning

Jason
The Hanging Curve

by poorboywilly on Sep 6, 2008 10:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Sort of but ...

four hits including a homer and a walk but only one run. Not as bad as it could have been.

by WestCoastBuc on Sep 6, 2008 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

alright

McLouth…my fantasy team needs you

Jason
The Hanging Curve

by poorboywilly on Sep 6, 2008 10:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

why doesn’t Maholm get the outside corner???

Jason
The Hanging Curve

by poorboywilly on Sep 6, 2008 10:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

don't know

but the home plate ump definately gave Cain the same pitch he wouldn’t give to Maholm 3 or 4 times that inning.

by WestCoastBuc on Sep 6, 2008 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

k

just hoping I wasn’t crazy

Jason
The Hanging Curve

by poorboywilly on Sep 6, 2008 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nate

comes through again!

by patthatt on Sep 6, 2008 10:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

So does anyone know the correct ruling on the play in the bottom

of the Giants 4th? For those who didn’t see it, DF had guys on 1st and 2nd and the batter hit a soft liner to the SS. Cuz knocked it down and Molina who was on 2nd retreated to 2nd. Cruz threw to Sanchez, who was standing on second and after making the catch tagged Molina. The ump called both runners out. The Giant announcers say that because Freddy was on second when he made the catch it erased the force on Molina and he should have been safe. That seems to make sense but it is hard to believe that the ump wouldn’t know the rule. It was clear that Sanchez touched second before he made the tag.

by WestCoastBuc on Sep 6, 2008 10:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I’m pretty sure Molina should not have been out

North Side Notch

by northsidenotch on Sep 6, 2008 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Just got home from the Pitt game

Woohoo..we beat mighty Buffalo by 11. I was representing by blasting the pirate game on the radio in the parking lot though

Brian from Raise the Jolly Roger!

by Raise the Jolly Roger on Sep 6, 2008 10:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

yeah

i left the blowout we were putting on here in Louisville to go home and watch the game. It wasn’t pretty, but at least they won. Buffalo isn’t that terrible either. They just blew out UTEP, who is beating Texas right now…

North Side Notch

by northsidenotch on Sep 6, 2008 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

well

we did kinda lose to bowling green last week. What an awful season so far for the big east but you have to love WVU losing. ECU is the bomb!

Brian from Raise the Jolly Roger!

by Raise the Jolly Roger on Sep 6, 2008 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

GOOD

Taking out Maholm.

Brian from Raise the Jolly Roger!

by Raise the Jolly Roger on Sep 6, 2008 10:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Freddy finally heating up a bit-

too bad it`s September.

by patthatt on Sep 6, 2008 11:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Pull him please

Bautista is NG

by WstCstBucco on Sep 6, 2008 11:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

How about now?

2 runs in

by WstCstBucco on Sep 6, 2008 11:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Now?

Game tied

by WstCstBucco on Sep 6, 2008 11:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

JR

why leave Bautista in to implode?

Not like the bullpen isn’t rested.

by Hitman Easler on Sep 6, 2008 11:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Maholm should

walk over to Bautista and kick him in the nuts.

by WstCstBucco on Sep 6, 2008 11:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

And then Grabow

by WstCstBucco on Sep 6, 2008 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I strongly agree

what a miserable inning. The sad part is it was the right move to take out Paul

Brian from Raise the Jolly Roger!

by Raise the Jolly Roger on Sep 6, 2008 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

it was

we don’t need him turning all Gorzellany next year.

Jason
The Hanging Curve

by poorboywilly on Sep 6, 2008 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Man,

we are making Scott McClain look like a real major leaguer.

It says a lot about a pitcher like Bautista when you give up a HR to someone like McClain.

The Pirates are sorting through players now and looking at what moves they want to make with the 40-man roster in the offseason.

Bautista doesn`t impress. Don`t get too comfortable in Pittsburgh.

by patthatt on Sep 6, 2008 11:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

It was actually Grabow who gave up the HR

to McClain. And as long as Maholm is going around kicking guys in the nuts he might consider aiming one at JR. He seems to have a real knack for seclecting the wrong reliever thought I suppose that one could argue he doesn’t have much to work with.

by WestCoastBuc on Sep 6, 2008 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs