Pirates 5, Cardinals 2: Ohlendorf Dominates
by Charlie Wilmoth on May 13, 2009 10:36 PM EDT
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PrintAdam LaRoche lost a homer via instant replay this evening, but the Pirates otherwise had to be pretty happy with the results here. Ross Ohlendorf (will he turn out to be the most useful player on either side of the Nady-Marte deal?) had his best start of what had already been a pretty good season, allowing just two hits and no walks while striking out five over six innings. John Russell decided to test the Pirates' luck by bringing in Tyler Yates to start the seventh inning, but Yates didn't even allow a run, which says much about the way the Pirates' luck has been the last two days--Adam LaRoche hits homers (well, one and a half of them), Brandon Moss looks like a real major leaguer, and Flood Gates Yates keeps his finger in the dam for once. I'll take it.
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Mr. Wonderful Paul Orndorf so far is making the pirates the winners of this deal (albeit the injuries to marte and nady not considered.) Getting a solid young starting pitcher For someone who was having a career year and playing over his head last year and a middle reliever is a win in my book. and that isnt even counting what possibly could come from tabata or mccutchen, if anyting at all.
Considering the premium that has been put on starting pitching nowadays, and the stiffs the pirates were trotting out there i.e. tony armas jr, etc. I’ll take it.
Also, like with andy laroche, i think moss getting his big game out of the way the other night, now will become a more consistant producer. I know it’s only been two games, but it seems like it was all mental and just needed to build a little confidence.
I think a lot of it was mental with both Moss and Andy
However, in the case of Moss, he did have high K rates at both AA and AAA. He put up solid overall numbers at those levels, but a ~25% K is a red flag that he will struggle in the majors to have a good batting average (and he has struggled in the majors). My guess is that Moss will be a 4th OF / 1B bench player type who we can platoon with someone like Steve Pearce. That’s not so bad. Really, Moss and Hansen were not the key pieces in the Bay deal – LaRoche and Morris were. I think there is still a decent chance that LaRoche turns into an above average 3B. If Morris can ever get healthy perhaps he could be decent as well.
by houksyndrome on May 14, 2009 2:01 AM EDT up reply actions
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHA!
Moss and Ross the Boss.
Prolly not, but
Is that a Dictators reference?
I'd rather be dead than singing "Satisfaction" at forty-five. -- M. Jagger
by cocktailsfor2 on May 13, 2009 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd rather be dead than singing "Satisfaction" at forty-five. -- M. Jagger
by cocktailsfor2 on May 14, 2009 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm showing my age but
Bob “Round Tripper” Kipper
have we forgotten
ryan “the white flag” vogelsong?
i always liked that one.
how did Matt Capps' pitches look?
for the second day in a row, his boxscore line could have been very, very ugly, although none of the runners he put on base scored. if anyone got to watch the game (unfortunately for me, the wife wanted to watch American Idle), I’d appreciate yr comments re: Capps’ velocity, movement, and/or location.
500 here we come
A win tonight gives us a sweep of the 1st place cardinals and puts us at 15-19 with our next series being 3 at home against the rockies and 3 in Washington. 4 of 6 puts us back at 500 We need the bats to stay hot but it’s not impossible.
McLouth is The Trouth
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