Pirates 1, Reds 0: Bucs' Pitching Does It Again

Really, Barry Enright

2 games by a combined score of 3-0. Incredible.

I was at the game last night (wish I knew you and Vlad were there, Charlie, but I’ve been to DC, Pittsburgh, Vegas, back to Pittsburgh, and now home to Delaware in the last week, so spotty internet), and the atmosphere was simply amazing. People all over the place in and out of the stadium before the game. Clapping and Let’s Go Bucs chants cheering on Charlie in the first (both times), and a ton of fans waiting out 2 hour long rain delays. From what I could tell from TV, it was more of the same tonight.

We give a lotta crap (much of it deserved) to Pirates bashers/bandwagon fans), but the fans have really stepped up. PNC Park is suddenly a great place to be any night of the week. I kept my 2 year old son out to the end on Monday night just because I’ve never seen PNC like that. Keep it going, Bucs

Rock on, dude.

still more offensive help would be nice.
great to see the bucs shutout the best offense in the NL two games in a row, encouraging sign.

Even though both games have been similar, yesterday felt like a win where the team was fortunate to get away with one, while today’s game seemed a lot easier. McDonald was outstanding, and Beimel did a nice job of coming back after being down 2-0 in the count. Hanrahan made me a little nervous, but he got the job done.

The offense obviously did not have it tonight, but I think a lot of that was a product of Leake pitching well. I do hope they can bring the bats out tomorrow. My only other complaint would be Brandon Wood’s poor throws that cost the team two double plays, but he made a nice one in the eighth that makes me think the first two were aberrations.

All in all, good win. Would be outstanding to see a sweep tomorrow, but the series win honestly makes me happy enough.

Dipshit ended the game commentary by saying Hammer has only blown one save so far this year and shuts the door for another save tonight. Come on man, get your shit together.

anyone else noticing that hes not reaching 99mph any more? he topped out at 97 just a couple of times the last 3 appearances.

against houston, he sat around 94-95.

one a three game winning streak with a grand total of 5….thats right 5 runs given up during that stretch…since the break the bucs have given up 11 total runs in 5 games…all to the friggin stros

Good crowd, thought they were s little sedate. Also, took 3-4 innings to fill in. I remember early on in his tenure, FC remarking that Pgh fans arrive late, which I believe surprised him. I think he was right, and it’s still so even with the winning. He said at the time that they like to tailgate. Maybe it’s the 7pm weekday start time, although same thing happens on weekends. Ushers were expecting good crowd tomorrow. Weekend including Sunday is Sro and scattered singles. Should be actress scene.

6-3 vs Cubs
9-3 vs Astros
7-1 vs Reds
2-1 vs Cardinals

here are bad stats:
0-5 vs Brewers

I would like to just point out the nice stats are what good teams do to win division titles, take care of things in your own division.

only batted twice tonight, got a double. he was then pinch hit for….

more leg issues or just taking it easy?

oh wow sportscenter leads off with sid bream scoring…

1) appearances are that clint is getting away from using the role guys in certain situations. beimel was brought in for a lefty lefty match-up but that’s what hes here for. he stuck with resop in the 7th and 8th rather then bringing in resop for one inning, another pitcher for a few batters and another pitcher for one batter. maybe its because of the pens usage over the last few days but i dunno, i surely hope he’s learned to stick with the hot hand as far as his pitchers go

2) screw sabermetrics when it comes to our pitchers, they are all pretty darn good. how much of that is forts ability to call a game is beyond me. we have some absurd winning record when hes behind the plate, i dont know the numbers off hand but its up there, well above 500

3) walker is a man possessed.

4) overbay is the worst 1b in the league. he cant hit, cant field. normally you see a guy who can do one or the other pretty good…oh no..not failsauce….he fails at both.

5) hopefully cutch’s slump doesnt last to long. we are going to need him against the cards braves and phillies.

6) pls dont put hammer in tomorrow night. dude needs a break.

7) pedro’s continued progress in indy as well as ronnies bodes well for the club as a whole. we get those guys up we got us a punchers chance at this..this being the playoffs.

8) even after the guys mentioned in number 7 get back, we still are probably going to need a bat, i don’t think we need a starter but we sure as heck need a bat and perhaps another guy in the pen, like NH is looking for now.

Probably, if I had made the pitch that I wanted, he would have fouled it off or blooped it over somebody’s head," Beimel said. “It worked out that it was so bad that he couldn’t do anything with it.”

from langosch’s wrap on mlb.com

God, I hope he’s the power bat were looking for. Liked Tims piece at PP on Rays and Bay in 08.