Pirates' Comeback Bid Fails, Reds Win 11-8

Please note the awful decision to send the runner from third with nobody out and Doumit coming up in that eighth inning. Since he would have scored in short order and given the Pirates the lead. Not to mention the call to send McCutchen on a shallow fly ball in the same inning. And the awful call leading to their run in the eighth.

plenty of mistakes to go around. and boy was i glad i was not in thread when phillips hit that homer, the statements made were incredibly infuriating and frustrating, and yes elduce the call at 1st was THAT bad.

I have to say it’s the most frustrating game I’ve ever been to. I remember thinking the Reds had it won when they went up 6-2. To see the Pirates fight back and make it a 6-4 game was good. However, seeing the team screwing up and seeing the umpire make one of the worst calls I’ve ever seen (it’s really amazing that I was sitting up near the press box could see the play better than the first base umpire). I got up and went to the lower level. I was walking around the lower level while the Pirates tied it up. I though with how they were doing, they were gonna win. But the umpires and Garrett Jones not staying at 3B and Hanrahan having a terrible outing was too much for the Pirates to overcome…..

Kevin Correia throwing to third on the bunt instead of 1st. If he gets that out and the umpire makes the correct call later in the game, the Pirates might have won the game.

the rotation has had some rough spots, like tonight. But man the bullpen has been awful, Biemel needs to go ASAP. i am still unimpressed by Lincoln, perhaps he should take Maholm’s spot in the rotation while he is on the DL, because this relief thing aint working out.

well atleast the offense looks good. its good to have tabata back. and to know he will be around at a great price for years.

We gave 3 outs at the plate, including when Leyva sent Jones from 3rd on a liner by McCutchen to left field. He was out by 30 feet.

But Walker deserves a part of the blame because, in the 9th, there’s no reason to play the runner at home while a double play gets you out of the inning. That was poorly thought AND poorly executed.

That’s Correia’s HR/FB for the month of August. Highest in any other month is 12.9%, but he’s now at 12.6% for the year.

I have to think that this is fatigue crossed with a bit of bad luck, although I know that his HR numbers at Petco were disproportionate at well. But the bottom line is that the guy, like most MLB pitchers, has a career HR/FB of 10.6% – this isn’t a skill-driven issue. His Ks are down, his BBs are up, and he’s getting hammered. If Paulie hadn’t just gone down, I’d say it’s time for him to skip a start.

I guess the defense let him down last night, and also the previous hold he failed on. But it seems like he’s been awful… mortal of late, no?

Checking his splits, FIP and xFIP don’t see a big change. His K/BB has dropped dramatically, but that’s coming from a rise in BB, not a drop in K. His LOB% is 60%, which is really what’s killing him. But for the year, it’s 81%, so he’s on track overall.

I guess, as with all of our other pitchers, regression has come at last, and it’s killing us.