Today the Pittsburgh Pirates took on the Huston Astros at PNC park. It was a low scoring affair, but was still a good one. The Pirates won in extras 3-2 with a walkoff double by Harrison in the 12th.
The Pirates got off to a quick start with Walker hitting a double, followed by McCutchen bringing him in with a double of his own. All of this happened in the first inning alone. A.J. Burnett was on the mound for the Buccos today, and pitched a pretty solid game. Burnett went 8 innings, gave up 2 runs on 6 hits, and struckout 4. All in all a good way to start creeping that ERA down to where he wants it to be. However, even though Burnett pitched as well as he did, he still got the no decision and Watson was able to pick up the win.
This was a pitching battle for sure. Both teams could only score a handful of hits, with the Pirates at 7 and the Astros at 6. The game was at the score of 2-1 in favor of the Astros from the 7th inning all the way till the Bottom of the 9th when Pedro Alverez hit a sac fly with the bases loaded to bring home the tieing run and send it into extra innings. From here the pitching would be outstanding and until the 12th neither team could do much of anything.
The Pirates have been starting to play very well together and are coming ever so close to the .500 mark. At 16-18 that puts the Buccos in 3rd in the central division, and they travel to Florida tomorrow to take on the Miami Marlenes, a very beatable team. Well see how that one turns out tomorrow, and hope the Pirates can win another series, and as always LETS GO BUCS!
Until next time,
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