Series Thread: Brewers at Pirates

[dare2be]

5 errors? Five errors? Cinco? One short of a six-pack?

 

[Darkstone42]

Jeff Locke on the hill, we're doomed.

 

[Darkstone42]

Walker was safe, but the review was only of the blocking the plate rule.

I wonder if Hurdle could have actually challenged the out call independent of the rule, or if, because of the rule 7.13 review, which Hurdle had no part in, he couldn't challenge.

 

[Darkstone42]

Locke has looked surprisingly good in the first two innings.

 

[Darkstone42]

Bob Walk is getting indignant. He's very upset about Walker being called out, clearly.

 

[Darkstone42]

Locke looks really sharp. The wide strike zone is helping both pitchers, but Locke is really hitting his spots, especially with the fastball on the inner half, and he's using it well to set up his changeup.

 

[Darkstone42]

A stupid fan cost us a run. Lucroy never even gets to second this inning, much less all the way around to score, if that fan doesn't pick up the ball.

 

[Darkstone42]

The umpiring was pretty terrible today. The home plate umpire had both a gigantic and an inconsistent strike zone. Walker was safe at home. Lucroy should not have been awarded second base.

Good game by both baseball teams, though. Pitching was good, defense was strong.

Tough loss to take, though.

 

[element1286]

Sunday sounded frustrating as hell. On to the Cubs I suppose. They need to start sweeping some series against bad teams.