CHRISTOPHER PANSINO – OVATHLETICS.COM<\/p>\n
No exaggeration, yesterday\u2019s game was the worst in Pirate history. Never in the franchise\u2019s 124 years has the team allowed such a lopsided score like the 20-0 loss to the Milwaukie Brewers.<\/p>\n
It was a perfect storm for the infamous day. It goes without saying that the team got a horrible day from Dannel McCutchen who pitched 3.2 innings allowing 8 hits, 6 earned runs, and 2 home runs in the drubbing.<\/p>\n
Interestingly McCutchen ERA did not change, staying at a dismal 14.73.<\/p>\n
But it was more than just bad starting pitching as the bullpen looked tired and ineffective. This was not a surprise as the bullpen has been stretched to the breaking point after Wednesday night, when the pen had to carry the team 8 full innings.<\/p>\n
There were a total of 5 relief pitchers in the game including Carrasco who gave up 4 runs, Hanrahan who gave up 6 runs, and Dotel who gave up 4 runs to cap out the 20 run deficit.<\/p>\n
But the Pirates offense must share some of this blame as they combined for 8 hits, but stranded a total of 10 runners.<\/p>\n
Also, Lasting Milledge was caught stealing second base and picked off at first during the game helping to kill innings and cement the record.<\/p>\n
The Brewers finished up the series with a combined score of 36-1 and outhit the Pirates 46-18. The series was the most lopsided victory in the Major League since 1993 when the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins by a combined total of 45-10.<\/p>\n
The Brewers would also break another record by getting 25 hits and setting a new PNC ballpark record.<\/p>\n
The Pirates were 7-5 going into the series and seemed to be on an upward swing. But with the team now below .500 and a 10 game road trip starting Friday, perhaps Pirate fans should brace for more hardship ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CHRISTOPHER PANSINO – OVATHLETICS.COM No exaggeration, yesterday\u2019s game was the worst in Pirate history. Never in the franchise\u2019s 124 years has the team allowed such a lopsided score like the 20-0 loss to the Milwaukie Brewers. It was a perfect storm for the infamous day. It goes without saying that the team got a horrible […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-professional"],"yoast_head":"\n