{"id":15256,"date":"2013-05-22T17:32:06","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T21:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ovathletics.com\/home\/?p=15256"},"modified":"2013-05-22T17:42:45","modified_gmt":"2013-05-22T21:42:45","slug":"pirates-gameday-may-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovathletics.com\/home\/pirates-gameday-may-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates Gameday: May 22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pirates (27 \u2013 18), fresh off of their 14<sup>th<\/sup> comeback victory of the season last night, will look to take game 2 of the 3-game set against the Cubs (18 \u2013 26). Francisco Liriano (2 \u2013 0, 1.64 ERA) will take the hill for the Bucs while Jeff Samardzija (2 \u2013 5, 3.49 ERA) will look to maintain his dominance against the Pirates.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Hurdle\u2019s Quotes<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 On if he thinks this team has more power potential than the previous two years \u2013 <\/strong>\u201cI think there\u2019s potential for power. How it plays out, time will tell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I look for in an offense are runs scored and runs driven in\u201c.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you have guys in the lineup that can redirect a game with one swing then it\u2019s always nice to have. Most of the prolific offenses are ones that have the ability to change a game with one swing of the bat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 On the team being able to mount late-game comebacks \u2013 <\/strong>\u201cI think the mindset was developed, actually, the last month of the season (last year). I think the guys came into spring training with a little rock in their shoe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I do like is the guys that we added, A.J. has an edge, Grilli has an edge, Martin has an edge, and the guys internally, Walker and McCutchen, they have another year under their belt that know that if you want to do significant things here, there\u2019s gotta be times when you do things differently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 On being able to avoid another late-season collapse \u2013 <\/strong>\u201cWe expect to deal with this. 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