IGT 06/15: PIT@NYM, Locke@Syndergaard

[Edgy MD]

Pour it on.

[Lefty Specialist]

Another doink, another run. Happy.

[Zvon]

Kelly with what sounded like a broken bat single over short.
6-0. Matt Reynolds, I am watching you!

Awww Ks. You're still covered by the double. Your mom is safe.

[Zvon]

Cripes, if Rivera also hits give lil d' all the time he needs. A single and double tonight. I wonder how lil d' will be off the bench. He'll be plenty rested ( I think stamina/exhaustion is an issue with him) in a bench role.

[Zvon]

I'm a Cutch fan, but not a fan of his whining. Wow, and he's done for the night. Pulled after looking at strike three.

Will tonight's excuse shed any light on this?

[Guest themetfairy]

Nice shot by Wilmer!

[Edgy MD]

That's a cleanup hitter.

[Zvon]

BIG PURPLE WILMA!!!!

9-0. 14 hits.

[Zvon]

Hellzyea, I wanna see eight. Hey, how about one of those....ahh,,what were they called...?
Oh, complete games. How about one of those?!

[Guest d'Kong76]

This is fun! Gonna need to tap another keg of Schaefer.

[Zvon]

11 ks, 3 hits after eight. Didn't have an eye on the pitch count but must be right around 100.

Run him out again TC, and give him a few bumps.

[Frayed Knot]

I suppose, after all the shit games we've had lately, that it would seem ungrateful to complain about "wasting" all this hitting on the same night we get a dominant pitching performance.
But, SHYEEEET, if they could have just spread a few of these runs around ...

[seawolf17]

If you're a starting pitcher batting for yourself in the bottom of the eighth, something's going very right.

[Guest d'Kong76]

And a fifth time is something going really really very right.

[Zvon]

Oh, I now understand why they have been trying to keep mah man Reynolds on a shelf.
They had a plan for him. He's going to be our future third baseman if Wright goes wrong.

Playing second tonight, and in a number of ways his early days remind me of Jeff Kent's early days.

[Zvon]

Noah for the ninth!

[Zvon]

de Aza=useless.

Lead off double by some Buc with goldielocks.

[Zvon]

Hmmm.

Shutouts in jeopardy, baby, OOOOOO-OooOO-OO-OO. Shutouts in jeopardy, baby, OOO...

[Zvon]

Awwww. Pittsburgh scores and Thor will head to the showers. Hey, you got into the 9th lookin' strong, kid. One step at a time.

[nymr83]

I'm all for stretching your pitcher when it matters, but i dont see the need for 116 pitches in an 11-0 game. he should have gone 7 and called it a night.

[Zvon]

I like this Kang kid on the Pirates. He's just an all around natural in the field, at the plate, and on the bases. Very smooth third baseman.

[Zvon]

Error all the way? Flores wasn't even supposed to glove that! Great stop. Horrible throw.

[Guest themetfairy]

[Zvon]

Familia here, huh?

Who am I to question a win such as this? Great game. Yea FK, you know baseball, we may be wanting a few of these hits spread out over this next week, but we will take what we can get. I'm happy because I really wanted to see them string some hits and get runs w/o the longball, and they did that right out of the chute tonight.

You see Flores, batting cleanup and driving in 4 (esp if you saw the first 2 ribbys), and you have to smile.

I know we supposedly have a number of aces in this rotation, but Thor is ridiculous. Long may he throw!

[Ceetar]

Nymr83 wrote: I'm all for stretching your pitcher when it matters, but i dont see the need for 116 pitches in an 11-0 game. he should have gone 7 and called it a night.

there's no evidence that throwing another 30 pitches is actually in any way detrimental.

and hell, it may help. Now he's sorta stretched out a little further and if he needs to throw 110 against the Nats he won't be stretching his endurance as much.

[Lefty Specialist]

Thor was on a week's rest so I didn't have any problem with Terry pushing him a bit there. And Fammy hadn't been in a game in 5 days so he needed the work.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Cast your vote!

[Centerfield]

Edgy MD wrote: Way to go the other way tonight, FWilmer.

Can I say what a thing of beauty it was to watch these opposite field hits? I know it's not as easy as some would make it seem, but man, take the ball the other way boys. You'll score 11 runs every game.

[Centerfield]

I keep looking for him every time they say "Jaso".

[seawolf17]

Centerfield wrote: I keep looking for him every time they say "Jaso".

I was half-watching at one point and that made me double-take too.