Pirates (6-6) vs. Reds (4-8). W. Rodriguez vs. H. Bailey

[Crimson's Ghost]

Game tonight at 7:00 on Root Sports. Pirates looking to regain themselves after a dreadful weekend in Milwaukee.


Meanwhile on the farm, Gregory Polanco was named IL Hitter of the Week.

Here is what his season is looking like so far.
.465 (20-43) 2 Homers, 2 Doubles, 2 Triples. 11 RBI, 9 Runs.

Fun stat: Polanco has 4 strikeouts in 11 games, Marte has 17 in 12. Can't have that from a leadoff hitter, maybe Polanco comes in and takes on that role.

[DragonsDoExist]

Bucs lineup...

Marte LF
Snider RF
Cutch CF
Alvarez 3B
Martin C
Walker 2B
Sanchez 1B
Barmes SS
Rodriguez SP

[Coach]

Overturned call and a homer. Great. Down 4-3 after 4 and the rain is falling pretty good in Cincy right now.

[Coach]

That was quick! Marte Partay!

[Aoki11]

Marte is such an animal, as for snider what a hit. A 1-2 punch and a wild game so far

[Aoki11]

You can take one thing from this inning, other than the average pitching. That one hop throw by cutch completely describes why he is the MVP. That was a 40 yard throw, roped it, and literally made what looked like an easy no brainier steal into a close out. That type of play is how you win games kids.

[Aoki11]

Quite possibly the wildest game of baseball I've ever witnessed

[Eaglealum]

Wet humid... Ball doesn't carry... Hmmm why would anyone with options, sign to pitch in that little league field?

[Crimson's Ghost]

Wild game, hopefully they can pull it out tomorrow evening. Have to hope Gerrit Cole can pitch well in the second game, because the bullpen is at least logging 3 innings tomorrow in the conclusion of the first game. The Pirates don't have an off day for a while, so it would be nice to save the pen as much as possible.


But what a joke of a ballpark! Yeesh. Some of those homers are fly outs in a lot of other stadiums.

[abpk2903]

I'm not even kidding but I bet if I played an entire season in that ballpark even I could clobber out 15 jacks.