Gameday 120: Bailey Falter Takes The Mound For Game Two Against Mets
After dropping the first of a three game set, the Pirates look to rebound with Bailey Falter on the mound.
Quinn Priester’s struggles on the mound continued, as he allowed at least one run in each inning he pitched, with the Mets scoring in a total of six frames across the eight they came to bat overall.
Ke’Bryan Hayes stayed hot, picking up another extra-base hit and run driven in. The rookie right-hander, and former first round pick, Priester allowed seven hits and three walks while surrendering six earned runs across five innings pitched.
His ERA jumped back over nine through 28.2 innings pitched.
The loss dropped the Pirates to 13 games under .500.
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Pitching Matchup
PIT - Bailey Falter (0-7, 5.21 ERA)
NYM - Doug Peterson (3-7, 5.61 ERA)
Pirates Lineup
3B - Ke’Bryan Hayes
LF - Bryan Reynolds
DH - Andrew McCutchen
1B - Connor Joe
RF - Henry Davis
SS - Liover Peguero
CF - Josh Palacios
2B - Jared Triolo
C - Jason Delay
News/Updates
Quinn Priester has been optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis, with Yohan Ramirez coming up to take his place.
I mentioned in the comments last night that I wouldn't be surprised if Priester was sent down for bullpen help today, so I was half expecting this to happen. However, I think I would have just rolled with him for the rest of the season in the majors. It's eight starts, he can't push the team to a different tier of not making the playoffs, so who cares if he learns on the job at this point. You got an MLB pitching coach and Justin Meccage there for him, shouldn't they be able to help him? (mostly a rhetorical question)
Here's a cautionary tale about StatCast:
According to Stumpf, Skenes threw nine fastballs, six sliders and one change. I'd guess that came from the Pirates, so it's probably authoritative.
According to StatCast, Skenes threw seven four-seamers and two sinkers (OK, nine fastballs), plus four sliders and three cutters.