Morning Rundown: Pirates lose again, rough night through the organization
Morning Rundown: Pirates lose again, rough night through the organization
The Pirates drop another game, organization goes 3-5 on the day
The Pittsburgh Pirates losing streak has now hit six games after dropping game two against the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-1.
Paul Skenes allowed four runs on six hits and one walk while striking out eight across six innings pitched. He picks up his second loss of the season.
Ke’Bryan Hayes hit his first home run since June 18th, representing the Pirates' only run of the night. Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Bryan Reynolds collected two hits a piece, and Michael A. Taylor hit a double.
Skenes allowed three extra-base hits, two doubles, and a home run.
Bailey Falter will face Tyler Glasnow on Sunday as the Pirates look to avoid getting swept for the second straight series.
It was an overall rough night for the Pirates’ organization, as only the Bradenton Marauders and the DSL Gold teams won. The Greensboro Grasshoppers split their doubleheader, giving the system a third win on the day.
Bradenton will have a chance to go for a six-game sweep, meaning they will have won all 12 games they played against the St. Lucie Mets.
Javier Rivas hit a three-run home run, providing the majority of the offense, and Carlos Jimenez pitched five one-hit innings while striking out five in picking up the win.
A first-inning error led to four unearned runs charged against Carlson Reed, but he was fantastic outside of that in his second start at the High-A level.
Reed generated 18 whiffs while striking out seven batters across five innings pitched. The seven punchouts put him over the century mark on the season, now sitting at 104.
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Top Exit Velocity
Michael A. Taylor - PIT - 111.8 mph - Double
Yasmani Grandal - PIT - 105.9 mph - Groundout
Javier Rivas - BRD - 105.1 mph - Home Run
Bryan Reynolds - PIT - 105 mph - Single
Axiel Plaz - BRD - 104.9 mph - Single
Rowdy Tellez - PIT - 104.9 mph - Lineout
Top Pitch Velocity
Paul Skenes - PIT - 99 mph
Paul Skenes - PIT - 99 mph
Paul Skenes - PIT - 98.8 mph
Paul Skenes - PIT - 98.7 mph
Paul Skenes - PIT - 98.6 mph
Most Whiffs
Carlson Reed - GBO - 18
Paul Skenes - PIT - 13
Carlos Jimenez - BRD - 12
Garrett McMillan - GBO - 9
Thomas Harrington - IND - 9
Indianapolis Indians - 0 vs Nashville Sounds - 3
Top Hitter - Malcom Nunez: 1-4, 2B
Top Pitcher - Thomas Harrington: 4.2 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
Altoona Curve - 4 vs Portland Sea Dogs - 10
Top Hitter - Carter Bins: 1-4, HR, RBI, R
Top Pitcher - Emmanuel Chapman: 3 IP, 3 BB, 4 K
Greensboro Grasshoppers - 4 vs Rome Emperors - 7
Top Hitter - Josiah Sightler: 1-3, R, RBI, HR, BB
Top Pitcher - Carlson Reed: 5 IP, 5 H, 4 R (0 ER), 3 BB, 7 K
Greensboro Grasshoppers - 2 vs Rome Emperors - 1
Top Hitter - Kalae Harrison: 1-3, RBI
Top Pitcher - Garrett McMillan: 3 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 5 K
Bradenton Marauders - 4 vs St. Lucie Mets - 1
Top Hitter - Javier Rivas: 1-4, R, 3 RBI, Hr
Top Pitcher - Carlos Jimenez: 5 IP, H, 3 BB, 5 K
DSL Pirates Gold - 3 vs DSL Astros Orange - 2
Top Hitter - Cristian Jauregui: 2-3, 2 RBI, 2B
Top Pitcher - Angel Camacho: 4 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 4 K
DSL Pirates Black - 1 vs DSL Padres Gold - 2
Top Hitter - Deshandro Tromp: 1-2, RBI, 2B
Top Pitcher - Dariel Florentino: 4 IP, 2 H, K
Nice seeing Key getting hot. He just missed a couple down the line in PNC, he’s too good and he’ll finish strong.
Edward DLC has been worth -0.6 fWAR. Think he’s pressing just a little bit? That’s historically bad
At some point, maybe two more starts for Skenes and 3 more for Keller, we finish year with a core rotation of Ortiz, Falter, Woodford, Marco and a few starts each for Jones(maybe 2 max for Jones) and some feel good upcoming kids...we are close to that, right?