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Five runs on two hits with no errors. Don't see that often.
11-8 in the 9th.
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Five runs on two hits with no errors. Don't see that often.
11-8 in the 9th.
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Pitt won because they were willing to accept walks (save Tavares and maybe Long)
Not a bad lineup. Will be better when Hess returns. Maybe replace Long at catcher.
Beat Kent St.8-3 Wed. Series vs VT at home this weekend.
Nice win over Virginia Tech today, 5-4.
Tech with a three run homer in the top of the 1st, Pitt comes back with three to tie in the bottom of the inning. Tech gets a solo home run from the same guy in the 6th to take a 4-3 lead. Pitt gets two in the 7th, the second of which came on a bases loaded walk, to take the lead back. Virginia Tech gets a walk in the 8th and a two out error in the 9th but doesn't really threaten.
Tech with a three run homer in the top of the 1st, Pitt comes back with three to tie in the bottom of the inning. Tech gets a solo home run from the same guy in the 6th to take a 4-3 lead. Pitt gets two in the 7th, the second of which came on a bases loaded walk, to take the lead back. Virginia Tech gets a walk in the 8th and a two out error in the 9th but doesn't really threaten.
Damn. Was watching when it was 4-1 in the 6th and had to go. Wish I could have fi ished watching the cimeback!
Man, is the pitching on this team bad.
Gave up five in the 6th and 6 in the 8th to lose to the nitters tonight, 16-8. Pitt used eight pitchers. Only three of them didn't give up at least one run, and one of them was Bryan who inherited the bases loaded and pitched to three guys, two of them got hits and all three runners on scored, but he didn't get charged with any runs. And Oswald came in with a runner on second in the 9th and only didn't allow a run because Funk threw out a runner at the plate.
So really you could argue that Pitt used eight pitchers and exactly one of them was effective.
Gave up five in the 6th and 6 in the 8th to lose to the nitters tonight, 16-8. Pitt used eight pitchers. Only three of them didn't give up at least one run, and one of them was Bryan who inherited the bases loaded and pitched to three guys, two of them got hits and all three runners on scored, but he didn't get charged with any runs. And Oswald came in with a runner on second in the 9th and only didn't allow a run because Funk threw out a runner at the plate.
So really you could argue that Pitt used eight pitchers and exactly one of them was effective.
Went to the game against Notre Dame this afternoon, and good god, this pitching staff is so bad. It's really inexcusable that a team run by a pitching guy can't find anyone who can throw the ball.
Mosley got the start and he actually pitched well. Got taken out with two on and two outs in the 6th after having given up just one run. They brought Bautista in and he got the 3rd out without another run scoring.
And at that point the game was only 1-0 Notre Dame, but Pitt might as well have raised the surrender flag and saved us all the time. Over the last three innings Pitt used five pitchers, who gave up 10 runs on 9 hits and 7 walks. Notre Dame sent 13 guys to the plate in the 9th and scored seven runs in the 9th alone. At one point, with one out and two runs in Pitt brings in the lefty Konuszewski to pitch to one batter, a lefty. He walked the guy on four pitches.
Here is the Pitt pitching woes in a microcosm. Notre Dame's catcher batted 8th. Coming into today he was batting .265 with a .315 on base percentage. Not the worst, heck, not the worst on Notre Dame (and he wouldn't be the worst on Pitt either), but certainly not good. So the first time this guy comes up is leading off the third. After a strike he gets thrown four balls and walks. He ends up scoring the first run of the game. In the fifth he comes up after a lead off walk, and we walk him on four pitches. Fortunately Mosley wiggles out of it and ND does not score. Third time he comes up he's leading off the seven. And we walk him on four pitches again (if you are scoring at home, that's 13 pitches, 12 for balls). And he ends up coming around and scoring the second run of the game. He comes up again in the eighth with a runner on first and one out. The runner from first attempts to steal second and the pitch bounces to the plate and Melendez can't come up with the ball. And then we throw a wild pitch that again bounces up to the plate that Melendez has no idea where the ball is and allows the runner to score all the way from second. And then we proceed to finish off walking the guy again, for the fourth time. At least that time they did get two strikes on him before walking him on a 3-2 pitch. So the guy comes up again in the 9th inning, well after the scoring parade has started, and we, you guessed it, walked him again, on a 3-1 pitch.
Yes, we walked their number 8 hitter FIVE times in five attempts in the game today. We threw him 24 pitches and 4 of them were strikes and 20 were balls. We pitched the guy like he's Babe Ruth or Barry Bonds, and in reality he's a .265 hitter with a .315 obp.
We finally get a good starting performance, and the bullpen is just awful again.
One positive note (other than the starting pitching), both of Pitt's runs were on solo bombs by Melendez, one in the 7th and one in the 9th. Way too little, way too late, but he really put a charge into both of them.
Mosley got the start and he actually pitched well. Got taken out with two on and two outs in the 6th after having given up just one run. They brought Bautista in and he got the 3rd out without another run scoring.
And at that point the game was only 1-0 Notre Dame, but Pitt might as well have raised the surrender flag and saved us all the time. Over the last three innings Pitt used five pitchers, who gave up 10 runs on 9 hits and 7 walks. Notre Dame sent 13 guys to the plate in the 9th and scored seven runs in the 9th alone. At one point, with one out and two runs in Pitt brings in the lefty Konuszewski to pitch to one batter, a lefty. He walked the guy on four pitches.
Here is the Pitt pitching woes in a microcosm. Notre Dame's catcher batted 8th. Coming into today he was batting .265 with a .315 on base percentage. Not the worst, heck, not the worst on Notre Dame (and he wouldn't be the worst on Pitt either), but certainly not good. So the first time this guy comes up is leading off the third. After a strike he gets thrown four balls and walks. He ends up scoring the first run of the game. In the fifth he comes up after a lead off walk, and we walk him on four pitches. Fortunately Mosley wiggles out of it and ND does not score. Third time he comes up he's leading off the seven. And we walk him on four pitches again (if you are scoring at home, that's 13 pitches, 12 for balls). And he ends up coming around and scoring the second run of the game. He comes up again in the eighth with a runner on first and one out. The runner from first attempts to steal second and the pitch bounces to the plate and Melendez can't come up with the ball. And then we throw a wild pitch that again bounces up to the plate that Melendez has no idea where the ball is and allows the runner to score all the way from second. And then we proceed to finish off walking the guy again, for the fourth time. At least that time they did get two strikes on him before walking him on a 3-2 pitch. So the guy comes up again in the 9th inning, well after the scoring parade has started, and we, you guessed it, walked him again, on a 3-1 pitch.
Yes, we walked their number 8 hitter FIVE times in five attempts in the game today. We threw him 24 pitches and 4 of them were strikes and 20 were balls. We pitched the guy like he's Babe Ruth or Barry Bonds, and in reality he's a .265 hitter with a .315 obp.
We finally get a good starting performance, and the bullpen is just awful again.
One positive note (other than the starting pitching), both of Pitt's runs were on solo bombs by Melendez, one in the 7th and one in the 9th. Way too little, way too late, but he really put a charge into both of them.
Here are the ERAs of the Pitt pitchers who have started at least one game this season (number of starts in parens):
5.96 (5)
6.41 (5)
6.61 (7)
8.41 (7)
8.53 (1)
9.45 (3)
Yikes! That's awful. And now the ERAs of the Pitt pitchers who have only appeared as relievers this season:
3.72
4.28
6.14
6.86
8.10
13.50
15.58
19.29
That's even worse!
5.96 (5)
6.41 (5)
6.61 (7)
8.41 (7)
8.53 (1)
9.45 (3)
Yikes! That's awful. And now the ERAs of the Pitt pitchers who have only appeared as relievers this season:
3.72
4.28
6.14
6.86
8.10
13.50
15.58
19.29
That's even worse!
The thing of it is, this was pretty predictable looking at the incoming pitchers resumes.
If you can not recruit hot shot high school pitchers, you need to do a much better job bringing in transfers.
Good comeback for a win today. Down 2-0 because of a throwing error, Pitt scores two in the 6th to tie the game on a CJ Funk home run. Give three runs right back in the top of the 7th to go down 5-2. Get a run in the bottom of the 7th to make it 5-3. And then score six in the 8th to win it 9-5 after Notre Dame got the first two batters out. First two runs on rbi singles by Heckert and Martinez, followed by an Anderson three run homer to take the lead, and then a solo shot by Hess to close out the scoring.
Evans gave up five runs, three earned, in 6-1/3. Bryan pitched a scoreless 2-2/3 to finish it out.
Evans gave up five runs, three earned, in 6-1/3. Bryan pitched a scoreless 2-2/3 to finish it out.
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Lost to YSU and Kent State in out of conference so far this week.This team is so up and down this year.
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