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Originally Posted by tejdog1
So when'd they end up getting their first win?
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Haven't yet.
They're 0-26 after I got my 4-game sweep. I play each game out and normally only play a game or two each day.
Even worse for them is that the Cardinals are on a 10-game winning streak (21-5), so the Pirates are now 21 games out of first. Good news for them though, as they're only 18 out of the wildcard.
The only abnormalities to their roster is that McCutchen is out for 2 weeks with a hammy and Neil Walker has missed time on the DL as well. I even traded them Kurt Suzuki for cash in the offseason so I could clear some financial wiggle room and they needed another catcher. Cole is up with the big club. They dealt a couple mediocre pitchers to other teams for prospects, and they signed Ryan Madsen as a free agent to be their closer. They did deal Starling Marte for prospects last season as well.
Last season, they went 62-100, with McCutchen only playing in 82 game due to injury, and hitting .263 with 12 HR.
The first game of our series was a real struggle - a 6-5 win by me where I had to come from behind and then hold on as Soriano wanted to gift the game away.
The last game was one I was worried about. Liriano, who despite an awful team was among the league leaders in strikeouts, against my #5 SP, Matt Torra. And despite some changes to my roster, my team still strikes out an awful lot.
I milked some counts early to get his pitch count up, and got a 2-out, 3-run homer off him by my #8 hitter in the 2nd to give me some breathing room. Then the wheels came off of him as we chased in him the 4th with four more runs, eventually getting out to a 9-0 lead, before winning 11-2.
I was glad to escape. For me, it almost had a playoff feel to it, as I wanted their streak to continue and didn't want it to come to a close against me. I feel I managed the games like playoff games in the way I handled my pen and bench.
Pittsburgh is off to Cincinnati, where the Reds look to extend the streak.