"It's comical, but disgraceful"

05/04/2012

Pirates 6 Cardinals 3

Dear 'birds,

The above is what Mike Shannon said during yesterday afternoon's ball game.  He was describing how
S L O W Pittsburgh's Erik Bedard pitched when the Cardinals loaded the bases in the second inning.

However,  I think it best describes the yesterday's offensive input, observe:

• SEVENTEEN strikeouts
• TWELVE runners left on base
• 5 for 14 with men in scoring position. Honestly, this shakes out to a .357 average and thus it completely boggles my mind why we only scored 3 runs. But I'm sure I'm missing something because in Tuesday's game the offense scored 10 runs and were 3 for 11 with RISP and Wednesday offense scored 12 times and were 5 for 17 with RISP.  I'm thinking home runs do not count as a hit with men is scoring position? Tuesday's game featured 2 home runs, while Wednesday's featured 3.

Anyway a sad showing-- comical and disgraceful.

'Til Later

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