DEJAN KOVACEVIC, DK ON PITTSBURGH SPORTS
Getting ready for the first pitch …
Game: Pirates (57-51) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks (48-61), 9:40 p.m., Chase Field, Phoenix
Pitchers: RHP Edinson Volquez (8-7, 3.87) vs. LHP Vidal Nuno (0-2, 3.47)
TV, radio: Root Sports, 93.7 The Fan
Live box score: MLB.com
Get your popcorn ready boys and girls, Bret Morel is playing!
Hey, why isn’t the new guy playing? Oh that’s right, we didn’t get a new guy!
Carp DFA’d by the Sox. Can he be worse than Ike. Probably so.
You mean Brent Morel with the .083 batting average?
That’s the one…waiting with baited breath for him to hit.
Hurdle looked downright depressed on the pregame show when he was discussing Morel being in the line up tonight.
Postgame, he’s now the Brent Morel with the .071 batting average. Amazing that he could go 1 for his next 11 and actually raise his average.
Pirates Lineup:
1. Josh Harrison (R) LF
2. Jordy Mercer (R) SS
3. Andrew McCutchen (R) CF
4. Gaby Sanchez (R) 1B
5. Neil Walker (S) 2B
6. Russell Martin (R) C
7. Gregory Polanco (L) RF
8. Brent Morel (R) 3B
9. Edinson Volquez (R) P
Wow a downvote just for posting a line up. Seems someone just doesnt like you!
Hope they were downvoting the lineup.
Diamondbacks Lineup:
1. Ender Inciarte (L) CF
2. David Peralta (L) RF
3. Aaron Hill (R) 2B
4. Miguel Montero (L) C
5. Mark Trumbo (R) LF
6. Jordan Pacheco (R) 1B
7. Didi Gregorius (L) SS
8. Alfredo Marte (R) 3B
9. Vidal Nuno (L) P
Anyone have info on why Gerrit Cole won’t start tomorrow in Indy?
He is still listed as the starter. What did you hear/read?
Indianapolis Indians @indyindians
Tomorrow’s starter (8/2) at Victory Field will be LHP Rafael Perez. Had earlier been announced that Gerrit Cole would be starting for Tribe
Cole’s still listed on their roster.
Brent Morel?
Huntington and Hurdle should be embarrassed…
Next we can look forward to Robert Andino at SS…
Anyone else wonder why the Cards traded offense for a bad starter? Seems like a bad trade to me.
What offense – Craig was having an awful year – and Kelly was a one trick pony – has a great fastball and nothing else. Sox are praying Craig is not damaged goods – if he is what he has been this year they got screwed.
If NH had made that trade Mozeliak did, most on here would be howling. Lackey and Masterson, two guys with negligible upgrade over their current starters, AND giving up 2 guys currently on their 25 man, didn’t sound to me like ‘put them over the top’ moves.
Any news on Cole?
Tweeted out by some of the beat writers that he’s rejoining team to refine some things in his next bullpen session. No word on injury concerns
Let’s start stackin’ some wins, boys.
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Let’s start tonight.
No problem – we have the awesome Bret Morel in the line up – should be good for at least a dozen runs on his own.
So Cole is not going to be back soon – the BMTIB strikes again – David Price was there for the taking.
No, sounds like they wanted him toncome to the big club early to be ready to pitch.
Really hope you are right – I am skeptical…
Found our broader problem: About 400 names were MISSING from the subscriber list. Crazy but true. They never actually made it through. I’m now typing ALL of them in. Will take a day or more!
Wow 400 missing Call the FBI
Call the IRS.
Wait, no…
WHOA! Hiding in plain sight!
Red sox dfa mike carp. Do bucs have interest?
He’s been awful. Plus, Reds will have an earlier shot at him, among other teams.
DEAR GOD I HOPE NOT.
Have to work in the AM.
Please root the Bucs to a win.
DK — good luck typing.
So the Plan is working?
Reverend, thank you !!!
Have a great evening.
Keep Jandy in line.
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My laptop died 2 weeks ago but used my 7-year-old iPod touch to subscribe. DK, love the site and our input which you have heard and responded to.
Only problem I have is upvote/downvote ability. It just seems petty to me. Every opinion should carry the same merit, right or wrong.
And thank you from preventing double posts…cause…I’d never do that…
Buccos win NL Central, and face Reds in NLCS.
REDS? DELUSIONAL.
query: if you are NOT gonna ship Pete Alvarez down to “work out the kinks” are you really helping win ball games with Brent Morel batting 8th? This is silly (now watch as Morel prob gets red hot)
Yeah, Brent MoreZs blazing hot tonight.
Sleepwalking.
I’m so tired of watching Gaby do nothing. How’s his OPS vs lefties this year?
Nmr posted something the other day showing it was similar to his career.
Obviously, Pirates should have traded for Luna as the dominant lefty they need. Another batless game.
Nuno not Luna. What do I know? Blinded by the hitless wonders.
ballgame.
What a bs call. Starting to think standing ground yesterday was fine because nothing can help this nonsense.
This team is done. Maybe just phoning it in after feelinv shafted by the gm yesterday and now by the home plate ump. Lots of bad body language. Even martin is air mailing throws.
For the second straight night, the Bucs are getting shelled by a triple A lineup.
As soon as Brown said dude was a Wild Things alum, I was thinking “perfect game through 7.”
Whoa. Wait a minute. Somebody actually did something.
Test.
If you’re Pedro, you should be utterly ashamed you’re powerless to help yourself and this club.
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And it’s only gonna get uglier.
Like I said yesterday, feels like a trap series.
Or another word that rhymes with trap.
Can’t remember who said that this feels like a “trap series” but it certainly feels like it.
The season is not over, though, because a few sloppy games(or series).
We were doing good outta the break & started slumping. There’s no reason we can’t turn it around.
Geez Radio Wave, I shoulda waited before posting.
I live in AZ… at the game right now. It is hard to believe the Pirates are the ones in playoff contention. They are being outplayed in all facets by a club that is completely rebuilding in midseason.
Still getting nothing from Cutch. Harrison is turning back into a Pumpkin. Morel is garbage. Sniders out ther loafing and letting fly balls drop in front of him.
This team needs Pedro to be Pedro. And needs to get past what happened yesterday.
Ike drives me nuts. What a cry baby.
Now would be an opportune time for Cutch to go yard.
A Pedro jack might help.
Nice.
Good for Pedro. Really. Nice to see.
Off the mat.
Me at the start of the inning: Ill give em one more at bat, but if they go down in order Im going to bed.
Guess im staying up a bit longer
You can say, J Hay is coming back to Earth, and he’s K’d 10 times or so the last few games, but he got it going tonight with an opposite field triple. He makes things happen.
And, after the uninspired first out in the 9th, J Hay makes something happen again.
Cutch and Pedro must have read my post and got mad.
Cutch looks like he is running freely again–really good to see.
He’s got that world class cruising speed again.
I know that Billy Hamilton and Dee Gordon get all the fast-guy love these days, but I swear no one goes around third faster than Cutch. Thrilling to watch.
Positive comments about the MVP are not allowed, Patrick. Don’t you know he is not doing anything?
Speechless. This is insane.
Announcers flabbergasted that dude is being left out there to take one for the team.
Can Davis make first and last out?
No better way to start the day (as you all are finishing yours) than to wake up at 5AM over here in England, turn on the Pirates game, and watch live from the 7th inning as they completely turn around what was looking like a loss into a big win. Yes.
I know it’s a five-run lead, but come on. Another choice for the mound.
Okay. Overreacted. Nice job.
Has Martinez ever shagged fly balls?
We got em with the rope a dope tonight!
Post-game potential brawl fizzles. Someone will get drilled on Saturday.
So, 1) Peter Gammons now lies for the Bucs? Yeah, sounds reasonable. Fits the narrative. 2) Bucs players are going to quit because we don’t have Price/Lester? Sure, why not. 3) Cutch stinks? I honestly can’t take it, any more.
JimS, hang in there. Any bad stretch for this organization (deadline whiff and any loss) brings out all the “Nutting-ists” that lurk just beneath the surface. It was rampant in late April, dormant for a bit.
This team in playoff hunt and not legit WS contenders, like it or not.