If I had to draw up a diagram of how I hoped the games in this Pirates/Padres series wouldn’t play out but probably would, I probably would’ve gone with:
- Pirates get a decent start that keeps them in the game.
- Padre starter shuts the Pirates down.
- The Pirates’ patchwork bullpen gives up some runs.
- The Padres’ awesome bullpen doesn’t.
Last night was four for four. And I would like to note that while I’ve been pushing for JR to use some intelligent platoons lately, I didn’t really mean Andy LaRoche at first base.