It’s 12:31 AM and I just watched Pedro Florimon hit a walkoff double or triple (I don’t know how it was scored, not sure it matters) so you’re getting bullet points:
- The Pirates just won an 15-inning game and only used two relievers from the tenth inning onwards. Arquimedes Caminero and Joe Blanton put their share of runners on base (a walk and a hit for Caminero, two walks and two hits for Blanton), but the Diamondbacks barely even threatened. The depth of this bullpen is crazy right now, particularly because of these two relievers.
- The Pirates were winning 8-3 at one point.
- The Pirates’ defense is bad, and it’s what turned 8-6 into 8-8 in the ninth.
- In his first ever at-bat, relief pitcher Keith Hessler slapped a single into left field and tried to take second on Starling Marte. You could almost hear Marte chuckle before he made the throw to second.
- Florimon also made a super-nifty play at short at some point in extra innings. And laid down one of the bunt attempts I ever remember seeing at some point later than that. The innings have now all run together in my mind.
- Jung Ho Kang almost ended the game in the bottom of the ninth with a laser down the first base line, but Paul Goldschmidt nabbed it and doubled Andrew McCutchen off second. Kang destroyed a tub of gum.
- Joe Blanton has now worked three scoreless innings in relief three times since August 8th.
- Francisco Cervelli had four hits and after catching fifteen innings, legged his way from first all the way home to score the winning run.
- And when he got there, Gregory Polanco did this.
- Florimon trying to leg out the triple, realizing the run scored, then blowing his way around third and heading home at top speed for the celebration was also wonderful.
- Blown five run lead, Pedro Florimon walkoff extra base hit, six scoreless innings from Caminero and Blanton. What a strange game.
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