What can you say about this one? The Pirates played awful defense today with errors all over the diamond, Clint Hurdle kept up his weird, “I’m going to start the inning with this guy, but if he even blinks I’m bringing this better guy in,” bullpen management style that sometimes works and sometimes doesn’t, and the Pirates lost a game to the Red Sox that they should or at the very least could have won.
So how am I, as a Pirate fan, supposed to react to this one? Obviously taking two of three from the Red Sox is a great result, but I can’t help but feel a little upset that the Pirates didn’t slam the door on the sweep when they had a chance. The Red Sox played awful defense today, too, and gave the Pirates more than enough chances to break the game open. I know I should appreciate getting two of three, but not capitalizing on the chance for the sweep today still leaves me feeling pretty bummed, especially with the unknown status of Jose Tabata after the quad injury that forced him to leave the game in a lot of pain in the bottom of the first inning.
Still! The Pirates lost the first game of an interleague homestand on Tuesday to drop to two games below .500, and they’re ending the homestand one game above. Losing today may have been a squandered opportunity and the way the injuries keep piling up feels awfully daunting, but finishing the homestand with four wins in five games is still something that seemed out of the question just a few days ago. On to Toronto.
