I don't have much to say on the Pirates 8-2 loss to the Reds that saw Charlie Morton fall to 1-9 after a two inning seven run performance or time to say it,but Morton was placed on the DL after the game with "Shoulder Fatigue".
I would like to say this about Morton though-Either the Shoulder Fatigue is a bogus way to avoid sending Morton back to AAA or the Pirates have been tremendously irresponsible in continuing to run an injured player to the mound every five days.
I personally believe the Pirates see Morton as having the potential to have an awful season and using this as an excuse gives Morton some skipped starts and might avoid a 20 loss season.
However,the team looks bad by continuing to hand the ball to a pitcher that clearly has issues.
Are they physical,mental or just not a big league pitcher?
That only Charlie Morton can answer,but the Pirates need to figure just what they have in Morton before the season ends and the sooner the better.
The Pirates are in Atlanta tonight with Zach Duke (3-4) against Derek Lowe (6-4)
Pirate Hooks
1) About the only good thing to come out of the game was three hits from Jeff Clement.
Clement has struggled all season and it would be nice to see some return from the trade with Seattle after the non return from the Braves.
2) Jeff Karstens pitched well in his "long man Lyle" routine for Morton with four innings that saw him allow just one run.
Karstens is very suited to this role.
3) Andy LaRoche returned to the lineup at third and Neil Walker started at second.
LaRoche made a brutal error with the score 4-0 by trying to start a twin killing instead of throwing the runner out at home.
LaRoche threw the ball into right field and wound up getting zero outs.
In any event,this is the 3b/2b combo that I would like to see for a while.
Photo Credit-Al Behrman-AP Photo
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