The Pittsburgh Pirates used hustle and effort to force extra innings in Detroit yesterday,but the continuing struggles of Brendan Donnelly allowed a walkoff homer by Carlos Guillen to lift the Tigers to a 4-3 win in ten innings.
Donnelly drops to 2-1 with the loss.
Garrett Jones homered (9) for the Bucs in defeat.
The Pirates attempt to avoid the sweep today with Jeff Karstens (1-2) and Armando Galarraga (2-1).
Pirate Hooks
1) Jose Tabata certainly is showing hustle in his first few days in the bigs.
Tabata's hustle was directly responsible for tying the game in the eighth as he turned a single into a double and then stole third.
That exactly how you hope a young player plays when he gets his chance.
2) The play that cost the Pirates was a two base error by Ryan Doumit on a throw right to him by Evan Meek.
No excuse for the error,but I do give Doumit somewhat of a pass as he isn't a first baseman and the Pirates are trying to pass him off as one...
3) Meek's throw was on the money,but he set it up by going after Austin Jackson between third and home instead of the easy twin killing that would have ended the inning.
A mental error no matter how you slice it...
4) Paul Maholm pitched well in getting out of two bases loaded innings and yet allowed just one run over his six innings.
The most concerning thing about Maholm that bothers me is that his walks are starting to go up and he added three more last night.
A control pitcher like Maholm cannot afford that.
5) Ryan Church is struggling at the plate,but he made a great play on a flyball to the deepest part of Comerica Park.
Church has many issues,but effort isn't one of them....
Allow me to get through tonight and I hope to get some fun stuff up early next week with overdue things and a soapbox issue for the Hagerstown Suns...
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