It is true, the pirates are young and inexperienced. Some of them are learning quickly the major league level. But they all have fundamental skills of baseball, including the knowledge of what to do with a hanging breaking ball with two runners on base.
Michael McKenry was found in the same situation on Friday night when Cubs closer Carlos Marmol left a slider, batting eighth tom, sitting on a shirt for him.
"Everybody knows his Mo, he has a ball of energy and a pretty good slider," McKenry said. "Tried only for battle, a ball game."
TodayMatch: Cubs vs. pirates, 07:05 pm, PNC Park.
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Version: RHP Ryan Dempster (5-6, 4.99) vs. RHP Kevin Correia (3.74 11-6).
Key Confrontation: Correia vs half of infield puppies. Starlin Castro and Barney Darwin are a combined 5 15 (. 333) against him.
Note: The belt is 2-0 with a 1.35 ERA in two games against the Cubs this season.
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Put into play for a moment, but soon he was out of the picture again. McKenry hit a three-run home run in the left field seats that had crowned a streak of four eighth inning and gave the pirates a 7-4 victory against the Cubs PNC Park.
A crowd of 37.140 saw first League home run McKenry and then he instigated in dugout for a curtain call.
"That is a child sleep little me", he said. "See Cal Ripken and renowned people do". I have one and I have 26 years, I have a little over two months in the big leagues. "Is awesome".
McKenry made a strike call and then overthrown in six consecutive releases. He had beaten the tom eighth folded down.
"I don't know if ever I saw someone hitting a ball than before," said James McDonald. "He has it all."
The chain of events that set the home run began with the pirates in the end, 4-3 in the eighth. Pinch-hitter Matt Diaz walked and Pedro Ciriaco pizca ran to him and then broke up a potential double play ball land of Neil Walker. Lyle Overbay in particular and the Cubs had replaced Sean Marshall, who was beaten and fell to 5-3 with marble.
Josh Harrison in his 24 years, in particular to the Centre of rated Walker and tie the score before grilled McKenry.
"Hit it hard with the screws enough balls", McKenry Harrison said. "He has been putting some good swings on the ball". Displays only. "It just caught up with his plan and he received a pitch and only took".
Daniel McCutchen (3-1) got the win in relief and Joel Hanrahan turned his 26 save, striking out two in the ninth.
The eighth had overshadowed the beginning of McDonalds. He allowed three runs on 52/3 innings, but his pitch count was high this time 99.
"Hitting batters but together sometimes good changes for the bat good pitches that improper shutdown," said McDonald.
Chris Resop allowed close an RBI double to Alfonso Soriano, although executions were a charge of McDonald's and José Veras allowed run on two hits and two walks in two-thirds of an inning, but kept the bullpen.
"Nobody broke," said the Manager Clint hurdle of pirates.
Marlon Byrd and Aramis Ramirez had his way with pirates pitching staff, going a combined 5 to 7 with four runs scored and a home run. Ramirez has seven homers in their last 11 games and 15 in the season.
The Cubs had a 3-2 lead in the sixth with a double of Soriano, but Andrew McCutchen tied the score in the bottom half with a solo foursquare, its 13.
The Cubs took the lead again in the eighth when Byrd walked and Soriano doubled on the wall of Clemente in right field, giving to the corridors of the Cubs in the second and third with one out. With the infield in Darwin Barney on Earth a single through the hole between short and third, marking the Byrd and getting ahead, the Cubs 4-3.
Daniel McCutchen relieved to see this time and left the bases loaded and Starlin Castro fly off.
Aggressive baserunning, timely hitting and a good balance of bat erased the deficit.
"Caught a as good as he can attack," said McKenry run obstacle.
McKenry, joined the pirates through trade and was a rotation of the captors of fill for the injured Chris Snyder and Ryan "Sam" Doumit never shuffling. His defense earned him praise. On Friday, his bat came to the party.
"Principles when it came to battle type slowly, pressing for a success," said McDonald. "It was always positive, picking up in the times where we should probably collect it." "It's really nice to see him succeed as this".
First published in July 9, 2011, at 12:28
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