![]() ![]() Keller got Harold Ramirez to hit a grounder to short, but Castro’s fielding error allowed Diaz to score and tie the game at 1-1. ![]() Yandy Diaz’s two-out single to center was followed by Wander Franco’s single that bounced past Bae at second base. The Rays responded with a three-run third, though none were earned. The Pirates took a 1-0 lead with two outs in the third when Andrew McCutchen drilled McClanahan’s 2-1 fastball 357 feet to left field for his sixth home run. With the way their pitching is, you cannot give them extra outs.” If you give them extra outs, they will capitalize on it. We just haven’t played well, and they’ve played well. “I don’t know if there’s anything specific to it, if it’s the fact that it’s the series, if it’s the fact that the ball on turf. “We just haven’t played well,” Shelton said. They have lost three consecutive games and have had difficulty adjusting to the dome and the turf field at the Trop. Lefty Shane McClanahan improved to 6-0, allowing one run on five hits and two walks while striking out nine as the Rays (25-6) showed why they have the best record in baseball.Īfter going 20-9 in the first month of the season, Shelton couldn’t put his finger on what has been troubling the Pirates. Through the first two games of the series, they are 0 for 17 with runners in scoring position. The Pirates had scoring chances but stranded Bryan Reynolds at second base in the first inning, Bae at third in the fourth and seventh innings and Connor Joe at third after a one-out triple in the sixth as they went 0 for 7 with runners in scoring position and left eight on base. But you cannot give a team like that extra outs, and we gave them extra outs, which cost Mitch extra pitches. “We gave too many opportunities away,” Shelton said on the AT&T SportsNet postgame show. They did no favors for Mitch Keller, who had eight strikeouts but threw 100 pitches in five innings. It marked the second consecutive game the Pirates (20-11) were haunted by mishaps in the field. Petersburg, Fla., to clinch a win in the three-game series between the two teams with the best records in baseball. The Rays scored four unearned runs early and got a pair of solo home runs late to roll to an 8-1 victory over the Pirates at Tropicana Field in St. Whether it was manager Derek Shelton getting ejected or middle infielders Rodolfo Castro and Ji Hwan Bae committing costly errors, the Pittsburgh Pirates repeatedly lost their composure Wednesday night. ![]()
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