A day after Sonny Gray threw a perfect game for five-and-a-third innings before the Pirates broke through and won, the Bucs were the victims of a perfect game for six-and-a-third innings, and this time they couldn’t fight back. Joe Block recaps the loss.
The Pirates start a seven-game homestand tonight, taking on the Cardinals, with the Bucs not having named a starter yet and the Cards going with rookie Drew Rom, who is making his Major League debut. It’s a 6:40 airtime on WCCS.
The Pirates yesterday put relief pitcher Angel Perdomo on the 15-day injured list with elbow pain and activated reliever Dari Moreta, who’d been out since August 3rd with lower back inflammation.
First round draft choice Paul Skenes threw two hitless, scoreless innings yesterday for Low-A Bradenton, striking out two and getting out of a first-inning trouble spot created by a runner reaching first on a third-strike wild pitch and an error. On The Ben Cherington Show on WCCS yesterday, the Pirates’ general manager said that Skenes will pitch no more than twenty innings in the Pirates minor leagues before he is shut down this season.
ALTOONA CURVE
Altoona lost to Bowie, 7-6 on a 13th inning walkoff home run. Down 3-1, the Curve got a two-out three-run home run by Chavez Young to take a 4-3 lead into the bottom of the ninth, but they could not hold that lead. Nor could they hold a two-run lead after Joe Perez knocked a two-run dinger in the top of the 13th. Jackson Glenn also homered for Altoona, which is off today before starting a six-game homestand tomorrow night against Akron.
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