What a terrific start from Max Scherzer. He went six innings, allowing four hits, one earned, three walks with four strikeouts. He did get some help from a couple of terrific catches by Myles Straw. 104 pitches for Max, more than I’d like to see him throw, but he finished strong.
He did walk a couple of batters, and then give up a single, to load the bases with no outs in the second, but the Pirates scored just the one run. That was the only inning that he had much trouble.
Here is one of those two great catches, the other he went back to the wall to make a jumping catch.
The pen wasn’t light’s out:
There were a few minor misplays. Bo had a grounder go right through him. Andres Gimenez grabbed a grounder that he should have let Bo take, Bo was moving towards first, Andres away. Andres’ throw was late to first. Straw was a little slow getting a ball into the infield, letting Reynolds turn a single into a double.
Our defense hasn’t been sharp lately.
We had ten hits and four walks. Kirk had three. Springer and Lukes had two each. Barger (with a walk), Clement (two k) and Gimenez (walk) went 0 for.
Jays of the Day: Scherzer (.191 WPA), Springer (.156) and Lukes (.095). Let’s give Straw one too (.056, plus those two catches).
No one gets the other award. Clement gets the low mark at -.082.
Tomorrow we have a day game. 12:30 Eastern. Chris Bassitt (11-6, 4.22) vs Johan Oviedo making his second start of the season. The first one didn’t go well, one inning, two runs against, with three walks.