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Fall behind early and scrape together the hits to win. At this point of the season I can live with that.

SP Matt Shoemaker (6.1IP, 7H, 4ER, 2BB, 4K's) was shaky his first couple of innings, falling behind 2-0 after 1 inning, then 3-1 after two innings. But he then found his groove and allowed only one more run till being relieved by RP Rich Rodriguez( 0.2IP 1H,0R, 0BB,0K). RP Archie Bradley pitched a 1-2-3 eighth inning, and CL Thomas Burrows closed out the game giving up only a single walk.

1B Ryon Healy, 3B KeBryan Hayes, 2B Erik Gonzalez, LF Trayvon Robinson all had two fer days, but it was SS Kevin Newman's only hit of the day that put the Pirates in the lead, a bases clearing double, that Newman tried stretching into a triple and was thrown out at third, ending the 4th inning.
Seven runs scored on eleven hits is a nice score line for the batters, can they do it again in the series is the question?

But the Manager and coaches are happy, the GM is happy, so lets enjoy the game and get ready for tomorrow.