Author Archives: Randy Linville
Game 157 Recap: Ludwick’s Walk Off Single Brings Bucs to 70 Wins
It won’t be a .500 season. It likely won’t even be a 75 win season. But one milestone was cleared in this game – the Pirates won for the 70th… Read more
Game 156 Recap: Ohlendorf Rocked in Bucs Loss
Ross Ohlendorf was beaten badly. As Cincinnati based sports broadcaster Ken Broo might’ve said back in the day ‘He was pounded like a butcher pounds a piece of veal.’ Ohlendorf… Read more
Game 155 Recap: Bucs Hold on as Morton Wins 10th
Charlie Morton earned his tenth win by pitching six scoreless innings then watched the bullpen give up three runs and nearly blow it for him. Pedro Alvarez and Derrek Lee… Read more
Game 154 Recap: Bucs Shutout on Two Hits
The Pirates were blanked by Ian Kennedy and J.J. Putz who combined on a two hit shutout. Justin Upton provided the only run of th game with a broken bat… Read more
Game 153 Recap: Lincoln, Bucs Blasted by Dodgers
That was ugly. No question. The Dodgers bombed Pirate pitching for 15 runs and 23 hits. Chad Billingsley cruised through five leisurely innings while Brad Lincoln didn’t get out of… Read more
Game 152 Recap: Lilly, Loney Topple Pirates
There have been a couple of consistencies in 2011. The offense has struggled. Combine that with the youth and injuries and we’ve seen a number of additions and subtractions to… Read more
Game 151 Recap: Bucs Fall to Kuroda
In Jeff Locke’s Major League debut, the Pirates were beaten on a one hit shutout. They got five more hits in his second start. But that wasn’t enough. Locke was… Read more
Game 150 Recap: Ohlendorf Pitches, Powers Bucs to Win
Ross Ohlendorf made the case for the rotation in 2012 (there will be a lot to sort through Spring Training) with a fantastic seven inning effort. The Pirates batted around… Read more
Game 149 Recap: Bats Quiet in 82nd Loss
In the same way that Don Henley once wrote, “Nobody on the road. Nobody on the beach. I feel it in the air. The summer’s out of reach,” a… Read more
Game 148 Recap: Loss 81 is Here
Before anything else, I would be remiss if I didn’t point out that the Pirates will need to win their final 14 games to avoid being below .500 for the… Read more
