LOS ANGELES -- Forgive Jack Suwinski and Andy Haines if they were frustrated with the call. The Pirates had seen this happen 306 times this year.
Down in the seventh inning and on the way to 5-2 loss to the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium Thursday, Suwinski took a Nick Robertson changeup at the knees. It was definitely borderline, but pitch tracking did have it in the strike zone. Home plate umpire John Libka called it a strike and rung up Suwinski.
Suwinski disagreed, and while things didn't get too tempered between the player and umpire, the mild-mannered outfielder did have a few words and some glares for Libka:
"I think that's the first time I've seen Jack react to anything in two years," Derek Shelton said.