Game 2: Pirates 6 Cardinals 5

In watching Sunday’s Opener against the Cardinals, I kind of felt like the Pirates were clicking along in mid-season form against a team playing their first game of the year on a cold Pittsburgh April afternoon. The Pirates very quickly reminded me tonight that drawing conclusions based on one game is dumb by doing some very bad things in the field. With the Pirates holding a 2-0 lead in the top of the third, Starling Marte charged in on a Steven Piscotty single to come up throwing to the plate, but forgot to pick up the ball. The error allowed at least one run to score and possibly allowed a second when Matt Holliday drove in a run with what otherwise could’ve been an inning ending double play. In the fifth, with the Pirates already trailing 4-3, Gregory Polanco misplayed a Piscotty single into a triple, then Piscotty scored on a Jordy Mercer throwing error with Holliday back up at the plate.

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