I don’t think anyone would have blamed Luis Ortiz for taking Manny Banuelos around the corner in the dugout and giving him a good punch after the fifth inning. Or most of the Pirates’ battery for that matter.
Ortiz pitched fantastically well for the first four innings. Of course he was on a pitch count, so when he walked Zach Mckinstry that was it for him. In came Manny Banuelos, which prompted this Tweet on my part:
But of course he did, walking Esteban Quiroz, then handing a homer to Patrick Wisdom, not only breaking the shutout but making Ortiz the official loser.