One can chalk up the Pirates’ 2-0 loss to the Brewers Sunday for not taking advantage of opportunities or being efficient at the plate when there were runners in scoring position.
Daniel Vogelbach, on the other hand, was about as efficient as a hitter could be. In four trips to the plate, he swung the bat just three times. He had three hits:
Keep in mind, he did one day after pulling this in his first two trips to the plate against the Brewers:
“Sometimes when you’ve got really good arms on the mound, you don’t get much to hit,” Vogelbach told me after the game.