2021-08-14, Game 2: Brewers (Ashby) at Pirates (Keller) [Brewers win, 6-0 in 7 innings -- Solid outing for Ashby; Tellez puts one in the Allegheny]

[BruisedCrew]

Time for the offense to turn some of these hits into runs against a scrub pitcher.

[stoutdude04]

Ugh, that's frustrating only getting a single and getting him to 2nd only.

[BruisedCrew]

Things are just not going well. A ball that looks like it might be a HR turns into a single with only a one base advance.

[timpep]

Wow Jace is getting hall of famer treatment from the Ump.

[BruisedCrew]

The 8th hit produces the first run.

[folly412]

On Base Jace

[pacopete4]

Man, Jace Peterson has been such a player for us.

[yourout]

Need to turn this into a big number.

[phnxcrew]

Jace Peterson-challenging adames for best OPS

[BruisedCrew]

Great hustle Lo. That looked like a sure DP.

[pacopete4]

Now that’s some hustle.

[folly412]

Ashby ERA at 5.40, a 90% reduction in less than a week!

[igor67]

Anybody else think that Ashby without the glasses looks an awful lot like Andy Pettitte?

[wibadgers23]

We should have scored a lot more runs off this dud. Hopefully it doesn’t come back to hurt us.

[wOOgiE22]

Yelich is seeming to be making a little better contact attacking earlier in the count. Seems like the pitcher has been dictating the count with him the last couple of years.

[adambr2]

Was this a planned short start by Ashby? His pitch count was in good shape.

[young guns]

Probably just an attempt at taking no chances and going with the 7, 8, and 9th inning pitchers to close it out.

[wOOgiE22]

Just missing HR’s tonight.

[BruisedCrew]

There’s one for the blooper reel.

[trwi7]

That's the Pirates we know.

[timpep]

That was the most Pirates thing ever.

[yourout]

Now that is a gift hit.

[yourout]

Thank you very much.

[pacopete4]

That helps. Very nice!

[BruisedCrew]

Probably just an attempt at taking no chances and going with the 7, 8, and 9th inning pitchers to close it out.

 

Let Ashby leave feeling good about himself and get some work for Williams and Boxberger, who haven’t pitched for a few days, and Hader who is returning from his Covid break with only 1 mop up inning.