I was a little torn tonight. I have to root for my team but it was hard to root for pitcher Brian Gordon to do poorly. I didn’t have to suffer too long… Gordon was only in for 5 innings and pitched beautifully. Thankfully, Pig Pitching held the game close at 0-2 until Brandon Moss tied the game with a 2 run home run. Later, Delwyn Young added a 3 run shot that put the Pigs up 5-2.
Tyson Brummett started the game and allowed 2 runs on 7 hits, striking out 7 and walking none. DeFratus came on and pitched 2.1 innings allowing only 1 hit, no runs and struck out 5. Our Phavorite Phro, Michael Schwimer came on to close out the 9th.
Pigs win by a final score of 5-2.
There were a few flair ups on what sounded like (radio broadcast) really poor umpiring tonight. It seems the crew of Troy Fullwood, Adam Hamari and Derek Crabill was taking a lot of flack from those who differed in opinion. It’s bad when even the home team agrees on bad calls that go for their team. Hope someone is evaluating them/keeping notes on their performance. Of note, SWB Manager Dave Miley ejected arguing a call.
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Of a big note: Pigs win game #50. Last year, it was July 28 when they won game #50 – going 50-58.
Nothing drives Provence batty more than shoddy umpiring!
Gordon is a good guy, but he chose to be a Yankee. I understand why, but he is still a Yankee. So as long as he is pitching for them against the Pigs, or pitching for them in important games down the stretch, I hope he gets lit up every start, if it means the Pigs can win the division or edge them out for a playoff spot.
Exactly. Joining an AL organization = Crossing over to the Dark Side. Nobody refers to Vader as “The Jedi Formerly Known as Anakin.” Sleep with the dogs, wake up with the fleas.
I was at the game tonight in Scranton. Tyson Brummet did well in keeping the game close. Justin DeFratus showed an upside in 2.1 innings that I did not see when he first came up from Reading. His fastball was reaching 95-96 on the scoreboard radar and he had very effective off speed stuff coming in at 81. In addition he also had good command of pitches in the 89 to 91 range. Perhaps the umps calls helped him, but to me when I saw a very good AAA player in Terry Tiffee completely baffled in an at bat against DeFratus I told myself this kid just might have a bright future.
The young starters do carry a ‘prospect’ tag with them as the relievers did at the beginning of this season. Here’s to them performing like the pen!