SAN FRANCISCO -- All that stands between these Pirates and serious contention is a mudfield of mediocrity.
Might as well make haste, right?
"Our focus is on us and what we have to do to prepare for every game. That doesn't really change, and it won't change after this," Jordy Mercer was saying at his stall after he and Andrew McCutchen each launched a three-run home run in a 10-3 laugher over the last-place Giants on this chilly Monday night at AT&T Park. "We'll go get a good night's sleep and get right back at it tomorrow."
"Everyone's showing up. Everyone's ready to go. Everyone's ready to win," Cutch said. "That's been the feeling in here for quite some time now."
Matt Cain
Clint Hurdle
Gerrit Cole
Conor Gillaspie
Starling Marte
Josh Bell
Gregory Polanco's
Josh Harrison
DK'S THREE THOUGHTS
1. Cutch, star of stage and screen ... and center field.
Buster Posey
David Freese
2. Fine, but check out Freese's plant.
James Harrison
3. Remember those guys?
Tony Watson
Juan Nicasio
Felipe Rivero
ON DECK
Madison Bumgarner
Jose Osuna