From Brandon Lowe's catch of a 115-mph line drive off the bat of YordanAlvarez, to this Nick Gonzales snag and Spencer Horwitz scoop that ended the eighth inning ...
... the Pirates were rather strong defensively behind JaredJones and CarmenMlodzinski in a 5-1 win over the Astros here tonight at Daikin Park.
"Hitting is really hard, so if you can take away hits, it just makes things easier," JakeMangum, who made a sliding catch to begin the eighth, told me afterward. "On top of that, my whole life I've always been taught, and even Tony Beasley's been teaching us this year that, as outfielders, we're serving the pitchers. Our job in the outfield is to help get the pitcher off the mound as fast as possible. When we do that, great. When we don't, we work hard to try to fix it."
THE ASYLUM
Defense stands strong
From Brandon Lowe's catch of a 115-mph line drive off the bat of Yordan Alvarez, to this Nick Gonzales snag and Spencer Horwitz scoop that ended the eighth inning ...
... the Pirates were rather strong defensively behind Jared Jones and Carmen Mlodzinski in a 5-1 win over the Astros here tonight at Daikin Park.
"Hitting is really hard, so if you can take away hits, it just makes things easier," Jake Mangum, who made a sliding catch to begin the eighth, told me afterward. "On top of that, my whole life I've always been taught, and even Tony Beasley's been teaching us this year that, as outfielders, we're serving the pitchers. Our job in the outfield is to help get the pitcher off the mound as fast as possible. When we do that, great. When we don't, we work hard to try to fix it."
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