The Brewers' Brice Turang hits a two-run double off Ryan Borucki in the eighth inning Sunday at PNC Park.
In an otherwise solid season, Ryan Borucki struggled to execute his pitches in a pivotal eighth inning, giving up three runs on three doubles and a walk in two-thirds of an inning that turned a two-run lead into a 6-5 loss to the Brewers this afternoon at PNC Park.
Borucki started the inning giving up a solidly struck ball by Christian Yelich to left field that Tommy Pham did well to catch. But a walk to Rhys Hoskins followed by an Isaac Collins double down the left field line put runners on second and third.
It looked like Borucki was about to work out of the jam inducing Sal Frelick to fly out to right field, then getting ahead of Caleb Durbin, 0-2. But on the sixth pitch of the at-bat, Durbin turned on a sweeper to power it over Pham's head for the game-tying two-run double:
"I just didn't execute, worked hard to get 0-2, two outs with traffic, and I just didn't make a pitch, Borucki said, “You gotta give him credit, he made a good swing."
Borucki’s day was over after his 3-2 sinker and 52nd pitch in the series to Brice Turang was roped for the game-winning RBI double on the seventh pitch:
It was Borucki’s third outing in the four-game series against the Brewers, adding up to 2 2/3 innings, six hits, a walk, a strikeout and four runs that raised his ERA to 4.43. It was also his 22nd appearance.
“Fatigue is always a thing," he said when that subject was broached. "The more you get used obviously, you get a little bit tired, sometimes stuff not as sharp. That's why you gotta take care of yourself off the field, weightlifting, and training room, things like that. Just try to stay as fresh as possible. It's just a long season with baseball. Fatigue is going to come, but you just gotta figure out how to make pitches.”
In the three games Borucki has pitched without a day off, he’s thrown 2 2/3 innings giving up three earned runs, five hits and a walk. This was the first time all season he’d thrown in three of four days.
• Before the eighth, it appeared Adam Frazier was going to lead the Pirates to victory with a two-run double down the left field line to drive in Andrew McCutchen and Alexander Canario. Frazier on his approach: “It was a cutter out over and I just tried to put it in play. That guy is pretty nasty.”
Frazier finished the homestand against the Reds and Brewers going 10 for 21 with four RBIs. He's at .253 for the season.
• Canario, seeing the most consistent action of his career, went 3 for 4 with a walk. He's batting .266 this month, with two home runs and six RBIs.
• Bailey Falter battled for 5 2/3 innings, overcoming a first in which he threw 28 pitches and gave up two singles and two walks that led to the Brewers' early three-run lead. In five May starts, Falter allowed three total earned runs over 29 1/3 innings for a 0.93 ERA.
"Been a great month of May, Falter said, "Trying to keep that rolling. Love pitching here. Gonna try and carry that out onto the road in San Diego."
• The Brewers' four total attempts at second-base pickoffs, the last of which nailed Pham in the eighth inning, weren't an accident. Pat Murphy, Milwaukee's manager, said, “That was this week’s focus: We’re holding runners at second base and we’re going to get pitchers to make that move. They’ve done an incredible job of trying to coach these guys to call that play. And it worked out.”
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The Brewers' Brice Turang hits a two-run double off Ryan Borucki in the eighth inning Sunday at PNC Park.
In an otherwise solid season, Ryan Borucki struggled to execute his pitches in a pivotal eighth inning, giving up three runs on three doubles and a walk in two-thirds of an inning that turned a two-run lead into a 6-5 loss to the Brewers this afternoon at PNC Park.
Borucki started the inning giving up a solidly struck ball by Christian Yelich to left field that Tommy Pham did well to catch. But a walk to Rhys Hoskins followed by an Isaac Collins double down the left field line put runners on second and third.
It looked like Borucki was about to work out of the jam inducing Sal Frelick to fly out to right field, then getting ahead of Caleb Durbin, 0-2. But on the sixth pitch of the at-bat, Durbin turned on a sweeper to power it over Pham's head for the game-tying two-run double:
"I just didn't execute, worked hard to get 0-2, two outs with traffic, and I just didn't make a pitch, Borucki said, “You gotta give him credit, he made a good swing."
Borucki’s day was over after his 3-2 sinker and 52nd pitch in the series to Brice Turang was roped for the game-winning RBI double on the seventh pitch:
It was Borucki’s third outing in the four-game series against the Brewers, adding up to 2 2/3 innings, six hits, a walk, a strikeout and four runs that raised his ERA to 4.43. It was also his 22nd appearance.
“Fatigue is always a thing," he said when that subject was broached. "The more you get used obviously, you get a little bit tired, sometimes stuff not as sharp. That's why you gotta take care of yourself off the field, weightlifting, and training room, things like that. Just try to stay as fresh as possible. It's just a long season with baseball. Fatigue is going to come, but you just gotta figure out how to make pitches.”
In the three games Borucki has pitched without a day off, he’s thrown 2 2/3 innings giving up three earned runs, five hits and a walk. This was the first time all season he’d thrown in three of four days.
• Before the eighth, it appeared Adam Frazier was going to lead the Pirates to victory with a two-run double down the left field line to drive in Andrew McCutchen and Alexander Canario. Frazier on his approach: “It was a cutter out over and I just tried to put it in play. That guy is pretty nasty.”
Frazier finished the homestand against the Reds and Brewers going 10 for 21 with four RBIs. He's at .253 for the season.
• Canario, seeing the most consistent action of his career, went 3 for 4 with a walk. He's batting .266 this month, with two home runs and six RBIs.
• Bailey Falter battled for 5 2/3 innings, overcoming a first in which he threw 28 pitches and gave up two singles and two walks that led to the Brewers' early three-run lead. In five May starts, Falter allowed three total earned runs over 29 1/3 innings for a 0.93 ERA.
"Been a great month of May, Falter said, "Trying to keep that rolling. Love pitching here. Gonna try and carry that out onto the road in San Diego."
• The Brewers' four total attempts at second-base pickoffs, the last of which nailed Pham in the eighth inning, weren't an accident. Pat Murphy, Milwaukee's manager, said, “That was this week’s focus: We’re holding runners at second base and we’re going to get pitchers to make that move. They’ve done an incredible job of trying to coach these guys to call that play. And it worked out.”
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