Somewhere on the screen of a smartphone, Charlie Morton began to lose control. Pittsburgh had to win, or face the the wild card playoff. Hell. In this case, a collection of baby bears. They haven’t grown up or they’d lose…
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Second baseman Danny Espinosa lunged for a bouncing ball and fired it to first. Runner Pedro Alvarez stretched for the base, foot on bag just barely after the throw. Good thing; Max Scherzer, former Mizzou Tiger, is now three outs…
Mark Reynolds hit from the right, with a pink bat in his hands and pink shoes on his feet. He hit a weak grounder to the pitcher to start the inning, but not because of his fashion. The Pirates’ lefty,…
St. Louis led this one by three entering the 9th inning. Trevor Rosenthal faced Gregory Polanco, who squinted at strike one and weakly knocked the next pitch into the stands. Foul. After a ball, Rosenthal sneered at his catcher, firing…
St. Louis and Pittsburgh were tied at 1. In the bottom of the 11th, Peter Bourjos smacked a ball up the third base line and started to run, sifting the dirt with each step. He stood at second, with red…