Pirates 11, Palms 0

It was an ugly send-off for the Miami Palms on Wednesday afternoon, as the Pittsburgh Pirates steamrolled their way to an 11–0 win, taking the series and knocking the Palms back to 4–8 on the young season.

Veteran lefty Manny Parra struggled mightily, allowing eight runs over just 4 2/3 innings. His outing unraveled in the fourth and fifth innings, as the Pirates poured on eight runs in that span—highlighted by a two-run triple from Bryan Reynolds and a two-run single off the bat of Colin Moran, who would later homer.

“I just couldn’t locate my fastball, and when I did, they were sitting on it,” Parra said after the game. “No excuses—just a bad outing.”

The bullpen didn’t fare much better. Mike Morin, Braden Shipley, and Brian Matusz combined to give up three more runs over the final 3 1/3 innings, allowing a combined eight hits. It was Matusz’s first outing since returning from a brief absence, and he was greeted rudely with back-to-back RBI knocks in the eighth.

Offensively, Miami never got going against Chris Archer, who looked like his vintage self. Archer twirled eight shutout innings, striking out four while walking just one. The Palms scattered six singles—including three from Yairo Muñoz—but couldn’t get a runner past second base.

“I thought we were a little flat today,” said manager Scott Hatteberg. “You never want to make excuses, but this was one of those travel-day slogs. Hopefully we shake it off at home.”

The Palms will need to shake it off quickly. The loss came with a brutal dose of bad news: Jarod Lantz, fresh off his eight-inning gem the night before, was placed on the 60-day injured list with an oblique injury. The club called up Brian Kragh, a left-hander who will join the rotation or possibly operate as a swingman.

“This is a gut punch,” Hatteberg said of losing Lantz. “Jarod’s been a leader, and seeing him go down is tough on the whole room. But it’s next man up. We believe in Kragh.”

Miami returns to Coca-Cola Palms Park for their longest homestand to date: four games against the Oakland A’s, followed by three each with the Tampa Bay Rays and New York Yankees.

 Pittsburgh Pirates 11, Miami Palms 0

 Wednesday, April 8, 2020

 

 

 Miami Palms (4-8)                                        Pittsburgh Pirates (2-1)                                

 Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave      Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave      

 ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---      ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---      

 Gardner cf      4  0  0  0  0  2  1  0  0  3   .333      Dyson cf        5  1  3  0  0  0  4  0  0  0   .556

 Markakis lf     3  0  0  0  1  1  1  0  0  0   .200      Frazier 2b      5  1  1  0  0  0  1  2  0  5   .286

 Grant 1b        4  0  1  0  0  0  8  1  0  2   .295      Bell 1b         5  3  3  1  0  0  6  0  0  0   .357

 Korb 3b         4  0  0  0  0  0  1  3  0  0   .250      Polanco rf      4  3  2  1  1  0  3  0  0  0   .538

 Encarnacion dh  4  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  2   .244      Reynolds lf     3  1  2  2  2  0  3  0  0  0   .500

 Sohn rf         4  0  0  0  0  1  5  0  0  0   .240      Stallings c     5  1  3  2  0  1  5  0  0  0   .600

 Castillo c      4  0  1  0  0  0  5  0  0  0   .188      Gonzalez 3b     5  0  0  0  0  1  1  2  0  2   .222

 Munoz ss        3  0  3  0  0  0  1  1  0  0   .371      Riddle ss       5  0  1  2  0  2  3  2  0  1   .286

 Gonzalez 2b     3  0  1  0  0  0  1  0  0  0   .382      Moran dh        4  1  2  3  1  1  0  0  0  2   .375

 

                 -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---                            -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---            

 Totals          33 0  6  0  1  5  24 6  0  7             Totals          41 11 17 11 4  5  27 7  0  10 

 

 

                            1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9      R  H  E

                            -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -      -  -  -

 Miami Palms                0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0      0  6  0  

 Pittsburgh Pirates         0  0  0  2  6  0  1  2         11 17 0  

 

 

 

 LOB- Miami Palms 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 10; 2B- Castillo(2), Bell 2(2), Polanco(3),

 Dyson(3); 3B- Reynolds(2); HR- Moran(1); RBI- Bell(2), Polanco(2), Reynolds 2(5),

 Moran 3(4), Riddle 2(6), Stallings 2(2); RLSP- Encarnacion, Gardner, Grant 2, Frazier 3,

 Moran, Riddle, Gonzalez;  

 

  

  

 

 

 Miami Palms                   IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA

 Parra(L 0-3)                  4.2  9  8  8  3  2    7.56  

 Morin                         1.1  4  0  0  0  0    7.00  

 Shipley                       1.0  1  1  1  0  1   10.80 

 Matusz                        1.0  3  2  2  1  2    9.72  

 

 Pittsburgh Pirates            IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA

 Archer(W 1-0)                 8.0  6  0  0  1  4    0.00  

 Feliz                         1.0  0  0  0  0  1    9.00  

 

 Inherited runners-scored- Morin 3-2; Pitches-strikes- Parra 87-48, Morin 20-16,

 Shipley 8-7, Matusz 28-19, Archer 98-64, Feliz 9-7; Batters faced- Parra 26, Morin 8,

 Shipley 4, Matusz 7, Archer 31, Feliz 3; 

 Temp - 63, Sky - Mostly Cloudy, Wind - NNW 9mph 

 

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