Hugs and high-fives for Samardzija. Oh-oh. That means it will be Marmol time.
Lucky break. Scherholtz safe on an error, steals second, but Castillo strikes out. Valbuena flies deep to center, Scherholtz to third. Gonzalez strikes out.
Bottom of the ninth. Not for the squeamish, though the Pirates are swinging at everything. Hope for the best. It would be a shame to waste such a dominant starting performance.
Jones strikes out on a really bad pitch that bounces in. McCutcheon hit by a pitch, steals second, which is weird down three runs, but that is modern baseball, I guess. Alvarez knocks in a run. Glad to see Russell and Fujikawa warming up. Lets get somebody in there before the game gets out of hand.
Another walk. Get this guy out of there now! At least one hitter too many.
Russell pitching. Nice job to get Walker out.
Fujikawa in to hopefully get the final out. Two pitches. Game over.
Nervous ending turned a laugher into a nail-biter, but all's well that ends well.
Last note: I didn't think I would like the new color guy, but he wasn't bad at all.
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