JAL’s Play for Today Morning Links

 

Play for Today The Cure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FksEGDY2Z_o

1 MLB Transactions

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/transactions

2-MLB Trade Rumors-Pirates

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/pittsburgh_pirates/

3 Baseball Reference

https://www.baseball-reference.com

4 Retrosheet

http://www.retrosheet.org

5 Rumbunter

Pittsburgh Pirates: 3 Starting Pitchers the Team Should Target

https://rumbunter.com/2018/07/24/pittsburgh-pirates-3-starting-pitchers-the-team-should-target/

6 Green Weenie

Tribe Tumbles 9-4 as Bucs Take 11th Straight Behind Three-Homer Attack

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2018/07/tribe-tumbles-9-4-as-bucs-take-11th.html

7 Pirates Breakdown

COLUMN: Don't count on the Pirates buying at the deadline

http://thesportsdaily.com/2018/07/24/pittsburgh-pirates-count-buyers-deadline-pbd11/

8 Cleveland Plain Dealer

Pittsburgh Steelers (sorry, make that Pirates) flatten Cleveland Indians for the second straight night, 9-4

https://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2018/07/cleveland_indians_pittsburgh_p_11.html#incart_big-photo

9 Deadspin</b>

Joe Musgrove Reminds Us That Pitchers Can Be Fielders, Too

https://deadspin.com/joe-musgrove-reminds-us-that-pitchers-can-be-fielders-1827848929

10 Minor League Ball

An Interview With Pirates’ RHP Vince Deyzel

https://www.minorleagueball.com/2018/7/24/17606372/an-interview-with-pirates-rhp-vince-deyzel

11 SB Nation

The A’s and Pirates are making the wild card races far more fun

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2018/7/24/17604640/athletics-pirates-win-streak-wild-card

12 CBS Sports

> The red-hot Pirates are 'absolutely open' to buying, and these are the issues they should address

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/the-red-hot-pirates-are-absolutely-open-to-buying-and-these-are-the-issues-they-should-address/

13 Fangraphs

The 2018 Replacement-Level Killers: Second Base

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-2018-replacement-level-killers-second-base/

14 Baseball Prospectus</b>

Short Relief: A Star is Reborn

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/41492/short-relief-9/

15 Blog Predictions

http://pbc-asylum.blogspot.com/2018/03/2018-pbc-asylum-blog-prediction-contest.html’

16 Previous Game Box Score

http://stats.washingtonpost.com/mlb/boxscore.asp?final=true&gamecode=380724105

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Final 1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9   R H E Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 Cleveland 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 x 4 8 1

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  W: T. Bauer (9-6)   L: J. Taillon (7-8)   S: B. Hand (1)

1:10 PM ET, July 25, 2018 Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio  Attendance: 31,682

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Pittsburgh Pirates Player AB R H RBI TB BB K AVG OBP SLG J. Luplow, LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 .217 .455 S. Marte, CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .292 .339 .503   A. Frazier, CF 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 .241 .323 .362 G. Polanco, RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .235 .332 .498 C. Moran, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .263 .332 .391 J. Bell, 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .270 .351 .408 D. Freese, DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .273 .330 .412 S. Rodríguez, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .174 .288 .341 J. Mercer, SS 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 .259 .319 .396 J. Stallings, C 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .154 .214 .154 Totals 29 0 3 0 4 2 13 - - -

Cleveland Indians Player AB R H RBI TB BB K AVG OBP SLG F. Lindor, SS 4 1 2 0 2 0 0 .293 .369 .559 M. Brantley, LF 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 .300 .347 .477 J. Ramírez, 3B 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 .298 .403 .625 E. Encarnacion, DH 4 0 1 2 1 0 1 .237 .322 .481 Y. Alonso, 1B 4 1 1 2 4 0 0 .256 .327 .450 M. Cabrera, RF 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .250 .282 .342   R. Davis, PR-CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .304 .297 J. Kipnis, 2B 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 .222 .309 .366 R. Pérez, C 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .148 .227 .217 T. Naquin, CF-RF 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .264 .295 .356 Totals 31 4 8 4 13 2 6 - - -

2B: Pit 1, A. Frazier (4).

3B: Cle 1, J. Kipnis (1).

HR: Cle 1, Y. Alonso (16).

HR Detail: Cle, Y. Alonso (Inning: 8 , 2 Out, 1 on) off F. Vázquez.

Scoring Position: Pit - 0 for 7.Cle - 2 for 8.

Pittsburgh Pirates Player IP H R ER BB K HR BFP Pit B-S ERA OpBA J. Taillon, (L 7-8) 7.0 7 2 2 1 5 0 28 89 32 - 57 3.73 .245 K. Crick 0.2 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 17 8 - 9 2.13 .196 F. Vázquez 0.1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 6 2 - 4 3.16 .228

Cleveland Indians Player IP H R ER BB K HR BFP Pit B-S ERA OpBA T. Bauer, (W 9-6) 7.0 2 0 0 2 10 0 26 102 36 - 66 2.32 .212 A. Cimber, (Hld 2) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 2 - 5 0.00 .286 B. Hand, (S 1) 1.1 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 17 2 - 15 2.70 .182

Errors: Pit 1, G. Polanco (1). Cle 1, F. Lindor (13).

Double Plays: Pit 1, (S.Rodríguez to Mercer to Bell). Cle 1, (Kipnis to Lindor to Alonso).

Stolen Bases: Cle 2, J. Ramírez 2 (22).

Caught Stealing: Pit 1, S. Marte (6).

Hit by Pitch: Pit, S. Marte by T. Bauer.

Umpires: HP--Mahrley, 1B--Guccione, 2B--Miller, 3B--Porter.

Time: 2:39

Attendance - 31,682