The Pittsburgh Pirates blasted the Los Angeles Dodgers yesterday at PNC Park with the Pirates triumphant 11 to 1. It was a thrilling night of baseball that anyone with Pirates tickets will definitely cherish. It’s not too late to take in a game so get your baseball tickets soon!
Pirates pitcher Zach Duke (3.94 ERA) got the win, while Hiroki Kuroda (3.76 ERA) took the loss for the Dodgers. Zach Duke went 8.2 solid innings for the Pirates, allowed 4 hits, no home runs and one earned run with one walk and 6 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Pirates was Donnie Veal (5.40). The Dodgers’s starter Hiroki Kuroda went 4 innings, allowed 8 hits, 2 home runs and 3 earned runs with 2 walks and 3 strikeouts. Charlie Haeger (3.32), Guillermo Mota (3.53), and James McDonald (4.06) also pitched for the Dodgers. With the win, Duke’s record goes to 11-15, while Kuroda falls to 8-7.
Andy LaRoche provided much of the offense for the Pirates with an incredible 6 runs batted in. In addition to the 11 runs, the Pirates managed 15 hits and committed 2 errors. Andy LaRoche led the Pirates in hitting with 5 hits, followed by Andrew McCutchen’s 3 hits, and Luis Cruz with 2. The Dodgers didn’t have anyone with a big night with not one batter getting more than 2 hits. The Dodgers mustered one run, 4 hits and one error.
Umpiring duties were performed by Adrian Johnson, Gary Cederstrom, Field Culbreth and Brian O’Nora. There were 16,696 Pirates ticket holders in attendance at PNC Park.
The win puts the Pirates at a record of 59-96, (30.5 games behind the division leader), while the loss brings the Dodgers to 93-64, at the top of their division. Next up for the Pirates are the Chicago Cubs (81-74) at the Cubs’s Wrigley Field. If you are in the area you might want to check out what’s available for Chicago Cubs tickets because that game should be a good one. The Dodgers will next take on the San Diego Padres (72-85) at Petco Park in what should be a very good game of MLB baseball. Buy your San Diego Padres tickets today and take in all the thrills.