Aug 23, 2015

8/23/2015 11:26:00 PM
The Pittsburgh Pirates finish the Giants off on ESPN's Sunday Night Hardball as Bucs starter Francisco  Liriano was better than Giants starter Ryan Vogelsong as the Pittsburgh takes three of four from the Bucs.

Pittsburgh scored three runs in the bottom half of the 1st to take a 3-0 lead and they never looked back. They chased Vogelsong in the 4th as San Fran cut the the three-run deficit to one after 5 1/2. They scored a run in the 5th and a run in the 6th as Nori Aoki goes RBI single in that frame for a 3-2 Pirates lead.

That 6th frame for the Gigantes chased Liriano as he was still on the hook for the "W". This is the 2K15 Buccos and Star CF Andrew "Cutch 22" McCutchen and "El Toro" Pedro Alvarez both go Solo Blast in the 6th and 7th frames respectively to seal the win at 5-2. Liriano moves to 9-6 but more importantly the Buccos stay red-hot on the Redbirds back end and three games ahead of the Cubbies in the NL Wild Card Race.

San Fran gets some much-needed help from the 'Stros Show as they sweep the Dodgers and the Gigantes will most likely have to win the NL West as the NL Wild Card might not be in the Cards. 

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