The bats have vanished at the worst possible moment.
Chicago squandered scoring opportunities in consecutive innings, went 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position and fell to the Pirates, 4-2, on Wednesday night. Pittsburgh takes the series, but at least the Guardians did us a favor by losing to Baltimore, so the AL Central gap holds at two.
It didn’t look good out of the gate when Davis Martin labored through a 16-pitch first inning, walking the first two batters he faced. Pitching coach Zach Bove visited the mound after the second free pass, and whatever he said appeared to work. Martin regrouped to retire Bryan Reynolds on a fly ball…
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