Los Angeles DodgersvsPittsburgh Pirates
LAD 8/PIT 9
Things to say
Pirates beat the Dodgers 9-8 at PNC Park.
01
opener
Pirates took down the Dodgers 9-8 at PNC last night. One-run game the whole way. Pittsburgh just keeps hanging around at 35-33.
02
key player
Whoever was in the heart of that Pirates order tonight earned their paycheck — you don't put up nine on LA without somebody leaving the yard.
03
hot take
Dodgers bullpen is a problem. You score eight on the road and still lose? That's not a Pirates win, that's a Dodgers giveaway.
04
deep cut
LA dropped to 43-25 but they've been shaky in the late innings all month — manager keeps going to the pen too early and it bit him again.
05
exit
Anyway, getaway day tomorrow — we'll see if the Dodgers can salvage the series before they fly out.
The recap
Pirates stunned the Dodgers 9-8 at PNC last night, and honestly it had no business being that close once Pittsburgh got rolling. LA's bullpen got lit up late, the manager went to the pen too early and you could see it coming a mile away.
The Bucs sit at 35-33 now, scrappy as ever, while the Dodgers blow what looked like a comfortable cushion. Classic getaway-day chaos in the NL.