Posted on 17 May 2010. Tags: leadoff, narrowly-missed, reliever-evan, ronny-cedeno, second-baseman, seventh, the-leadoff, the-seventh, wild-pitch
The Pirates’ mistakes in Sunday’s game were obvious. Coming into the bottom of the seventh with a 3-1 lead, starter Ross Ohlendorf walked Mike Fontenot, the leadoff batter. After two flyouts, second baseman Bobby Crosby narrowly missed fielding a grounder for the third out.
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Pittsburgh Pirates: Sins of Omission and Commission Break the Streak
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Posted on 15 May 2010. Tags: given-the-second, iwamura, leadoff, second-baseman, seem-ideal, the-leadoff
Continuing to put Aki Iwamura in the leadoff spot certainly doesn't seem ideal given the second baseman's offensive problems.
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