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Sunday, August 31, 2008

PIT Post-Gazette: Punchless Pirates’ losing streak at nine games

“We haven’t scored much,” manager John Russell said. “That’s about it.”

As a result, the Pirates have not won much, either, in the aftermath of the Bay and Nady trades: The record for August now is 7-20, and another loss today—CC Sabathia will make Milwaukee a prohibitive favorite—would wrap up a 21-loss month, the franchise’s worst since August 2000. The .250 winning percentage would be the worst since a .185 mark in September 1998, as well as the third-worst in the past 57 years.
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Of the two offensive acquisitions in those trades: Brandon Moss is batting .235 since joining the Pirates, with a boost from a home run and double last night that drew the only rise out of the 21,931 on hand. And Andy LaRoche, after a pinch-hit groundout, dropped to .126, just 9 for 71.
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“That’s part of the frustration right now,” Russell said. “You work so hard, and you go through a stretch like this and hear a lot of ‘Told you so’ or ‘There they go again’ or ‘They’re about to break the major league record.’ “

The latter was a reference to the Pirates being four losses away from clinching a 16th consecutive losing season, matching the professional sports record.

NTNgod Posted: August 31, 2008 at 04:30 AM | 2 comment(s) | Login to Bookmark
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   1. Tike Redman's Shattered Dreams (shayborg) Posted: August 31, 2008 at 06:05 AM (#2923377)
Tm   W   L   W-L%   GB   
WSN  50  85  .370   
---
SDP  51  83  .381   1.5
SEA  51  83  .381   1.5
KCR  56  78  .418   6.5
PIT  57  77  .425   7.5
ATL  59  76  .437   9.0
CIN  59  76  .437   9.0
SFG  59  75  .440   9.5 


Just 28 games to go, but thanks to this month we have a shot at catching the Royals at least.
   2. Walt Davis Posted: September 02, 2008 at 09:14 AM (#2925649)
Moss is at 245/336/479 with a 114 OPS+ for the Pirates -- so far, so good.

LaRoche -- hopefully he pulls it together, but lord he has stunk at the ML level.
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