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Sunday, April 22, 2012

A.J. Burnett sparkles in his Pirates debut

Let the idiotic “A.J. Burnett can’t pitch in New York” jazz begin!

A.J. Burnett did everything the Pirates could have wanted in his debut Saturday against the St. Louis Cardinals.

He escaped a bases-loaded, none-out jam. He racked up seven strikeouts. He retired 12 batters in a row. He turned loud boos into rousing cheers. And he didn’t even flinch when asked to bunt.

Best of all, Burnett won the game.

Pedro Alvarez stroked a pair of run-scoring singles and Burnett did the rest in a 2-0 victory against the Cardinals.

“It’s absolutely what we were looking for out of A.J.,” manager Clint Hurdle said. “It got silly after a while. He was making pitch after pitch.”

Repoz Posted: April 22, 2012 at 07:56 AM | 9 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. Joe Dimino Posted: April 22, 2012 at 10:00 AM (#4112904)

Very idiotic considering he was a key part of the 2009 squad.

I just assumed he was pitching through injuries the last two years.

2. greenback

Posted: April 22, 2012 at 11:07 AM (#4112925)

Can't wait till he pitches for the Yankees.

3. RB in NYC (Now Semi-Retired from BBTF) Posted: April 22, 2012 at 11:38 AM (#4112938)

AJ, you ass.

That said,

AJ Burnett, April 2010: 3-0, 2.43
AJ Burnett: May-September 2010: 7-15, 5.87

AJ Burnett, April 2011: 4-1, 3.93
AJ Burnett, May-September 2011: 7-10, 5.45

So I'm not getting too worked up about it.

4. Brian

Posted: April 22, 2012 at 11:39 AM (#4112939)

They buried the lede: Pedro Alvarez had 2 hits?

5. Gotham Dave Posted: April 22, 2012 at 01:16 PM (#4113006)

Pedro Alvarez stroked a pair of run-scoring singles and Burnett did the rest

Kind of weird how Alvarez managed to plate runs with those singles with nobody else but Burnett doing anything.

6. TerpNats Posted: April 22, 2012 at 01:29 PM (#4113014)

Kind of weird how Alvarez managed to plate runs with those singles with nobody else but Burnett doing anything.

Similar to Rick Ankiel Friday night in Washington, who was more or less a one-man show in support of Detwiler.

7. rconn23 Posted: April 22, 2012 at 02:56 PM (#4113076)

"It got silly after a while."

You know, I said this many times after a Burnett start. Wasn't exactly for the same reason.

8. Bitter Calculus Instructor Posted: April 22, 2012 at 03:13 PM (#4113093)

Burnett sparkles in his Pirates debut

Is he a vampire?

9. Crispix Attacks 2: Swag Airlines Posted: April 22, 2012 at 04:08 PM (#4113157)

After this 2-0 win, the Pirates are now scoring 2.07 runs per game and giving up 2.79.

Good to see Burnett returned so quickly from his ocular bunt contusion.

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