***Royals @ Pirates 9/14/24 GDT***
 

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Game 2 vs. the Royals. <br><br>📺<a href="https://twitter.com/SNPittsburgh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SNPittsburgh</a><br>📻 KDKA 100.1 FM &amp; 1020 AM | The PRN <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LetsGoBucs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LetsGoBucs</a> <a href="https://t.co/XRj49Hfy0X">pic.twitter.com/XRj49Hfy0X</a></p>&mdash; Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) <a href="https://twitter.com/Pirates/status/1834978747109286152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Division:
1. Cleveland 84-64
2. Kansas City 81-67
3. Minnesota 78-69
4. Detroit 76-72

Wild Card:
East Leader: New York 86-62
West Leader: Houston 79-68

1. Baltimore 83-65
2. Kansas City 81-67
3. Minnesota 78-69

-Detroit 76-72
-Seattle 75-73
-Boston 74-74

Other games of note:

Boston @ NYY - 12:05 pm
Baltimore @ Detroit - 5:10 pm
Tampa Bay @ Cleveland - 5:10 pm
Cincinnati @ Minnesota - 6:10 pm
Houston @ LAA - 8:38 pm
Texas @ Seattle - 8:40 pm

LET'S GO ROYALS!!

Shiiiiiittt better turn this on

Bobby Dong for his 100th RBI, 1-0 Rs

After Ryan said he had 99, I said "well hit a homer then". BAM!

Sort of why I started thread in case the start time was lost on folks

As I was starting yard work I was 10 minutes from missing. Yard work can wait!!!
Let’s Go Royals!!!

Wacha wacha wacha

Still 1-0 Rs after 3 full. Yankees are up on the Red Sox 1-0 after 3.

That’ll work!

Cruz turned a single into a triple and a run scored.

Bangarang! 2-0 Royals!

Thank you center fielder

Pour it on them boys!!

Garcia with the RBI double after Frazier's triple aided by the CF. 2-0 Rs

Oneil Cruz is pretty clearly still learning CF.

Dipshit Cruz dove, and just laid there on the field while the ball rolled on. LMAO

WACHA WACHA WACHA, BROTHER!!!

I really hate the stolen base challenges. Even though that worked out for us…

Weird challenge. It's not particularly close

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BWJ with the SF for a 3-0 Rs lead, middle of the 5th. Boston has gone ahead of NY 3-1 top of the 5th.

Whew

Nice job finishing the inning. Now the bullpen needs 12 outs.

7-1 Red Sox

That looked dangerous......Pirates get on the board, 3-1 now after 5 full.

Got out of it but that's way too many pitches for only 5 innings of work.

Hell yeah

Fermin's RBI after Massey's leadoff double, 4-1 Rs

Lmfao third baseman is scared of the ball

Y'all, the Royals are really good.

Hitting well today. They look confident.

Feels awesome seeing them playing so well this late in the season. What a difference from a year ago...

Our starters are really pitching insanely well. They look like they did the beginning of the year. If they keep this up, then things will be really interesting in October.

That inside pitch that the choad behind the plate keeps calling a strike is pissing me off.

camera work hasn't been the greatest today.

same, but at least he's consistent.

Consistently bad.

How many runs has Cruz cost their team today? LMAO

I don't want to go out on a limb here but Oneil Cruz may not be ready to play CF.

Bobby with the RBI, 5-1 Rs....oops no RBI with the error I guess.

Yeah we talked about this with Mondesi and a lot of teams do with infielders who are struggling. Sometimes you get lucky and get an Alex Gordon. This looks like the other end of that spectrum right now. If they're going to keep him out there they need to bring in their own version of Rusty Kuntz to coach him up.

That's not an error. They didn't even give Bobby a hit on that? The guy missed a shoe string catch on the run. That's a terrible ruling.

They just changed it and gave Bobby a hit and RBI.

McArthur's on for the 8th, 5-1 lead.

Oh god MacArthur is pitching. Hold on to your butts!!!

Erceg needed this inning and next.

**** our lives.

And just like that, bases loaded with 1 out. Bubic coming on.

Why oh ****ing why does QTardo do this shit.

The thing with McArthur is it always starts with a couple weak contact hits. Same thing today, gave up a weak little blooper then a dribbler we couldn't turn into the double play. Then he seems to come apart a bit. He's gotta learn to bounce back because he has the stuff.

Seriously, MacAurther cannot be trusted with any lead.

He’s still learning?

They'll score 2 minimum now.

McArthur is a bum. Get us outta here, Bubic!

Nice K Bubic!

BOOOOOOOOOB-ITCH!

BOOB-ITCH!!!

Nice 2 Ks Bubic!!

Nice! Almost there. Let’s finish this.

Shreiber, Bubic, Erceg… these are your 7,8,9 inning pitchers

YES

Bubic needs more high leverage situations. Thank God they pulled McArthur when they did.

I move that Bubic should pitch ahead of MacAurther from here on out!! Do I have any seconds ?

Easily seconded.

So shittintheBednar is their MacAurther? Check.

That shadow is rough.

McAurther should only be mop up duty the rest of the season. He allows more base runners than outs recorded at this point it seems.

Garcia could make a run at 40 steals.

Yup. It’d be comical if we weren’t in the middle of a playoff run. I can’t count on one hands how many games he has cost us. I’m sure someone with more time on their hand could run the numbers.

He alone has 3 today!!!

Is starting the 8th inning with a 4 run lead not mop up duty now?

Make 'em pay, Salvy!!

That strike zone is so random you just never know what the call is going to be on a close one.

Or not.

4 run lead isn't really big enough imo.

Not for MacDerp.

This umpire. ROFL

That's a winner!

Ballgame baby!!!! Wooooohooooo!!!!! This place is great!

A winning season!