The Pittsburgh Pirates (11-15) are on the road on Sunday afternoon to take on the Cincinnati Reds (4-23), with first pitch scheduled for 1:40 PM. The Pirates are sending out Zach Thompson (1-3, 9.39), while the Reds are countering with right-handed pitcher Tyler Mahle (1-4, 7.01) in the series finale.
Here are the lineups:
Pirates
Our Sunday starters.#LetsGoBucs pic.twitter.com/lTqYUZwnL6
— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) May 8, 2022
Reds
#Reds Lineup 05/08/22
1. TJ Friedl LF
2. Brandon Drury 3B
3. Mike Moustakas DH
4. Tyler Stephenson C
5. Tyler Naquin RF
6. Kyle Farmer SS
7. Colin Moran 1B
8. Albert Almora CF
9. Matt Reynolds 2BStarting Pitcher : Tyler Mahle
— Daily MLB Lineups (@DailyMLBLineup) May 8, 2022
The umpire calls were as bad as everyone was saying in the comments yesterday here. Not only did they both do awful jobs, but their calls favored the Reds by five runs. If you don’t follow these scorecards, I’ll note that most of them favor one side by under a run. Two runs is extremely bad. Over two runs in back-to-back games borders on them wanting to do that, and I’m saying that not as an accusation, but only because I’ve never seen anything like that. What you’re seeing isn’t really possible, but somehow it happened. For reference, in the last two days, there were no other games with 2+ run differentials, two other games over one run differential, and one just barely made it at 1.02 runs.
Did it feel like yesterday's Pirates doubleheader not only had bad umpire work, but it heavily favored the Reds. You're not wrong. This is truly awful amateur hour work by the home plate umps yesterday. Courtesy of @UmpScorecards pic.twitter.com/hheHFML33a
— John Dreker (@JohnDreker) May 8, 2022
UPDATE: This is quite a bit different than the “discomfort” they mentioned yesterday. They use a very broad definition of that word
Ben Cherington says on his radio show that catcher Roberto Perez’s hamstring injury is on the “more severe side of things” and could be on the “longer side.”
So that’s not good. #Pirates @937theFan
— Josh Rowntree (@JRown32) May 8, 2022
