About this episode

The episode discusses the Pirates' 5-4 loss to the Giants, focusing on key moments and player decisions.

The Pirates suffered a 5-4 loss in 10 inning to the Giants on Wednesday. It was a game they absolutely had to have. What happened in the fifth inning? The bigger story was Carmen Mlodzinski and why the Pirates took him out after three innings and just 30 pitches. Jason Mackey breaks down that, as well as a few other things that contributed to the loss.

People in this episode

Host: Jason Mackey

Topics covered

• Pittsburgh Pirates
• baseball game analysis
• Carmen Mlodzinski
• loss breakdown
• Giants game

Keywords

• Pittsburgh Pirates
• Giants
• Carmen Mlodzinski
• loss
• baseball
• 10 innings
• game analysis

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Organizations: Pirates, Giants

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