time for something good from Jose; he had his one 3-homer 4 4bi day; and otherwise he's 8 for 45, 1 homer, 3 runs batted in.

he brought in 1 with a fly out.

Clase closed things out adequately last night. 14 pitches. 1 hit. 1 strikeout.

Logan Allen with a second straight scoreless start 5 2/3 2 hits 2 walks 6 strikeouts. 96 pitches: could have been more effficient
everyone contributed to the offense except the number 4 and 5 hitters who were a combined 0-9 with 2 strikeouts. Manzardo's breakout has broken down, now hitting 176 One HIt in his Last 20 At Bats

Williams messes up the second inning: walk, single, walk to load the bases. Holliday unloads them with a slam
Arias 4th homer with bases empty
Williams walks another in the 3rd but DP ends a 2 on 1 out situation

A very poor performance by Bibee. He leads the league in both walks and homers allowed. Who's the staff ace? Logan Allen so far

Junis

Lineup changes today:

Jose returns to 3rd in the order, with Lane Thomas 2nd. Thomas is one of 4 starters hitting under 200, and his 329 OPS is as one would expect the lowest.
From experience last season, we can expect at some point a major turn around is coming for Thomas. This would be a nice time.

Oritz returns to Pittsburgh today. His 3 starters have been progressively better:
4 2/3 7 runs 9 hits 4 walks 2 strikeouts 90pitches 6.4 per out
6 innings 3 runs 7 hits 0 walks 3 strikeouts 81 pitches 4.5 per out
5 2/3 1 run 1 hit 2 walks 10 strikeouts. 100 pitches 5.9 per out

I'd like 7 innings today, I'm OK with a run or two and strikeout total isn't as important as efficiency