Pirates/MLB
Pittsburgh Pirates
“Happ was doing whatever he wanted,” Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said.
J.A. Happ pitched seven scoreless innings, leading the Pirates to a 9-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night.
From Happ’s dominance on the mound, to the Pirates at the plate, everything was clicking in taking the first game of the series.
Pittsburgh put up nine runs and had 17 hits. Starling Marte moved to the No. 5 spot in the order, led the Pirates with three hits.
Andrew McCutchen, Jung Ho Kang, Francisco Cervelli and Sean Rodriguez each had two hits.
Cardinals manager Mike Matheny summed up Happ’s performance performance in just 25 words as Happ was truly able to do whatever he wanted.
Happ allowed just three singles, striking out eight and walking none. Happ retired 15 straight at one point and capped off his night with a high heater in striking out Yadier Molina to end the seventh.
The Pirates have won five of Happ’s six starts and Happ lowered his ERA to 1.57 as a Pirate.
The K/BB ratio is an outstanding 32/7 over his first starts with the Pirates.
Proofread your articles!
Is happ a rental or does he still have term left
Happ is FA this offseason
Damn that sucks. Pricing himself out unless he likes it here
Nah. He has a long enough career as a very mediocre 4th/5th starter. One good half season won’t up his price that much.
I guess ill wait for the Pirates to lose to get the “in-depth” write-up. These articles get shorter and shorter the more dominating the Pirates are.
Can’t believe I’m even thinking this but I’d almost feel best at this point with happ pitching the wc game
Locke meet your replacement.
More like AJ meet your replacement