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Astros collide, drop fly ball to lose game
Ladies and Gentlemen, YOUR Houston Astros. Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Russell Martin was at bat in the bottom of the ninth, full count, bases loaded and with the score tie. A weak pop fly to shallow right and the game is going into…oh wait, I forgot, its the Houston Astros. Right fielder Jimmy Paredes and second baseman Jake Elmore collide before either one of them could catch...
Video: Astros fielders collide providing Pirates with walk-off
The Houston Astros lost on Friday night talks to a walk-off error. When Astros pitcher Edger Gonzalez got Russell Martin to pop up on a lazy fly ball it appeared the game would head to extra innings. Not the case as two Astro fielders collided giving the Pirates a laughable win.
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Second basemen Jack Elmore chased the ball into the outfield. Jimmy Paredes came in...
Houston Astros collide, allow winning run to score (GIF)
The Houston Astros are by far the worst team in baseball, so the way they lost Friday night’s game in Pittsburgh was quite fitting.
Houston blew a 4-1 and lost 5-4 after two players collided when they were trying to catch a pop up to shallow right that allowed the winning run to score.
The Pirates loaded the bases and Russell Martin was facing Edgar Gonzalez with two outs. Martin...
Pirates Come Back to Win 5-4 with Alvarez’s Bomb, Martin’s Walkoff
Pedro Alvarez struck with a massive home run into the Allegheny to tie the game. (Photo credit: David Hague)
Pedro Alvarez will frustrate the hell out of you. Pedro Alvarez will be unwatchable at the plate. Pedro Alvarez will fly south of the Mendoza Line for a month and a half.
Pedro Alvarez will also come up in the 8th inning of a game and tie it with one swing, send a ball 462...
Pittsburgh Pirates’ Russell Martin is MLB’s Best Catcher
Right now, no catcher in Major League Baseball is playing better at his position than Russell Martin of the Pittsburgh Pirates. After a down year with the New York Yankees–which...The post Pittsburgh Pirates’ Russell Martin is MLB’s Best Catcher appeared first on Bohemian Baseball.
Pirates Pregame: Martin Back in the Lineup
Russell Martin is back in the lineup for the Pirates tonight, playing catcher and hitting seventh. Martin said the soreness in his neck that has kept him out of a handful of recent games is gone.
“There was soreness in there. you can play through some soreness but when it’s your neck and you’re playing a position where there can be some contact you want your neck to feel...
Tony Sanchez called up to the “taxi squad”
Pirates catching prospect Tony Sanchez is in New York to potentially join the team if Russell Martin has to hit the DL with neck soreness. The Pirates will need to decide by 10 AM tomorrow if he will be joining the roster or not. Martin was emphatic in saying he would not be going on the DL this morning, so we’ll see.
Sanchez, of course, was the Bucs’ first-round pick in the...
Russell Martin Named the NL Player of the Week
Russell Martin has been named the NL player of the week. Photo credit: David Hague
Russell Martin has been named the National League player of the Week, Major League Baseball announced this afternoon. Martin hit for a .375 average and led the National League with four homers and a .958 slugging percentage. The catcher came up big over the weekend, hitting a game tying home run on...
A.J. Burnett accidentally catches Russell Martin throw attempting to get runner (Video)
Back on Saturday, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher A.J. Burnett was going about his business against the St. Louis Cardinals and thought that catcher Russell Martin was just throwing him the ball back.
Unfortunately, Martin was trying to get Cardinals runner John Jay from stealing second and Burnett had accidentally blundered in making the play:
(Courtesy of The Score)
Martin’s Role Could Be A Key to Success
When the Pittsburgh Pirates signed Russell Martin after the 2012 season it was not for his bat — and with good reason.
Russell Martin has been a part of four playoff teams — two each with the Dodgers and Yankees. Photo credit: David Hague
Martin, who turned 30 in February, owns a career batting average of .258 and an OPS of .748 — not terrible but certainly not great.
What...
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