Just when you thought it was safe to think that the Pirates might pull one out against the current World Series champion Atlanta Braves ...
... a 4-2 Pirates lead turned into a 10-4 Braves victory at Truist Park, courtesy of the Bucs’ middle relief basically doing this:
Atlanta’s starter, Charlie Morton, faced his old team for the first time since he was traded in 2015, and in the top of the first inning, it looked like he was going to live up to his nickname of Ground Chuck.
First, there was this:
Then Daniel Vogelbach went VogelBOOM:
The Bucs’ glory in their early lead faded quickly in the bottom of the first when Ronald Acuna Jr.