Pirates Prospects · Apr 18, 2023
Pirates Recap: Bucs Smash Rockies Into Little Bits
The Pirates went into Monday’s game at Coors Field with a 9-7 record, but a 7-9 Pythagorean record due to their -5 run differential. Not that run differential outweighs wins and losses, but there is something to the notion that a good team will really beat up on other teams now and then.
So the Pirates addressed that “concern” with a 14-3 drubbing of the Colorado Rockies.
The game wasn’t in doubt for long. Andrew McCutchen put the Pirates up, 1-0, in the first with home run number three. Then in the second, the Bucs piled up six runs while the Rockies looked like the 2020-22 Pirates.