Thoughts on an 8-3 Rangers loss

Pirates 8, Rangers 3

Well, it was a Meat Loaf series, I guess.

Rather a lousy way to finish things out in Pittsburgh, though.

Kind of a disappointing game all around, really.

King of a weird game for Jack Leiter. He seemed to be fine for three innings, although he struggled to put away hitters and needed more pitches than you’d have liked. After striking out Nick Gonzales to start the fourth — just his second K of the game — three straight singles brought home a run, and then a sac fly brought home another to make it 2-2. He got IKF to fly out to end the inning, but after a walk to O’Neil Cruz to start the fifth, Bruce Bochy pulled him in favor of Caleb Boushley.

The appearance of Boushley also…