Pirates vs Phillies
Nola in that situation never got rattled,” Kapler said. “There are so many pitchers who would get frustrated and then not be able to execute their pitches. It was just the opposite with Noles. It didn’t faze him at all. He just got right back on pirates vs phillies the bump and delivered his next strike.” The sixth-inning surge began innocently enough when Kapler contended that Pirates lefty Steven Brault nicked Carlos Santana’s jersey with a pitch with one out in the sixth. A video review confirmed Kapler was right. Santana took his base, then went to third on Herrera’s single. Up stepped Hoskins, who took two strikes and hit a long foul ball to left field against reliever hard-throwing Michael Feliz. But Hoskins is perfectly comfortable in two-strike counts. He entered the game batting .308 (12-for-39) with three doubles, two homers, and a .976 OPS with two strikes against him. He fouled off two more pitches, and on the seventh pitch of the at-bat, cranked a 97-mph fastbal