Attendance: 19,094
Game Time: 4:35
Weather: 83 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind: 9 mph
Umpires: Home Plate - Scott Barry, First Base - Quinn Wolcott, Second
Base - Brian O'Nora, Third Base - Paul Emmel
Seventh-inning stretch song:
Build Me Up Buttercup – The Foundations
Section 119, Row H, Seats 11-13 – great lower-level location, looking
down the first-base line
Home-team highlights – Pirates took an early 3-0 lead on back-to-back
homers by Jose Osuna and Sean Rodriguez off Alex Wood in the second, and a solo
shot by Sean Rodriguez an inning later … Pittsburgh starter Gerrit Cole held LA
scoreless over the first 6 innings … after giving up the lead, the Bucs tied it
up at 5 in the bottom of the 8th off former Pirate Tony Watson and
the wild Pedro Baez … former Phil Joaquin Benoit bent but did not break in the
9th and 10th, giving up 4 walks among his 38 pitches but
keeping the Dodgers off the scoreboard
Other – Cole had a tense 6th inning (stranding the bases
loaded after a HBP, single, and error) and struggled in the 7th,
remaining in the game with 1 run in and the bases loaded to face Curtis
Granderson, whose grand slam put the Dodgers on top by 2 … as Pittsburgh was
short on available relief pitchers (scheduled Tuesday starter Jameson Taillon
was warming up in the final inning), Dovydas Neverauskas made his third
appearance in 3 days in the 12th, giving up the deciding HR to
Yasiel Puig on his second pitch
Ballpark notes – the city skyline views were every bit as outstanding
as advertised … traditional walk across the river on the Clemente Bridge was
fun, although it wasn’t pedestrian-only due to the temporary closure of the
nearby Warhol Bridge … free program as in Nats Park … didn’t do Primanti Bros.
as we ate at their Market Square location the previous evening, but black bean
quesadilla wasn’t bad (although the hot dogs were reportedly not that
impressive) … somewhat surprised by the relatively small crowd (maybe everyone
went to the previous afternoon’s Steelers game)
