Musgrove wins fourth straight for Virtual Pirates


I will be serving as general manager/manager of the Pirates in a 2020 season simulation along with 29 others using Out Of The Park Baseball. Feel free to check here for daily updates. I realize baseball is a lot less important than what is going on in the world today but perhaps it can provide a diversion for a few moments.


PITTSBURGH – Joe Musgrove has become the Virtual Pirates’ top starting pitcher.

How good is Musgrove right now? Virtual Buccos bench coach and legendary slugger Craig Wilson might have a hard time hitting the big right-hander.

Musgrove pitched 6 2/3 scoreless innings and combined with two relievers on a four-hitter Saturday to lead the Pirates to a 7-1 victory over the Virtual Philadelphia Phillies at Virtual PNC Park.

It was the fourth consecutive win for Musgrove (4-2). He allowed three hits, struck out five, walked two and threw 110 pitches.

The Pirates won for the third time in four games to improve to 18-20.

The Phillies avoided being shut out when Didi Gregorius hit his 15th home run of the season in the ninth inning off Edgar Santana.

Prior to the game, Santana was recalled from Virtual Triple-A Indianapolis placed while Keone Kela (shoulder) was placed on the injured list. Kela will miss at least six weeks.

Nick Burdi is expected to serve as the closer.

Kevin Newman had three hits, including an RBI single in a two-run first inning against Jake Arrieta (4-2) that opened the scoring.

Adam Frazier belted a three-run home run off Deolis Guerra in the eighth inning, his fourth of the season. That extended the Pirates’ lead to 7-0.

Josh Bell’s struggles continued as he went 0 for 4 with four strikeouts and a walk. He is a woeful 2 for 41 (.049) in his last 12 games.

In other roster moves, outfielder Brad Brach was released and JT Riddle was designated for assignment while Adam Duvall was claimed off waivers and Clay Holmes was activated from the IL.

Brach had a 13.09 ERA and one save in 13 games. Riddle was 2 for 20 (.100) with no extra-base hits. Holmes began the season on the IL with a broken foot.

Attendance was 31,535, though the game was played in a steady rain. It was 65 degrees at first pitch with the wind blowing out to left field at 8 mph.

The Virtual Corsairs will try to sweep the three-game series Sunday. Trevor Williams (3-3, 5.02) will start against Zack Wheeler (3-1, 3.27).

STANDINGS
NL EAST: Braves 29-12, Nationals 22-15, Phillies 20-18, Mets 16-21, Marlins 14-26
NL CENTRAL: Brewers 22-18, Cubs 20-20, Reds 19-20, Pirates 18-20, Cardinals 12-28
NL WEST: Dodgers 27-11, Padres 22-16, Diamondbacks 19-20, Rockies 15-22, Giants 13-26
AL EAST: Yankees 27-12, Rays 20-21, Red Sox 18-23, Blue Jays 16-23, Orioles 12-27
AL CENTRAL: Indians 28-14, White Sox 24-14, Twins 21-18, Royals 16-23, Tigers 12-27
AL WEST: Angels 23-14, Athletics 24-17, Astros 22-18, Rangers 18-21, Mariners 19-23

BATTING
Diaz .326-1-3 in 12 games
Stallings .261-2-7 in 24 games
Bell .238-14-33 in 38 games
Osuna .256-6-20 in 38 games
Frazier .229-4-18 in 37 games
Gonzalez .315-1-4 in 20 games
Hayes .000-0-0 in 2 games
Newman .275-2-15 in 37 games
Duvall .053-1-2 in 19 games
Reynolds .286-4-14 in 19 games
Dyson 322-1-11 in 30 games
Heredia .259-2-5 in 24 games
Polanco .200-6-26 in 38 games
*Moran .320-1-10 in 24 games

PITCHING
Archer 3-1, 3.06 in eight starts
Brault 1-0, 0.00 in one start
Holland 1-2, 5.25 in six starts
Keller 1-3, 3.51 in seven starts
Musgrove 4-2, 4.22 in eight starts
Stratton 0-1, 2.88 in 13 games
Williams 3-3, 5.02 in seven starts
Crick 1-0, 3.06 in 15 games
Feliz 0-1, 3.48 in 15 games
Rodriguez 1-0, 3.75, 1 SV in 11 games
Santana 0-1, 3.86 in four games
Burdi 1-0, 0.69 in 16 games
*Kela 2-2, 4.05, 6 SV in 14 games

*Injured list

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