Contrary to expectations and proof you can’t rely too much on early-season stats, offense was hard to come by in our short interleague series with Three Rivers Blues. Only seven combined runs were scored in the two games.
The first game, our lone trip to Three Rivers Stadium, was hitless until the 4th inning. Carlos Delgado got us on the board with a 2-run homer, and Bert Blyleven made it hold up for a 3-2 victory. That’s our third straight one-run victory as we finally start to even that statistic after the 0-6 start.
Blyleven pitched a complete game, giving up 2 runs and 4 hits, his best start since his first one. Through six outings, he’s 3-3 with a solid 3.77 ERA, which is just fine for a 4th starter.
In the return home, Burt Hooton pitched well again with just 1 run allowed in 7 innings, but we couldn’t generate anything against the great Mike Scott. Scott pitched 7 shutout innings to improve to 5-1, the league’s first 5-game winner.
We return to the road for four games in Metropolitan Stadium against $24 and Some Change, the final division opponent we’re getting to see. We are all packed together in the standings with 2 games of each other, so it’s going to be important to fare well in these showdowns.
