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Jim & Doug discussing today's Pirates game vs. the Colorado Rockies. The Bucs won the rubber match thanks to some timely hitting and good defense. Oneil Cruz hit his 5th home run of the season and David Bednar pitched a clean 9th inning for his 6th save.

Tyler & DiNardo discussing today's Pirates game vs. the Colorado Rockies. Jared Jones made another incredible start going 7 innings striking out 10 batters and ONLY giving up ONE baserunner. The offense once again offered no support until Jack Suwinski came in to pinch hit in the 9th and walked it off for the 1-0 victory.

Tyler & DiNardo discussing today's Pirates game vs. the Colorado Rockies which didn't go so well. They allowed Cal Quantrill to pitch 7.2 shutout innings while striking out 9 Pirate batters. Oneil Cruz did hit a 2-run shot into the Allegheny, but it simply wasn't enough for this team to once again score more than 2 runs.

Anthony DiNardo is once again joined by The Fort Michael McKenry for another edition of Fort Friday. It is no secret that the 2024 Pittsburgh Pirates offense has been awful, especially since the Phillies series. In this episode we discuss the struggling offense as a whole, Rowdy Tellez's poor performance, Andy Haines and the organizational philosophy, things Fort used to do to help get him out of slumps, and what is next for this offense to get back on track.

Tonight we are joined by Alex Stumpf of mlb.com to try and find out what is going on with this totally anemic offense. Alex recently wrote about his conversation with Pirates hitting coach, Andy Haines.

Neil & Doug discussing today's Pirates game vs. the Oakland A's. Quinn Priester got the start and pitched pretty effectively, however this offense was once again non-existent therefore leading to the Pirates getting swept by the A's.