Daulton Varsho banged a fastball to center for an RBI single. George Springer ripped Oviedo’s first pitch of the game, a 96 mph fastball up and in, into left-center field for a single. It’s just the slider that I need to (improve).”Īgainst the Blue Jays, Oviedo went fastball-heavy - an approach that fooled no one. “Even if I’m getting outs with the slider, it’s still missing,” Oviedo said. Going into Saturday’s game, Oviedo’s slider has a plus-1 run value and a. The results, however, haven’t been as good. He’s increased his slider usage from 40 percent last season to 43 percent this year, making it his most-used pitch. The slider was Oviedo’s most effective pitch last season, with a solid minus-8 run value. Over his past three outings, Oviedo is 0-2 with a 12.08 ERA and an 8.97 WHIP. He averaged 9.25 strikeouts and 2.96 walks per nine innings. We need to make an adjustment and get it back working with the depth that we saw over the course of the first four starts.”Īfter his first four starts, Oviedo was 2-1 with a 2.22 ERA and a 1.15 WHIP. “The last two starts, the slider’s gotten away from him a little bit. “Too many balls in the middle of the plate,” Shelton said. Oviedo ended up working five innings and yielded 10 hits, walked three and struck out three.
He was touched for four runs in the first inning and three in the third. Pirates right-hander Johan Oviedo was awful. Johan Oviedo has struggled in his past three outings. Saturday, righty José Berríos was sharp from the outset. Toronto came to PNC Park riding a five-game losing streak, and top pitchers Alek Manoah and Kevin Gausman would not be used against the Pirates.īut the Pirates ran into a buzzsaw Friday when right-hander Chris Bassitt threw seven shutout innings.
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That series was the Pirates’ first time on a big stage this year, and they at times appeared a bit flustered.įor the Pirates, coming home to face the Blue Jays seemed like a quick-fix opportunity. The Rays rely on the same kinds of things the Pirates did so well in April - run, put pressure on defenses, pitch well, play solid defense - only they do them much better. In retrospect, it’s not surprising the Pirates dropped three straight this past week against Tampa Bay. This funk started on the heels of a fantastic April that included a seven-game stretch that was the Pirates’ longest winning streak since 2018. “But I do think we’re better equipped to crawl out of these than we were in the past.”Ĭavan Biggio scores a run in the third inning to stretch the Blue Jays’ lead to 7-0. “I would say it’s never a good time to have one,” manager Derek Shelton said with a grin. An optimist would say it’s a good thing to get it out of the way now. This year, the losing streak has happened earlier than in recent seasons. In addition to the nine-game funk last June, there were two seven-game losing streaks later in the season. They also had an eight-game losing streak that August. They snapped that jinx, then lost nine of their next 15. In June 2021, the Pirates dropped 10 straight. They had another nine-game losing streak in September. Five days after that one ended, they began an eight-game skid. In July 2019, the Pirates lost nine in a row. The key is to keep the losing from becoming a week-long thing and to prevent one losing steak from spawning other, longer ones. The Pirates have endured at least one six-game losing streak in each of the past four seasons. In a 162-game season, no team can avoid some kind of funk.
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