These days, inevitables are death, taxes, and the Pirates losing the final game of a series.
And so it was this afternoon, with the Bucs dropping the last game of this series to the Reds, 1-0, at PNC Park.
This was not an exciting game by any stretch of the imagination, although many fans and broadcasters made the effort to get excited. Pirates starter Connor Overton went three innings, giving up two hits, one walk, and no runs, primarily using an admittedly nice-looking changeup. Such was the reaction that I had to post this in BD’s Twitter feed:
I see the Twitterverse is already getting overexcited about Connor Overton.