Mark Grody

Rory is a rare repeat winner at Acosta.

Thanks for having me on.

Really appreciate it.

You're staring at a 5-0 deficit.

You're staring at a sweep.

But you chip away at the deficit.

And I remember talking with J.D.

in the seventh inning, and he said to the masses, I don't know how the Pirates are going to finish this game with this bullpen.

So the fact that Jamison Tyone gives up five runs in two innings and is able to go six, it keeps your bullpen fresh.

The O'Neal-Cruz home run was a win-aided home run on a win-neutral day.

They're both flyouts.

The only blemish that he had, really, was the second home run to Brandon Lau, which would have been a home run in any condition.

Well, I mean, he did make a shakeup on Sunday.

Ultimately, pinch hit for him.

Miguel Amaya drew a crucial walk in the latter stages of that game.

Yeah, I think not having Michael Bush in the lineup against a righty on Sunday and batting Moises Ballesteros second, I think is as big of a move as you're going to see from Craig Council this early in the season.

So I think he shuffled the lineup, and I think it paid off.

No, and I think what Craig said at the end of that quote was it's as much mental as it is physical.

So it's not like he's benching Michael Bush for two days.

He benched him for eight innings.