Game 150 - Midway point

Milwaukee Brewers at Pittsburgh Pirates
June 10 at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, PA
ROOT Sports

We celebrated the halfway point of our 300-game journey with a gem from Charlie Morton.

Morton had surgery performed on his right hip last September and he didn't make his first appearance of 2015 until late-May, but after four starts, the hip seems just fine.

THE HIP SEEMS JUST FINE
The Charlie Morton Story

Morton tossed 7 1/3 scoreless innings, scattering four singles as the Pirates won 2-0 to salvage the third game of the series. Morton (4-0), who struck out six and didn't allow a hit until Aramis Ramirez led off the fifth with a single, lowered his ERA to 2.05.

Pittsburgh got the only run it would need in the first - Gregory Polanco led off with a double, went to third on a wild pitch and scored on Starling Marte's infield single - and Pedro Alvarez launched a solo home run in the second that just landed a few seconds ago.

Tough-luck loss for Kyle Loshe, who allowed 10 hits, but just two earned runs, which lowered his ERA to 6.27.

* Nice night of Baseball Phrases/complete nonsense for commentator Steve Blass:

"He's been a breath of fresh air"
"Business as usual"
"Tape measure job"
"Managers wear it, don't they? they wear it on their face"/"pitching coaches wear that six-month season on their face too"
"The buffet is set"
"Be fair by a nat's eyelash"
"Mucho Morton"
"This is what's called 'riding the dragon'"