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3 Takeaways From Pittsburgh Pirates 4 Game Sweep Of The Reds

By Marty Leap

PITTSBURGH, PA - APRIL 07: Jason Martin #51 of the Pittsburgh Pirates celebrates with Starling Marte #6 and JB Shuck #17 after the final out in a 7-5 win over the Cincinnati Reds at PNC Park on April 7, 2019 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images)
PITTSBURGH, PA - APRIL 07: Jason Martin #51 of the Pittsburgh Pirates celebrates with Starling Marte #6 and JB Shuck #17 after the final out in a 7-5 win over the Cincinnati Reds at PNC Park on April 7, 2019 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images) /
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PITTSBURGH, PA – APRIL 07: Adam Frazier #26 of the Pittsburgh Pirates celebrates with Erik Gonzalez #2 after hitting a solo home run in the first inning during the game against the Cincinnati Reds at PNC Park on April 7, 2019 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images)
PITTSBURGH, PA – APRIL 07: Adam Frazier #26 of the Pittsburgh Pirates celebrates with Erik Gonzalez #2 after hitting a solo home run in the first inning during the game against the Cincinnati Reds at PNC Park on April 7, 2019 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images) /

This team has a great clubhouse

Having good team chemistry is vital in any sport. When it comes to the 2019 Pittsburgh Pirates, this certainly does not appear to be an issue.

Over the weekend the team had to fight and battle to get their four victories. On Thursday and Friday they used small ball and players unselfishly bunted and took pitches to allow teammates to steal bases in a pair of hard fought 2-0 wins.

In both Saturday and Sunday’s victories the team had to come from behind to take down the Reds. This included needing extra innings on Saturday afternoon, before Kevin Newman recorded his first career walk off hit.

Being unselfish and having a never say die attitude are attributes of a baseball team with great clubhouse chemistry. This clubhouse chemistry and the comradery that his Pirates team has was also on display when the benches cleared on Sunday.

Often times when benches clear guys just stand around and yell some then it ends. Well, on Sunday, it was more than that. Josh Bell immediately got in position to protect his starting pitcher – Chris Archer. Charging in from the bullpen, and relievers rarely do anything in these scuffles, Keone Kela and Felipe Vazquez were ready to go to bat for their teammates and wound up getting ejected as a result of their altercation with Yasiel Puig. And let’s not forget Trevor Williams jumping the dugout fence, charging the field, and immediately yelling in the face of Reds players.

It did not end on the field, either. After the game, multiple Pirate players took to Twitter expressing their love for one another and the city in which they play.

It was not just the Pirate players who got in on the show of support on Twitter after the game. Assistant hitting coach Jacob Cruz did as well.

It’s safe to say this team has a great clubhouse. The chemistry, brotherhood, trust, and love are all there. Due to this, the Pirates are a team that will always go down swinging, some times literally, and never give up. And all of that was on display over the weekend.

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