Let's start it off with the Bucco's taking the 4th game of a 4 game series with the Diamondbacks, that win would split the the series at 2 games a piece. The Buc's would get some solid pitching out of Zac Duke through 5 innings and the Pirtaes started the offense machine early. The Pirates were going up against crater faced Randy Johnson and an all star arm. Not on this day apparently, Johnson would walk Luis Rivas in the 3rd with the bases loaded to bring home Doug Mientkiewicz. Side note: Every time I have to type Mientkiewiczs' l
ast name, I have to copy and paste it. You try speling it! The D-backs would come right back in the top of the 4th with a Mark Renyolds solo home run, his 87th of the series it seemed. Who is Mark Renyolds any way? The Bucco's would come right back in the bottom half after Jason Michaels walked, Dough (copy & paste) Mientkiewicz singled to push Michaels to third. Jose Bautista's mendoza line batting average came through with a sac fly and the Bucco's put another run on the board. They would lead going back into the bottom half of the 5th 2-1. The Bucco's would tack on 1 more in the bottom of the 5th when Xavier Nady singled in Jack Wilson to make it a 3-1 lead. Then came the 6th, what a crazy little inning this was. Doug (copy & paste) Mientkiewicz would walk and Jose Bautista would single, moving Mientkiewicz to 2nd, and then 3rd on a throwing error by Mark Renyolds. Bautista would also advance to 2nd on the error. After Zac Duke made a horrible attempt at a deep fly ball, Luis Rivas singled to left. Mientkiewicz would score easily and Bautista would try to stretch it out and score. He wound up out at the plate and Rivas would advance to 2nd on the throw home. That would end crater face Johnson's day and the bid at whatever hes pitching for would end. I'm guessing 300 and he's being a thorn in the Diamondback's side. Jack Wilson would come through on the D-backs relief effort with a single to right that would drive in Rivas and the Bucco's extended their lead to 4 with a 5-1 score. That would be it for the Bucco offense as Arizona tried to turn on the kitchen stove for some offense. They would get a RBI producing ground rule double from Chirs Young that scored (there's that guy again) Mark Renyolds. In the top of the 8th the Diamondbacks would get a solo home run from Stephen Drew to bring the score to 5-3. But that would be it, Matt Capps would come in and close all remaining doors off, game. Zac Duke would get his 4th win and the starting pitching would start to turn around from this game. Bucco's win 5-3.
ast name, I have to copy and paste it. You try speling it! The D-backs would come right back in the top of the 4th with a Mark Renyolds solo home run, his 87th of the series it seemed. Who is Mark Renyolds any way? The Bucco's would come right back in the bottom half after Jason Michaels walked, Dough (copy & paste) Mientkiewicz singled to push Michaels to third. Jose Bautista's mendoza line batting average came through with a sac fly and the Bucco's put another run on the board. They would lead going back into the bottom half of the 5th 2-1. The Bucco's would tack on 1 more in the bottom of the 5th when Xavier Nady singled in Jack Wilson to make it a 3-1 lead. Then came the 6th, what a crazy little inning this was. Doug (copy & paste) Mientkiewicz would walk and Jose Bautista would single, moving Mientkiewicz to 2nd, and then 3rd on a throwing error by Mark Renyolds. Bautista would also advance to 2nd on the error. After Zac Duke made a horrible attempt at a deep fly ball, Luis Rivas singled to left. Mientkiewicz would score easily and Bautista would try to stretch it out and score. He wound up out at the plate and Rivas would advance to 2nd on the throw home. That would end crater face Johnson's day and the bid at whatever hes pitching for would end. I'm guessing 300 and he's being a thorn in the Diamondback's side. Jack Wilson would come through on the D-backs relief effort with a single to right that would drive in Rivas and the Bucco's extended their lead to 4 with a 5-1 score. That would be it for the Bucco offense as Arizona tried to turn on the kitchen stove for some offense. They would get a RBI producing ground rule double from Chirs Young that scored (there's that guy again) Mark Renyolds. In the top of the 8th the Diamondbacks would get a solo home run from Stephen Drew to bring the score to 5-3. But that would be it, Matt Capps would come in and close all remaining doors off, game. Zac Duke would get his 4th win and the starting pitching would start to turn around from this game. Bucco's win 5-3. In came the Washington Nationals next for a 3 game set to finish out a homestand for the Pirates at PNC. The series started off in a sour tasting manner when the Bucco's would decide to lose this one. This series also started off Ryan Doumit's insane 3 game series. Paul Maholm got the start and he did a very satisfactory job with it. He would however get some shelling in the 7th but over all he didn't do a typical Pittsburgh start. The first run against him didn't come until the 5th when Ronnie Belliard would hit a solo shot to left. But, it would be the Bucco's getting on the board first again when the Bucs put 3 
on the board in the first. Freddy Sanchez would hit a a gorund ball to the shortstop allowing Nate McClouth, who doubled and advanced to 3rd on an error, to score. Jason Bay would single after that and Ryan Doumit would hit the first of his two home runs on the night to put the Bucco's up 3-0. Belliard's solo home run in the 5th would cut the lead to 2, but Doumit would come up in the bottom of the 6th and hit his 2nd home run of the night to take the 3 run lead back. Then came the 7th, an inning that would of made you want to punch yourself. 3 of the first 4 batters in the 7th for Washington would hit solo shots off of Maholm. Maholm's night would be done after throwing just 88 pitches and allowing 4 runs on 10 hits. The Nationals would get another RBI out of Belliard in the 8th giving the Nationals the lead for the first time that night 5-4. Not to be outdone, the Bucco's offense came right back in the bottom half of the 8th with a Nady single to center that drove in Jason Bay and moved Ryan Doumit to 3rd. Doug Mientkiewicz would bring Doumit home on a sac fly to deep right and the Pirates would storm back to take the lead 6-5. Time to bring on Matt Capps, who is about as automatic as they come this year. Not this night though, Lastings Milledge would hit a 2 run home run and the Nationals would take game 1, 7-6. Matt Capps' first blown save this season, he has previously been 15 of 15 in chances.
on the board in the first. Freddy Sanchez would hit a a gorund ball to the shortstop allowing Nate McClouth, who doubled and advanced to 3rd on an error, to score. Jason Bay would single after that and Ryan Doumit would hit the first of his two home runs on the night to put the Bucco's up 3-0. Belliard's solo home run in the 5th would cut the lead to 2, but Doumit would come up in the bottom of the 6th and hit his 2nd home run of the night to take the 3 run lead back. Then came the 7th, an inning that would of made you want to punch yourself. 3 of the first 4 batters in the 7th for Washington would hit solo shots off of Maholm. Maholm's night would be done after throwing just 88 pitches and allowing 4 runs on 10 hits. The Nationals would get another RBI out of Belliard in the 8th giving the Nationals the lead for the first time that night 5-4. Not to be outdone, the Bucco's offense came right back in the bottom half of the 8th with a Nady single to center that drove in Jason Bay and moved Ryan Doumit to 3rd. Doug Mientkiewicz would bring Doumit home on a sac fly to deep right and the Pirates would storm back to take the lead 6-5. Time to bring on Matt Capps, who is about as automatic as they come this year. Not this night though, Lastings Milledge would hit a 2 run home run and the Nationals would take game 1, 7-6. Matt Capps' first blown save this season, he has previously been 15 of 15 in chances. Game two belonged to Ian Snell who finally pitched like an opening day starter. Snell was the best he's been in his past 5 or so outtings as he went 6 innings giving u
p one earned run on 6 hits and carded 6 strikeouts. The Pirates would get the offense they needed in the first inning for the 2nd consecutive night. Jason Bay doubled to deep left driving in Nate McClouth. Ryan Doumit would add a solo shot in the 5th, his 3rd in 2 nights, and the Buc's would extend their lead 2-0. The Nationals would get their only run in the 7th when Ellis Duke drove in Felipe Lopez on a single to center field. The Bucco's would tack on some inssuranance and the 2 run lead again int he bottom of the 7th when Xavier Nady lined a single to right scoring Freddy Sanchez. Matt Capps would come to work in the 9th and close it out for his 16th save of the year. Game, Bucs 3-1.The Pirates would make a charge at .500 after taking the series against the Nationals after dropping the first game. The Pirates would win game 3 of the series Thursday afternoon and push their record to 33-34. The Pirates offense would come alive again and Tom Gorzelanny would put up some solid pitching numbers for a staff that had previously been struggling. Ryan Doumit (of course) kept the fire burning as he led off the scoring in the 1st with a 2 run homer that would also score Freddy Sanchez. Gorzelanny would help his own cause in the 2nd when he drew a bases loaded walk that would score Mientkiewicz. Nate McClouth would follow that up with a sac fly driving in Chris Gomez and the Bucco's were on top quickly 4-0 through 2 innings. However, Ellis Dukes would triple in the top of the 3rd driving in Christian Guzman to make it a 4-1 game. The Bu
cs would get 2 more runs in the 5th when Jason Bay would hit a sac fly to bring home Gorzelanny and Ryan Doumit would back that up with a single driving home McClouth and the Pirates were in serious command at 6-1. The Nationals would claw back with 3 runs in the top of the 6th when Christain Guzman had a 2 run single and Ellis Dukes drove in Dimitri Young. Ryan Langerhauns would score to make it a one run game off a single from Guzman again but the Pirates would add some Progressive to their lead in the bottom half of the inning. Jason Michaels doubled to deep left to bring home Chirs Gomez and the Pirates would have a 2 run lead heading into the 9th. Matt Capps would get the day off and Damaso Marte would close it out and the Pirates are one win away from .500. They made it tough for them as the Pirates head to Baltimore (32-33) Fathers Day weekend for a three game series. From there, the Bucco's head to Chicago for a series with the AL Central leading White Sox. Winning, doesn't come easy.
cs would get 2 more runs in the 5th when Jason Bay would hit a sac fly to bring home Gorzelanny and Ryan Doumit would back that up with a single driving home McClouth and the Pirates were in serious command at 6-1. The Nationals would claw back with 3 runs in the top of the 6th when Christain Guzman had a 2 run single and Ellis Dukes drove in Dimitri Young. Ryan Langerhauns would score to make it a one run game off a single from Guzman again but the Pirates would add some Progressive to their lead in the bottom half of the inning. Jason Michaels doubled to deep left to bring home Chirs Gomez and the Pirates would have a 2 run lead heading into the 9th. Matt Capps would get the day off and Damaso Marte would close it out and the Pirates are one win away from .500. They made it tough for them as the Pirates head to Baltimore (32-33) Fathers Day weekend for a three game series. From there, the Bucco's head to Chicago for a series with the AL Central leading White Sox. Winning, doesn't come easy. 
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