The Diamondbacks rolled into PNC this past weekend for a 3 game set with our Bucco's. It was going to be a tough test against the NL West division leaders. To make things worse, it didn't start off with the best vibe either when Brandon Webb was scheduled to start the opener Friday night. Good luck beating that guy.
Friday night soon came...what a bummer. It was a flawless Webb against a struggling Ian Snell, this had the makings of a "turn off the TV" situation. Well, it wasn't. Ian Snell had a very confusing outing. It was productive to an extent, but far from efficient. Snell lasted 5 innings on 107 pitches and giving up 2 runs, 1 of those earned. Take it as you wish, but at least he didn't surrender his 6+ ERA. The D-Backs would tag Snell with a Stephen Drew RBI double and an Orlando Hudson sac fly. 2-0, Arizona through 4.5. To bad it was ALL Brandon Webb though. He was unreal and perfection at it's finest. He would even help his own cause in the 6th with a run scoring single. He would be in the game only one more inning after that, pitching 7 innings and giving up 3 hits and 1 ER. That one run would be the only Bucco run of the night that was credited to a Jason Bay double, driving in Freddy Sanchez. The pirates would muster 3 hits in their final 3 innings, but no dice. Brandon Lyon would close it out and hand the Pirates another digit for the loss column. It's hard to get to Brandon Webb, but he was all business.
Game 2 started out as a classic Tom Gorzelanny outing, giving up 3 runs right out of the gate. Gorzo gave up 3 runs in the second by walking 2 and giving up 2 hits. Both Conor Jackson and Chris Young has RBI producing
g singles and Mark Renyolds hit a sac fly to put the D-backs up 3-0 through the first. The Bucs were going to have to play catch up....again. Well, they did just that and it's starting to become very impressive. It would start in the 3rd when Nate McClouth doubled to drive in Adam LaRoche. The Buc's would ass two more runs over the next two innings starting with a Jason Bay home run in the 4th and Nate McClouth home run in the 5th, both their 14th of the year. After 5 innings, the Bucs had clawed their way back to a tie ball game. And Slowly but surely, Gorzelanny kept the Pirates in the game by giving them 7 strong innings and only giving up the 3 runs from the 1st. All the fun would end when automatic John Grabow stepped in to pitch the 8th and then came back in the 9th. It would be the only hit Grabow would give up in his outing, but it would wind up being the game winner when Chris Snyder would hit a solo home run to lead off the 9th. Brandon Lyon would break out his mop and clean up the bottom of half of the inning for his 14th save. Game, 4-3 Arizona. I'm starting to think we need Ozzie Guillen to have a chat with our starting rotation.
g singles and Mark Renyolds hit a sac fly to put the D-backs up 3-0 through the first. The Bucs were going to have to play catch up....again. Well, they did just that and it's starting to become very impressive. It would start in the 3rd when Nate McClouth doubled to drive in Adam LaRoche. The Buc's would ass two more runs over the next two innings starting with a Jason Bay home run in the 4th and Nate McClouth home run in the 5th, both their 14th of the year. After 5 innings, the Bucs had clawed their way back to a tie ball game. And Slowly but surely, Gorzelanny kept the Pirates in the game by giving them 7 strong innings and only giving up the 3 runs from the 1st. All the fun would end when automatic John Grabow stepped in to pitch the 8th and then came back in the 9th. It would be the only hit Grabow would give up in his outing, but it would wind up being the game winner when Chris Snyder would hit a solo home run to lead off the 9th. Brandon Lyon would break out his mop and clean up the bottom of half of the inning for his 14th save. Game, 4-3 Arizona. I'm starting to think we need Ozzie Guillen to have a chat with our starting rotation. Game 3, trying to avoid a sweep and the Pirates would get it done. The chance to welcome the Washington Nationals into PNC with a winning record was not to be. Instead the Pirates were just trying to keep things close for a change. Phil Dumatrait took the mound and added himself another solid outing. Dumatrait went 5.2 giving up 2 ER on 4 hits and he seems like the only guy who feels like winning out of the Pirates rotation. No
w if we can just get Ozzie to talk to the rest of the rotation, since John Russell doesn't care to bring it to any ones attention. Conor Jackson got things started in the first by scoring on a passed ball. 1-0 Diamondbacks. Then came the 4th when Ozzie Guillen rang the Pirates dugout. They had themselves a good heart chat and the Buccos came out and put 5 on the board. 5 runs on 5 hits that included 3 doubles coming from Adam LaRoche, Jose Bautista, and Jason Bay. Mark Reynolds would hit a solo shot in the top of the 5th to get some offense on the board for the D-backs, but Jack Wilson would get that run back on a RBI single in the bottom half of the inning. Mark Reynolds would add his second homer of the game in the 8th, it also brought home Conor Jackson, and just like that it was a 2 run game. Top 9 called for Matt Capps. Result: Save. Game, Bucco's 6-4 and the Pirates have won 30 games. If they weren't in the same division as the Cubs and Cardinals. People might actually be talking about the Bucs. Sadly it's not so, as usual.
w if we can just get Ozzie to talk to the rest of the rotation, since John Russell doesn't care to bring it to any ones attention. Conor Jackson got things started in the first by scoring on a passed ball. 1-0 Diamondbacks. Then came the 4th when Ozzie Guillen rang the Pirates dugout. They had themselves a good heart chat and the Buccos came out and put 5 on the board. 5 runs on 5 hits that included 3 doubles coming from Adam LaRoche, Jose Bautista, and Jason Bay. Mark Reynolds would hit a solo shot in the top of the 5th to get some offense on the board for the D-backs, but Jack Wilson would get that run back on a RBI single in the bottom half of the inning. Mark Reynolds would add his second homer of the game in the 8th, it also brought home Conor Jackson, and just like that it was a 2 run game. Top 9 called for Matt Capps. Result: Save. Game, Bucco's 6-4 and the Pirates have won 30 games. If they weren't in the same division as the Cubs and Cardinals. People might actually be talking about the Bucs. Sadly it's not so, as usual. 
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