Talk about a big time blow out loss for the Pittsburgh Pirates as they were beat Tuesday evening 16-5 by the Chicago White Sox.  All four Pirates pitchers in the game gave up atleast one run while three of them gave up aleast three or more runs!  Four home runs by the White Sox sure didn’t help either.

Starting pitcher Ian Snell dropped to 3-7 on the season as he took the loss for the Pirates.  Snell pitched four innings and gave up nine hits, seven runs, and walked six batters.  Now that is a terrible job by the starting pitcher!

Franquelis Osoria came in and pitched two innings while giving up four hits and three runs including a home run.  Marino Salas had a terrible outing after Osoria left the game as he only recorded two outs and gave up two home runs and five runs.  Sean Burnett wanted his turn and got it as he pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up one run.  Terrible outing by all four Pirates pitchers.

Jason Michaels led the Pirates at the plate with two rbi.  Both runs scored in the second inning when he had a two run double.  Jose Bautista hit a solo home run to account for his rbi while Nate McLouth and Doug Mientkiewicz also had one rbi each in the game.

I wouldn’t expect another blow out that bad on Wednesday when the two teams face off again.  Atleast I hope it is a little bit closer lol.

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The Pittsburgh Pirates were able to take two out of three games against the Washington Nationals as they won 7-5 on Thursday afternoon.  The Pirates were able to put a lot of pressure on the Nationals early in the game and knocked Nationals starting pitcher Jason Bergmann out after just a little over four innings pitched.

Ryan Doumit hit his ninth home run of the season in the first inning to give the Pirates a 2-0 lead.  Doumit ended up leading the Pirates at the plate with three rbi.  After Doumit’s three rbi, four different Pirates players had one rbi in the game.  Nate McLouth, Jason Bay, Tom Gorzelanny, and Jason Michaels all had one rbi in the game.

Gorzelanny ended up getting the victory (his fifth) after throwing 5 2/3 innings.  Gorzelanny gave up six hits and thre runs while striking out six batters and walking three.  Not too bad of an outing, but it would have been nice to see him throw longer in the game and cut down on the walks.

One cause of concern would be the Pirates Bullpen as they gave up five hits and two runs.  Sean Burnett pitched 1/3 of an inning and allowed two hits and one run.  Franquelis Osoria then pitched 1 2/3 innings as he gave up another run.  Tyler Yates and Damaso Marte were finally able to pitch without giving up a run.

The Pirates will now travel down to Baltimore to take on the Orioles in a three game weekend series that begins on Friday.  Orioles Blog

The Pittsburgh Pirates were dead at the plate against St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Adam Wainwright for the first seven innings but then they exploded for four runs in the seventh inning as they went on to beat the Cardinals 5-4.

Jason Michaels provided the big hit in the seventh inning as he smoked a grand slam to get the Pirates on the scoreboard.  Jason Bay then added on the game winning run in the eighth inning with a rbi single.

Franquelis Osoria ended up getting the win in the game while Matt Capps recorded his 11th save of the season.  Pirates starting pitcher Tom Gorzelanny pitched six innings and gave up seven hits and four runs to get a no decision.  Lanny was lucky that he didn’t get a loss in the game, he should thank the offense for scoring some runs late in the game.

It was a good win for the Pirates any way you look at it.  They are now three games under .500 at 27-30 and need to keep on winning.  Pirates Blog

The Pittsburgh Pirates were held to only three hits and were blown out by the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday night by the score of 9-1.  The Pirates were really never in the game as the dropped to 24-28 on the season.

The Pirates one run in the game came in the second inning on a infield single by Franquelis Osoria.  The single scored Adam LaRoche.  Other then that the Pirates only had two hits in the game as the really sucked it up at the plate.  They need to do a better job then that, especially against the Reds pitchers.

Tom Gorzelanny got rocked and didn’t even make it out of the first inning.  He gave up four hits and six runs while only record two outs in the inning.  Terrible job by Gorzelanny.  The next three relief pitcher did a bad job as well as Osoria, Sean Burnett, and Marino Salas all gave up one run.

The Pirates will battle the Reds one more time as they play on Thursday.

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The Pittsburgh Pirates and Atlanta Braves split a day double header on Monday as the Pirats won the first game 5-0 and then lost the second game 8-1.  The Pirates were outhit in both games, the only difference was starting pitching in the first game was good unlike in the second game.

Zach Duke tossed six innings of five hit ball in the first game to pick up the win.  With the victory Duke is now 2-2 on the season.  Damaso Marte pitched two innings while Sean Burnett pitched one inning to complete the shutout of the Braves.

Freddy Sanchez had a bases loaded double in the fifth inning that got he Pirates on the board and provided all the runs they would end up needed to win.  Adam LaRoche connected on a two run home run in the eighth inning to provide two insurance runs for the Pirates.

Game two was a totally different story for the Pirates however.  They were limited to only five hits once again, but none of the hits were with runners in scoring position etc so they only put one run up on the board.

The only run for the Pirates came in the first inning when Ryan Doumit was safe at first on a error and Doug Mientkiewicz scored.

John Van Benschoten took the loss for the Pirates as he got rocked for nine hits and seven runs in only four innings of action.  Franquelis Osoria pitched the next four innings and gave up one run.

After the double header, the Pirates are now 18-20 on the season.

The Pittsburgh Pirates completed a three game sweep of the San Francisco Giants on Thursday afternoon with a 5-4 win.  The Giants had a chance to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth inning but the Pirates held on for the win which improved their record to 15-19 on the season.

Starting pitcher Paul Maholm lasted six innings as he gave up six hits and four runs.  Franquelis Osoria, John Grabow, Tyler Yates, and Matt Capps all pitched in relief of Maholm and did a great job.   The Pirates bullpen only gave up two hits as they pitched three innings.

Ryan Doumit led the Pirates with two rbi in the game.  Nate McLouth, Jason Bay, and Adam LaRoche all had one RBI in the game as well.  Some nice production up and down the lineup for the Pirates.

The Pirates are now 15-19 on the season after the three game sweep of the Giants.

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The Pittsburgh Pirates were hoping to sweet the St. Louis Cardinals, but the Cardinals had other thoughts as they beat the Pirates 6-2 on Thursday night.  The Pirates were only able to get six hits in the game, and were shut down by Joel Pineiro.

Adam LaRoche was the only Pirates player to record an RBI in the game.  LaRoche doubled in the fourth inning to score Ryan Doumit.

Tom Gorzelanny took the loss for the Pirates as he tossed five innings and gave up three runs on only two hits.  What hurt Gorzelanny was seven walks.  He just couldn’t find the strikezone all night long.  Phil Dumatrait came in and pitched two innings while giving up two runs.  Franquelis Osoria also pitched two inning and gave up one run.

The Pirates will try to get back on the winning track Friday when they start a series with the Phillies.

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The Pittsburgh Pirates just couldn’t get the home team advantage going for them on Monday as they lost to the Florida Marlins by a score of 10-4.  With Matt Morris struggling to get his season going, the Pirates failed to take home the win and continue to play bad baseball.

Xavier Nady led the Pirates with two RBI in the game.  Ronny Paulino and Matt Morris both managed to pick up a RBI as well during Monday’s game.

Morris was the opening pitcher for the Pirates throwing for four innings and giving up nine hits, eight runs, and walking one in his third loss of the year.  The Pirates brought in Franquelis Osoria, John Grabow, and Evan Meek to pitch the last five innings of the game.  Osoria gave up two earned runs and five hits in his two innings of action.

Tonight the Pittsburgh Pirates will go up against the Florida Marlins one more time before taking on the St. Louis Cardinals starting on Wednesday.

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The Pittsburgh Pirates had a hard 13-6 loss against the Cubs in Chicago on Sunday putting the Pirates at 7-11 for the year.  The Pirates were pretty much dominated the entire series besides the game on Friday.  The Cubs have now beaten the Pirates all six games so far in 2008.

Zach Duke took the loss for the Pirates on Sunday.  He stood the mound for four innings and gave up right hits and five runs in that small amount of time.  The Pirates brought in Franquelis Osoria, Damaso Marte, and Phil Dumatrait to try and hold the Cubs back but between the three of them they gave up a combined 10 hits and eight more runs.

Ryan Doumit hit two home runs giving him four for the year.  Doug Mientkiewicz, Nate McLouth, Freddy Sanchez, Ryan Doumit, and Ronny Paulino all drove in a RBI as well. 

The Pirates now welcome the Marlins to Pittsburgh for a 2 game series starting on Monday night.

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The Pittsburgh Pirates got behind early and were never able to come back against the Los Angeles Dodgers as the Dodgers won 8-1.  Bad starting pitching and no hitting really hurt the Pirates on Wednesday night.  I don’t think Pirates are going to turn things around anytime soon either.

Paul Maholm took the loss for the Pirates and his record dropped to 0-2.  Maholm pitched five innings and gave up six runs (four earned) and 11 hits.  Franquelis Osoria pitched two innings in relief of Maholm and he gave up another two earned runs.  Damaso Marte came in to pitch scoreless ninth inniing to finish the game.

Adam LaRoche was the only Pirates player to record an RBI.  LaRoche had a RBI single in the sixth inning.

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