What an exciting win the for the Pittsburgh Pirates as they score four runs in the tenth inning to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-4.  The Pirates are now only a game under .500 as their season record stands at 19-20.

Ronny Paulino had a rbi single to score the first run in the tenth inning and then Adam LaRoche doubled with the bases loaded to score three more runs.  Paulino was filling in for the injured Ryan Doumit who left the game in the first inning with a left thumb injury.

Nate McLouth got the Pirates on the scoreboard in the fourth inning with a two run home run.  All the other Pirates runs came in the seventh inning when Paulino had his first rbi double, and Jose Bautista and a rbi single.

Marino Salas picked up the win which was his first of the season.  Phil Dumatrait pitched six innings to start the game for the Pirates and he gave up four hits and three runs.  Dumatrait gave up a three run home run to Troy Glaus to account for all three runs.  John Grabow also gave up a run on a solo home run to Albert Pujols.

Good win for the Pirates as they inch closer and closer to the top of the standings.  Pirates Blog

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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Matt Morris once again got hammered and the Pittsburgh Pirates once again lost, this time to the Los Angeles Dodgers by the score of 11-2.  Morris was only able to last 4.2 innings as he gave up seven hits and six earned runs.  As a starting pitcher, you can’t put your team in a big hole like that if you want the team to win.   Hopefully Morris will figure out what is going wrong and fix it before his next start.

Phil Dumatrait pitched 1.1 innings in relief of Morris and gave two hits an two earned runs.  Evan Meek pitched the final two innings and gave up four hits and two earned runs.  I don’t know how long Meek will stay on the Pirates roster, he has sucked it up almost everytime he has been called on.

Freddy Sanchez and Ronny Paulino had an RBI each for the Pirtes.  The entire Pirates offense struggled against the Dodgers pitching staff and could never get anything going.

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