I am not going to use a 1000 words when 10 will do, actually it will be more than 10 but regardless I promise to be brief. Today's 9-8 loss at the hands of the New York Mets, a game in which the Pirates had a commanding 7-0 lead at one point, is the type of game that tends to define a season for a team. Had the Pirates won and by doing so taken 3 of 4 games in New York, momentum would have been firmly on their side. They would have been 1 game under .500 going into this weekends series against the Philadelphia Phillies. This series, A.K.A. the biggest home series in recent memory, could have provided the Pirates with a spark if they somehow won 2 of 3 in front of what are guaranteed to be sellout crowds. Taking the series from the Phillies could have been the moment this young ball club and many wary fans needed to boost the hopes of a successful summer of baseball. However, they lost to the Mets in a fashion that Pirate fans know all to well. A fashion that leads even the most optimistic Pirate fan (yours truly) to doubt the teams ability to recover and continue to play "good" baseball. The loss leads me to believe that the Pirates may get steamrolled by the Phillies making the series just another home series loss.
However, the series this weekend against the Phillies is still huge. Big crowds, good pitching match ups and the Pittsburgh-Philadelphia rivalry make these games mean more than your typical weekend series in June. Hopefully, the Pirates are able to recover from today's terrible loss and continue to play competitive baseball and in turn put a walloping on the Phils. Let's Go Bucs.
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