Where Have you Gone Ben? Take Two.

I know I haven't posted in quite some time but with Amanda out of town and me playing baseball every night, it has gotten hard to find the time.  With that being said I will return with some preview pieces for the upcoming interleague series' and some thoughts about the Pirates season as they head into a stretch of 12 games against teams from the American League.  For now I will leave you with this nugget of goodness...

The Pirates have 3 pitchers currently in the National League's top 12 in ERA.  Jeff Karstens (5th, what?) at 2.66, Charlie Morton (10th) at 3.08 and Paul Maholm (12th).  Two other teams have 2 pitchers in the top 12 and both teams (Philadelphia and Atlanta) are in the NL East.  In addition that Pirates have a staff ERA of 3.48 good for 7th in the National League.

Tonight, Charlie Morton faces J.A. Happ.  Let's hope Charlie bounces back after his first tough outing in a while and shuts down the Astros propelling the Pirates record to 34-33.  Pirates win 5-1.