Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Get Out the Brooms

The Pirates tonight will go for their second consecutive sweep against the Astros. They are currently on a 7 game winning streak against these Astros and look to finish above .500 at the all star break for the first time since 1992. Last nights game was a microcosm for the little things the Pirates haven't been able to do as a team over the past 18 years. Jeff Karstens threw another gem limiting the Astros to 1 run on 5 hits in 7 innings. Again I will state for the record that I have no idea how Karstens gets people out. Utter insanity. In addition to jeff karstens pitching out of his mind, the pirates also got timely hitting from role players. Before this year, if there was a game where the pirates "better" players struggled, that meant through pirates lost the game. last night journeyman brandon wood was the pirates offense, driving in 3 runs while going deep for the 4th time this season. The buccos keep defying all logic and baseball sense, let's hope it continues tonight. Tonight, charlie morton takes the hill for the pirates looking to put together another quality start. I think we see charlie and his electric stuff, tonight against the Astros. Look for Morton to record his best strikeout game of the season, all while leading the Pirates to a series sweep over the Astros. Let's go Bucs!

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