Reds 11 Pirates 2- Ouch

Looks like my pregame comments about Ty Wigginton were too prescient for our own good. Was Kip Wells great today? No, but you can't play someone like Ty Wigginton in your infield and not eventually get burned. And it's not like we haven't been burned already (I know, the error goes to Sanchez, but the play should've been made by Wigginton). If a dog bites you once, it's not your fault. You don't know anything about the dog. If it bites you again, hey, live and learn, this is quite obviously not a nice dog. If the dog bites you 10 times you have no one to blame but yourself for your bloody and maimed body lying in a ditch along the side of the road. I think you know where this is headed, but Wigginton provided us with a two runs yesterday in a game we were already up by four in, then today cost us four in what should have been a two run game early on today (Jack Wilson's error also cost us a run in the first). Not an even trade. Meanwhile Rob Mackowiak is batting .344 and we don't have the sense to even try and play him every day. Maybe he's hitting .220 against lefties right now, but maybe if he played against them more regularly that number would go up, and hell, Wigginton's only batting .200 TOTAL. This is a trainwreck of a team right now with a very painful looking upcoming schedule. We've now dropped to .500 in the month of May despite a relatively toothless schedule to this point in the month (OK, we played the Cards, but Milwaukee, Houston, San Francisco, the Cubbies, the Rockies, and the Reds are all very flawed teams, and I still don't believe Arizona is as good as their record indicates). Now we're staring at Florida for four, Atlanta for three, and Baltimore for three. All three of those teams are much better than anyone we played in May save St. Louis. Sure, the games are at home, BUT WE'RE TERRIBLE AT HOME. I have a bad feeling about this...

20 games in 20 days: 4-6