Pirates 3 Rockies 0

Congratulations, you've beaten the worst road team at home 3 out of 4 games.

OK, honestly, even though it was only the Rockies we did see some good things.

Kip, Dave Williams, and Mark Redman made their first good starts in what seems like ages.

Zach Duke made another good start.

Brad Eldred arrived and struck out a lot. But we knew that would happen, and at least he's here.

As pointed out in the comments, the Rockies are actually the best team in the NL West since June 1st. Sure, the West sucks, but it's something.

We kept Lloyd above 100 games below .500.

We didn't make any stupid trades. We didn't actually make any trades at all, but at least we didn't make any stupid ones.

We avoided ending the weekend in last place.

Only one actual observation from today's game. We won because someone actually plays worse outfield than we do. First Matt Holliday misplay Tike's popup into a double. Tike later scored. Then Jack Wilson hit a single down the left field line that was played into a triple by Dustan Mohr. Mark Redman singled him in. Usually that's the kind of crap I see us doing.

Maybe we're turning around a little bit. Maybe the Rockies just suck. Either way, it was nice to not get wallopped for a few games in a row.

On the road to Florida and Atlanta next, so don't get used to winning just yet.