Pirates 6 Brewers 0

I always say that when I make negative comments about the team, all I want is to be proven wrong. Paul Maholm made me eat my words about being the 3rd most deserving guy we could've called up to pitch tonight. It came a day later than planned (and a day after his family weathered Katrina in Biloxi, talk about circumstances that can make your first big league start seem pretty damn unimportant) but it was worth the wait. After Brady Clark rapping a leadoff double off of the left field wall, Maholm allowed only three hits the rest of the way, going 8 shutout innings in a very Zach Duke-like manner, as advertised. As for the offense, the amazing plate discipline we showed in the first inning disappeared. Davis walked no one after the four he walked in the first and struck out 8 on the night, many of them with us flailing as usual. The defense, on the other hand, was superb tonight, especially up the middle. Freddy Sanchez made back to back great plays on balls hit past or off of Maholm and Jack and Freddy turned another diving up the middle glove flip double play. Jack also made a great diving play up the middle in the 9th. All in all, it was nice to actually win again. I don't know when we'll see Maholm again as before the game the guys announced that tonight might start off a 9 pitchers in 9 days streak, what with Ollie and Duke coming back, Bullington and Snell coming up, and Fogg, Williams, Redman, and Wells still existing. Should be interesting to watch at least.