Reds 7 Pirates 2

Well, that was a thoroughly depressing loss. First there was the lead that we had that Ty Wigginton blew, ruining a good outing by Kip Wells. That was followed by Gonzo walking in a run (the second time we've done that in two days). We still tried to come back, with a Cota homer and putting runners on first and second with one out and Bay at the plate, after a beautiful bunt single by Mackowiak. At this point Lloyd McClendon decides not to leave well enough alone, and with one of the best hitters in the National League at the plate sends the runners on maybe the stupidest double steal in the history of baseball. Jason Bay doesn't have 37 doubles or anything, Lloyd was right, there was probably no way Bay was going to hit a ball far enough to score a runner from second. I don't think I can even put my frustration into words at this point. Anways Sanchez was out a third, Bay made a quick out and the inning was over. All life was clearly sapped from the team by this point (because who plays well when their manager sabotages them like that?) and Meadows and Grabow imploded, giving up 2 runs each in the 8th and 9th inning for the final 7-2 tally. We're now only a Paul Maholm start away from being swept by the Reds at home.

As I mentioned prior to the game, Craig Wilson was activated and played in right field. The roster move that was made was to put Duffy on the DL with his "hamstring" problem. I'm going to be blunt. I don't buy it, this was a bullshit move by Dave Littlefield to not have to take someone off the roster before September. Duffy has said publicly several times that whatever's wrong with his hamstring now isn't as bad as what happened in July (when I don't think it was as bad as things were made out to be). Instead of having the balls to jettison dead-weight Tike Redman (actually, since Redman has no options left we'd probably have to DFA him, no one would claim him from waivers because he's useless, and we could send him to Indy for a week, or preferrably let him go and rot on the scrap heap for the rest of his career, whichever). Hell, we could even send McLouth back to Indy for a week seeing as how he'll get zero playing time here now that CWills is back. Instead, we'll just stick with blissful indecision and more at-bats for Tike Redman, with another show of no confidence towards Chris Duffy. Just brilliant guys.