Bucs 8 Reds 4

OK, so I was wrong about this one. Perez actually wasn't awful last night, going 4 and 1/3 with 5 Ks and 2 walks. He did give up three runs and two homers, but he looked like he was spotting his pitches well for the most part. FSP's gun was going crazy early, clocking fastballs at like 58mph, but once it got working it seemed like Perez still wasn't up to his usual velocity, topping out at maybe 93 only a couple times. Still things could've been worse. One of the positives of Perez not making it five was Vogelsong coming in and getting his first win of the year. He did manage to come in with runners on first and third with only one out and get Dunn to GIDP. Then, of course, there's that Jason Bay guy. He seemed to be in a bit of a slump (before Thursday), maybe as a function of killing himself on the outfield wall several times in the last week. He's back strong now with three homers in the last two games, including two bombs last night. The second one was huge as it put us up by 4 runs in the eighth, meaning we were out of Jose Mesa range. A couple more games like this, and maybe Brad Eldred in the lineup, and this team might be watchable down the stretch.