Dodgers 9 Pirates 4

Kip Wells picked up loss #18 last night making him officially the biggest loser during our now-13 year losing streak. That's right, Kip separated himself from Fat Jimmy Anderson (who lost 17 in 2001) and put a little more distance between himself and '03 Jeff D'Amico and '95 Paul Wagner (16 losses apiece). Actually, this was one of Kip's better outings in a while, only giving up four runs in five innings. The trouble came with Tom Gorzelanny and Rick White in the 7th. After a scoreless sixth, Gorzelanny quickly loaded the bases in the 7th. Mackanin then made the worst move he could've possibly made besides bringing Jose Mesa in, bringing in Rick "I've never met an inherited runner I didn't like enough to not let score" White. So what happened next? Yep, you guessed it. In eight pitches Rick White turned a 4-3 game into an 8-3. Gonzalez then came in to shut things down quickly, once again leaving everyone to wonder why we waited to bring him in. Among the positives, hmm, let's see, Jason Bay picked up an RBI leaving him 5 short of 100 with 5 games left. And McLouth hit a homer. And of course, we're hopefully only 5 games away from the Mackanin era being ended. Which is nice.