Marlins 5 Pirates 4

There were some positives in today's game, so we can start there. Tom Gorzellany finally got his head together and had a pretty good major league start. He still walked a ton of people (4 in six innings), but he was greatly improved over last Tuesday in his 6 inning, 5 hit, 2 run performance today. I think we'd all love to see him get on track in Pittsburgh before this season ends. Jose Bautista also set out today to make up for his terrible game in center yesterday and did a pretty decent job of it by picking up two outfield assists and getting on base 4 out of 5 times today (2 hits, a walk, and reached on an error). Unfortunately, he dozed off on third base during a Dontrelle Willis wild pitch and failed to score what would've been a crucial run in the fourth inning. Why is it that we seem to have so many young players that struggle with focusing so often? Also in the positive column was Freddy breaking out of his mini-slump with a 3 hit afternoon. Unfortunately our 4-5-6 guys (Bay, Randa, and CWilson, why Randa protecting Bay is a good idea is beyond me) managed to leave 5, 6, and 7 guys on base, respectively making for a team total of 12, which really kind of sucks when you lose by 1 run. The one run loss was made possible by poor outings by Capps and Gonzo, who combined to give up 5 runs in the 1 and 1/3 innings. I'm struggling to make some kind of analogy to their poor outing today and Littlefield declaring that they are both all but off limits earlier today, but that's not really fair to anyone so I'll let it go.