Duke and Pettite

The progression of things is funny. On Thursday night, not only is the Pirate game on TV, but the post-game Skyblast was televised as well. Last night, only the game was on. Tonight, you have to find a radio or a computer to know what's going on with Zach Duke and Andy Pettite. As usual for Duke, the key to his success will probably be control. If Duke can manage to not walk a lot of people, the Bucs will probably stay in the game. Also, look for Willy Tavarez has already extended his hitting streak to something like 27 games, proving that you can be bad at baseball and still manage to get a hit in a whole bunch of games in a row (his line is .285/.334/.341, only 19 of his 124 hits have gone for extra bases this year). Jack Wilson is still fighting a virus, which means we get Randa at first, Nady in right, and Bautista at third tonight. Which I suppose is better than the alternative of playing Burnitz against a lefty.