Pirates 5 Astros 3

This is starting to get pretty amazing. For the third straight night, the Pirates managed to win a low scoring game with timely hitting, decent starts, solid bullpen work, and Mike Gonzalez slamming the door in the face of the other team. Like Snell and Chacon, Maholm was nothing amazing tonight but he managed to keep things close enough so that the singles brigade could put the Bucs ahead in the bottom of the sixth. Curiously enough, Matt Capps walked the only batter he faced tonight and Damaso Marte struck out the only one he faced. Things don't get much more bizarro than that. As for the offense, Bay had three hits, Duffy, Paulino, and Bautista had 2, and we had three more RBI singles tonight. It seems that we're getting an inordinate amount of those lately. Not that I'm complaining or anything.

If I may, I'd like to take a moment to look at Gonzo's performance over the past three nights.

3.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 H, 0 BB, 6 K with a total of 39 pitches, 30 for strikes.

That is absolutely dominant. I'd like to see that a little more often, if at all possible.