Game 66: Rangers 6 Pirates 0

I could quote you all of Kameron Loe's relevant stats and what a mess getting shutout by him is, but it's not like he's the first awful pitcher we've made look good this year and I doubt he'll be the last. What I'm more concerned about was Tom Gorzelanny's pitch counts before tonight's game. 117 against the Yankees, 120 against the Padres, and 118 against the Cardinals, with a 97 pitch outing against the Dodgers wedged in between the Padres and Yankees starts. Pushing 120 in three out of four starts makes it no wonder he gave up three gopher balls tonight and ran out of gas in the sixth and seventh innings against the Rangers tonight.

What else can we say about this one? There wasn't much too it. A crappy pitcher dominated our suddenly struggling offense and Gorzelanny ran out of gas early and we got crushed pretty good by a pretty crappy team. Dan Kolb made a crappy debut. Masumi Kuwata pitched again, then in the 10 seconds I caught of Tracy's post-game presser our skipper made verbal love to the diminutive man from Japan, talking about how he had 11 pitches and could make his 87 mph fastball look 94 and on and on. I've got a feeling Tracy has a new 8th inning guy.