Game 78: Marlins 9 Pirates 7

Holy cow, the Pirates played at noon today. I went to Pittsburgh to clean out my apartment and got home and the game was over already. These damn afternoon games piss me off. Anyways, another Pirate starter struggled and failed to make it into the fifth inning at all, only today Zach Duke left with a 6-2 deficit instead of a 5-2 lead like JVB did last night. Even though the Pirates ended up scoring enough runs to bail Duke out, they didn't bail out Tony Armas, who threw gas onto the fire and gave up a walk and a two-run homer in his first two hitters, and Shawn Chacon, who gave up one more insurance run to the Marlins in the eighth after the Pirates closed the deficit to 8-7. So basically, the storyline on this one goes, Duke sucks, Armas sucks, the offense can't cover for it. Sound familiar at all?