Let the road trip from hell begin

The Pirates have traveled cross country to play their first game ever in the city of Seattle (I was going to make a joke here about Seahawk fans, but I'll take the high road) with a nice little four wins in six games run going. The Seahawks are on the other end of the spectrum at the moment, having lost their past five to other NL Central teams (that's a no-no for anyone). The Pirates have to like the pitching match up tonight as Tom Gorzelanny will go against Miguel Batista. He'll have to be good because the worst bullpen in the universe is even worse now with Matt Capps finally suspended for three games. I would've liked to see Gorzo get the extra day of rest yesterday's off-day could've afforded, but Ian Snell's bizarre injury has prevented that from happening. Oh well.