Game 90: Braves 5 Pirates 4

We have the worst luck with these damn rain delays. Earlier in the year, we blew a big lead to the Cubs just in time for the rain to come and delay the game to the next day when the Cubs finished off the win, then beat us again for good measure. Tonight we come storming back to tie the game just before a deluge, then have the rain come just in time to cool our bats off and have the Braves eek out a win against us.

We should mostly thank Bobby Cox for even being in this one. After Chuck James dominated us (for the second time this year) through six innings, holding us to two hits, Cox yanked him about 95 pitches and watched Tyler Yates and Rafael Soriano blow the lead as quickly as they could, highlighted by Ryan Doumit's pinch-hit three run homer. That didn't matter because Shawn Chacon had no grip on the strikezone tonight (four walks, one intentional over one and two-thirds) throwing only 20 of 43 pitches for strikes. That makes it pretty hard to win, and accordingly, we lost.