Game 125: Pirates 11 Rockies 2

The Pirates scored eleven runs tonight and won by nine. To get to that point, they hit six home runs, two by Nate McLouth and one apiece by Freddy, Bay, Nady, and Wilson. But that's not impressive. Because tonight the Rangers hit six home runs in a game, too. And they pushed thirty (30!) runs across the plate. And they won by twenty-seven. All those feats make 11 runs and a nine run win look pretty weak, if you ask me. What exactly where the Pirates doing over nine innings tonight that they couldn't find an extra nineteen runs?

Seriously though, the best part (for me) about the Pirates recent offensive tear is that they've actually been hitting mediocre pitching. Where Josh Fogg would've hung a bunch of donuts on the scoreboard three weeks ago, the Pirates piled up eight runs and 11 hits on Foggy on his three innings of work, scoring in all three innings. They then put some more insurance up against Ramon Ortiz before being shut down by Matt Herges and Brian Fuentes. Gorzelanny wasn't great tonight (3 walks to go with his 5 K's, 111 pitches in only six innings), but you don't need to be great when the offense hits like the Pirates did tonight.