Twice the, umm, fun?

The double-header that was rained out in April when it might've mattered kicks off today at 5:05 with the second game following shortly after it. The Pirates are looking for the classic five-game, two-city sweep of the Giants, who have proven themselves to be one of the few teams in the league that is at least as bad as the Pirates are. The Giants will toss Matt Cain and Noah Lowry at us (in that order) and we will counter with the all-lefty duo of Paul Maholm and Shane Youman. Barry Bonds isn't expected to play in either game (UPDATE: Looks like he's playing in the first one, after all), which makes the Pirates' planned tribute of him seem even dumber.

Anyways, Cain and Lowry have both been very good this year, so don't be fooled by Cain's 4-12 record. Cain's been especially impressive in his last three starts, where he's hit the stride that Giants' fans have been expecting him to hit for quite some time. You know all about Maholm and Youman. If the Giants play defense like they did this weekend, the two of them should be enough to keep the Pirates in both games.