Pirates 14 Brewers 3

The 2006 Pittsburgh Pirates have not figured out much, so kudos to them for figuring out how to bounce back from a soul crushing defeat on Sunday afternoon. The correct method is, of course, decimating whoever comes into your path next. Things got off to a shaky start after Duke allowed 2 runs in the top of the first, but the Brewers were in a giving mood in the bottom of the first and we took the five runs they handed us by essentially giving us three infield hits when they misplayed everything hit to them in the first. We ran from there, with Duke settling down and only allowing one run for the rest of his 7 and 2/3rds while the offense pounded out nine more runs. Bautista and Castillo both hit homers while CWilson and Casey both just missed homers. Casey will of course be the big story with his 3-for-4, 3 RBI night and how "this is what we've been missing." Craig Wilson's 2-for-4 1 RBI, 1 run scored line will go largely ignored and Burnitz will start again the next time we face a righty. Still, I'd rather not think about things like that after a win like tonight. It was good to see Casey come back killing the ball tonight, it was good to see Duke bear down and give us a good start, even after his troublesome first. In fact, it was good to see everyone in the starting lineup hit as everyone had at least two hits except for one Jason Bay. Jason's been hot enough lately, if his homer streak was going to end (and as much as we'd like it to continue, logic says it would end eventually) it's a good thing it was on a night like tonight.

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