Jack Wilson hit two homers(10 &11)!
Ronny Paulino had a homer(11) and 4 RBI!
One would think this was a night that everything went right for the Pirates and a win was clicked up,right?
Wrong.
The Astros got to Matt Morris in a seven run 4th inning and the home team in Houston walked away with a 9-7 win.
Morris allowed 7 runs and 9 hits in a pitiful 3 and a third innings performance and fell under .500 to 9-10 on the season.
Zach Duke made his first appearance since June and allowed 2 runs (which turned out to be the difference) in 3 innings of work from the bullpen.
Nice to see Duke back on the mound,but I would caution him to take it easy and not put too much stress on his ailing elbow in essentially meaningless games.
The Pirates will need a healthy Zach Duke from day 1 next year and given the history of the Pirates medical staff,it only makes sense to wonder if Duke really should be out there right now.
Only time will tell.
The Bucs finish up in Houston today with the return of Paul Maholm.
Pitching Matchup
Pittsburgh: Paul Maholm (10-14) at Houston:Brandon Backe (0-1) 2:05
The Ohio State Buckeyes were dominant in the second half and pulled away to a 33-14 win over the Washington Huskies in Seattle.
A late touchdown for Washington in the first half gave UW a 7-3 halftime lead,but the Bucks used two scores early in the third to set the tone for the remainder of t
he game.Todd Boeckman's 68 yd bomb to Brian Robiskie gave the Buckeyes the lead and after a fumble by Washington on the kickoff,the score quickly became 17-7 as Chris Wells strolled through the Huskie defense on a 14 yard touchdown run.
Wells would finish with 135 yards on the ground for the game
That pretty much put the game away although OSU added 4th quarter points on a Ryan Pretorius field goal and a 36 yard TD strike from Boeckman to Brian Hartline.
Washington scored a mop up touchdown late,but the Buckeyes weren't done yet.
After attempting to run the clock out and Washington coach Tyrone Willingham pulled what is known around here as a "Steve Robinson" by calling unneeded time outs,Brandon Saine swept around end for a 37 yard TD run to make the final 33-14.
James Laurinaitis picked off 2 passes and added a sack.
As much as I loved the play of A.J. Hawk as a Buckeye,Laurinatis may be better and he clearly is the best linebacker in the country in our opinion.
Ohio State returns home next week to defend the Horseshoe against the Northwestern Wildcats.
Northwestern lost to Duke at home yesterday in Duke's first win in 23 games.
Game time 3:30.
Bullpen Notes
Just for those of you that are wondering who Steve Robinson is,Robinson was the
former head basketball coach at Florida State.Robinson seemed to take delight in extending decided games far longer than they ever should have been,just to show that his team "never gave up".
So any time that some nitwit does this in a game that has long been decided,that is pulling a "Steve Robinson".
I cannot tell you how many times I saw that guy pull that stunt.
The Post-Gazette reports that the two players that the Pirates have targeted for contract extensions are Freddy Sanchez and Matt Capps.
If true,then I agree with both deals as long as the terms are right.
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats were humiliated in the debut of new pivot Casey Printers by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 34-4.
This game was so awful that I quit watching midway through the third period.
The Cats are now 1-10 on the year,the only win coming over the 1st place Blue Bombers.
Congrats to Mike Hart and michigan for their big win (right) over Notre Dame.
Looking forward to that battle between Notre Dame and Duke later in the year.
Predictions for today
Browns:LOSS to Cincinnati 40-13
Seahawks:WIN over Arizona 24-14
Photo Credits
Morris-Pat Sullivan-AP Photo
Robiskie-Neal Lauron-Columbus Dispatch
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