Gorzo feeds the gopher

Getting tired of these pictures of Pirate pitchers looking pained?
Me too and only half as pained as I am watching this dreck everyday,but to be fair Tom Gorzelanny didnt pitch badly other than the three homers he allowed in a 8-2 pounding at the hands of the Chicago Pale Hose.
He only gave up two other hits besides the long balls,but walked 4,whiffed 4 and allowed 4 Chicago runs in a game of 4's for the lefty,but the homers killed him,me and the Pirates.
I mean,I can see allowing a shot to Carlos Quentin,he now has 17 of them,but Brian Anderson hitting his 3rd?
And Toby Hall hitting his first in over two YEARS!?
Geez!!!
The game still was close before Tyler Yates continued both his and the bullpens lousy pitching by allowing 4 runs (3 earned) in two innings allowing the Clorox gang to pull away in another laugher.
Chicago's Mark Buehrle did not allow a hit until the sixth when Jose Bautista hit his 7th of the season and second homer in two nights.
Of course,when the Pirates run Luis Rivas,Chris Gomez and Raul Chavez out as starters,I don't think the 78 Red Sox felt too challenged by that offensive power.
Rivas ended the game with the other Pirate RBI,but handed Chicago a run by failing to catch a routine pop up.
I always thought utility infielders were supposed to be leather guys first????
To sum it-another awful outing.
The series concludes tomorrow afternoon at 2 and that will end the road portion of interleague competition.

Pitching Matchup
Pittsburgh:Phil Dumatrait (3-3, 3.84 ERA) at Chicago White Sox:Gavin Floyd (7-3, 3.30 ERA) 2:05

Bullpen Notes

The Pirates should bounce back tomorrow.
Why am I so certain?
I have Gavin Floyd on BOTH of my fantasy teams-that guarantees a big Pittsburgh offensive game!

Ryan Doumit was sat out of last night's game and will sit out the series finale' in Chicago after suffering a mild concussion in Tuesday's game.
Doumit took three fouls off his mask in the game and should make his return in Friday's first game of the homestand versus Toronto.

Former Olympic wrestler and three time national champion Jimmy Jackson
died in Michigan at the age of 51.
Jackson won titles at Heavyweight for Oklahoma State from 1976-78 and represented the USA at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal but failed to medal.
Jackson tried pro wrestling briefly for Bill Watts in Mid-South Wrestling,but did not last very long for reasons that I do not know.

And from the Wow,what a shock dept-Exxon Mobil,BP,Shell,Chevron and a few smaller oil companies will announce that they have earned the oil contracts in Iraq.
Of course,earned is a relative term when you consider all of the companies "won" no bid contracts.
The one to two year deals are expected to be the first step in larger deals down the road.
Leading oil companies from other countries had memorandums of understanding with the oil ministry of Iraq,but were not awarded any contracts.
Hmm,anyone think that we (perhaps) have seen just why this war was begun and so many American lives have been lost for????

Photo Credit
Gorzelanny:Nam Huh-AP Photo
Jackson:Sportscaster cards