Pirates drop D-Backs 6-4

The current game is going on right now,but I am saving that for later watching,so here is a quick post on the Sunday 6-4 Pittsburgh win.
The Pirates did most of their damage in the 4th inning as they plated 5 of their six runs then and that was enough to hold the visitors at bay for the win.
Pittsburgh jumped to a fast start in the frame as back to back doubles from Adam LaRoche and Jose Bautista were then followed up by a Raul Chavez single to produce two quick runs and give the Bucs the lead.
Jack Wilson's later sac fly would score Chavez and Jason Bay smacked a two run double to finish the Pittsburgh offense for the inning.
Wilson would finish the Pirate scoring with a single in the fifth that scored Chavez for the second time in the contest and only Mark Reynolds two shots into the stands allowed Arizona to keep the game close.
Phil Dumatrait pitched pretty well in evening his record at 3-3 in his 5 and two third innings of pitching.
The key with Dumatrait seems to be that he either gets tired around the 6th inning or that the opposition seems to get a read on him as that seems to be when he starts to be hittable.
As long as John Russell and company realize that and keeps the pen ready to go around that time,they should continue to be able to get decent use from the lefty tosser.
I am still concerned that he is walking too many-two in the game,but for now he is getting the job done in his chances.
Matt Capps pitched the ninth for save number 14.

Bullpen Notes

Since the game has already started or finished by this writing,I will not bother with a pitching matchup.

The Pirates signed three draft picks today,most notably 11th round outfielder Dave Rubinstein of Appalachian State,who should prove to be quite popular when he gets to Hickory.
Appalachian State is very close to the Crawdads and I was surprised when I visited there last season that they were the favorite college team,not the bigger name schools from the ACC.

I was able to watch the Saturday fights from Showtime and will now eat my serving of crow after Sergio Mora's upset win over Vernon Forrest.
I scored the fight even at 114,but could not quibble either way and no matter the result Mora fought far better than I ever expected.
In the other battle,Paul Williams stormed from the corner and avenged his close decision loss to Carlos Quintana with a first round blitz that left Quintana face down on the mat.
That is how you gain revenge and regain lost marketability!

And from the we can only hope department-an interesting bunch of thoughts on the Oil speculation bubble bursting.
As the Beach Boys sang-"Wouldn't it be nice".

Until later or tomorrow

Photo Credits
McLouth:Gene Puskar-AP Photo
Boxing:George Ruhe-AP Photo