Still trying to find time for the promised series,but I planned on knocking some of those out last night,but was called into work.
The Pirates completed a three game sweep of the Marlins behind four hits from Adam LaRoche (really!) with a 7-4 getaway day victory.
Paul Maholm was the winner in moving to 3-0 and Matt Capps grabbed save number five.
The Pirates are off today as the team travels to San Diego for a weekend series.
Shorter post today as I have to get to bed,if I want to watch Game 5 of the Devils-Hurricanes tonight,if time permits,I hope to get either the Browns or Seahawks draft preview pounded on the surf.
Pirate Hooks
1) Paul Maholm was not as sharp as he was in his first three starts,but the Bucco bats picked him up for a change as usually it is the other way around.
The lefty ace of the staff allowed four runs over six innings.
2) Maholm looked good for the first three innings and then appeared to weaken in the 4th and 5th innings before hitting the wall in a two run Marlin sixth.
It could be just a issue of following up on three longer outings in the early season cold weather catching up to him yesterday.
3) The LaRoche brothers both are on the warpath as usually slow starting Adam rapped three hits,while little brother Andy had two RBI and moved his average above .200 for the first time all season.
4) As I watched the game,I commented to Ryan about this series being a surprise with Florida being the hottest team in the league.
He quickly blew that out of the water with this quote "Their record was so good because they have played a home and home already with Washington".
That put that in perspective in a hurry!
5) More funnies from Ryan.
As Freddy Sanchez rounded third in trying to score from second on a Nate McLouth single.
Ryan:"He's out"
One second later
Ryan:"Never mind,I forgot who was catching".
Sanchez safe.(Picture above)
The catcher in question?
Former Pirate Ronny Paulino,who predictably didn't catch the throw and Ryan changed his mind before the ball left Cameron Maybin's hand.
Hopefully back later!
Photo Credit
Sanchez:Gene Puskar-AP Photo
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