Bucs rally sinks Brewers

The Pittsburgh Pirates rallied with three runs in the seventh inning to take the lead and defeat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-4.
Javier Lopez retired both batters he faced for his first win of the season (1-0) and Octavio Dotel grabbed his second save in as many nights (9).
Six Pirates had RBI in the win.
The Pirates conclude the two game set against Milwaukee tonight with Paul Maholm (3-3) against Chris Narvesen (3-1).

Pirate Hooks

1) Wacky play of the night came in the ninth as Ryan Braun stole second and then thought he was going to race to an unattended third base as the Pirates were in one of John Russell's shifts against Prince Fielder.
Problem was Andy LaRoche had the ball and tagged Braun out.
The play didn't affect the end of the game,but it took the Brewers out of the tying run batting at the plate.
Nice to see the Pirates don't have the trademark for boneheaded baseball...

2) The Pirates brain freeze cost them a run as Alcides Escobar moved from first to second on a passed ball and then raced to third as Ryan Doumit attempted to call time,which he is not allowed to do.
Escobar would score and tied the game at that time.

3) Considering the recent rash of dumb baseball,shouldn't John Russell be held a little accountable?
I am not advocating firing Russell or anything,but wasn't he the guy that claimed so much emphasis on smart baseball and strong fundamentals?
This run of boneheaded baseball makes one shake their head and wonder.

4) Doumit did redeem himself for the mistake as it was his blooper that scored Andrew McCutchen with what proved to be the game winning run.
Nice to see things work out for a change,but I have a hard time getting over players not knowing the rules..

5) Brendan Donnelly will come off the DL today.
No word on a roster move,but it is possible that Akinori Iwamura and his kick ass .156 average could go onto the DL to rest his ailing hamstring.

6) To wrap up,does anyone have any idea why Russell pinch hit lefty Jeff Clement against lefty Randy Wolf with two down in the bottom of the sixth?
With righthanded hitters on the bench?
Russell is a noted play the percentages manager and this seemed really against his grain.
Clement popped to first ending the inning.

Photo Credit-Gene Puskar-AP Photo