The Pirates completed a sweep of the Chicago Cubs at PNC Park last night with a 11-1 whipping as Brian Burres (2-1) tossed seven shutout innings to lead the win.
No homers for the Pirates,but Lastings Milledge knocked four runs and Garrett Jones added three more.
The Pirates start a home series against the Cardinals tonight with Zach Duke (2-3) against the Birdos Chris Carpenter (4-0)...
Pirate Hooks
1) Second solid start in a row for journeyman pitcher Brian Burres as Burres continued a run of shutout pitching.Burres had shut the Dodgers out for five and a third in his previous start.
2) Watching Burres for just a few innings shows both his limitations and possibilities.
To me,I would bet that Burres doesn't even approach ninety miles per hour,which can be very helpful against free swinging teams,but a reasonably patient team is going to have some huge batting days against him
What the Pirates have seen in the last two starts are about as much as they can hope for-a fifth starter that hopefully can give six decent innings...
3) Funny note was Lastings Milledge celebrating what he thought was a home run,only to be tagged out between second and third.
It was an easy mistake to make as it did touch the top of the wall and the fireworks person set the sky magic off after the shot.
It was funny with the score 7-0 (at the time),likely not so much in a one or two run game...
4) Ross Ohlendorf will return to the rotation on Monday after his rehab start for the Altoona Curve.Looks like Jeff Karstens will be bumped for Ohlendorf for the starting spot against the Reds.
5) John Russell batted the pitcher in the normal ninth spot again as he had done recently.
His reasoning was the struggles on Ronny Cedeno with the bat.
Photo Credit-Matt Freed Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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