Tonight the Pirates sucked, they lost by a total of 7-1 and just about nothing looked good for them. This one went the wrong direction all the way from the first inning when Kevin Correia let up a one run double to Chris Davis scoring J.J. Hardy all the way from first giving Baltimore a 1-0 lead which they would never let go of.
Kevin Correia ended up recovering from his terrible first few innings going 6.0 innings on four runs. But I'm not going to sugar coat it Correia was terrible. Correia only had one, yes one strikeout the entire six innings that he pitched. You can just not be a successful major league pitcher if you don't have the ability to strike anyone out. Correia also let up 10 hits in just six innings, most teams should not get 10 hits in a whole game let alone six innings. Hopefully it is just a matter of time before they forever move Correia out of this rotation because it just seams that whenever he pitches you start the game down four to nothing, which you can't have one every five days.
The Pirates did come through with one run this game and it came in the seventh inning whenever Neil Walker grounded out to first base with the bases loaded. Jose Tabata scored on a close play at the plate, frankly a lot closer then it should of been.
Tomorrow the Pirates will send Erik Bedard (4-6, 3.59) to the mound to try to stop the little two game skid they find themselves on. He will oppose the Orioles Tommy Hunter (2-3, 5.40). The Pirates have done pretty well avoiding the sweep in the third game of the series so far this year going 3-1 in those games. The Pirates really need a quality start from Bedard tomorrow if they want to have a chance to avoid the sweep, they can not let these average American League teams weigh down their record.
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