Steve Pearce--Met Killer

Two straight Monday afternoon games against the Mets.Two deficits.Two game winning hits by Steve Pearce.---Pearce has been very unimpressive since his callup, but this makes two weeks in a row that he did in the Mets in the Pirates' final at-bat.-Paul Maholm was shaky early and gave up a run in the first (shocking, I know), but limited the damage and allowed just one more run in his 7 innings. The Pirate offense was remarkably silent once again--until Doumit led off the 6th with a single and Adam LaRoche homered to tie things up. That happened as soon as John Maine exited the game, despite having not allowed a run through 5.-The game stayed tied through 7 and a half--although Yates loaded the bases with two outs in the top of the 8th, but Burnett bailed him out by inducing a Delgado pop up.-With one out in the bottom of the inning, Adam singled. Michaels did the same after a pitching change. Little LaRoche (0/3 at that point) was intentionally walked. Mistake: Pearce came throug...