Game 47: Pirates 8 Brewers 4

Through three innings tonight, I was legitimately terrified that we were going to make Dave Bush look like a good pitcher. To that point he'd held us to one hit that wasn't even really a hit (Nate McLouth's infield roller that someone, I honestly forget who, flubbed) and with Doug Mientkiewicz, Chris Gomez, and Raul Chavez in the lineup, things were looking bleak. That was until Jason Bay smashed a homer to left-center and the floodgates opened up, leading to big hits from Chavez, Gorzelanny, and Gomez, of all people. more...