Pirates V. Giants

Hey All,

The Bucco's are back to the winning side of things in their series with the San Fransisco Giants. The Pirates picked up with first win of a series since mid July. This series got a bit dicey once Pittsburgh shut out last years World Series Champs 5-0. In game two it was the Pirates turn to get shut out 6-0. In today's game with the Giants the Pirates had everything going right for them today; the hitters were hitting, the pitching was on fire, and the defense was outstanding. Pittsburgh has made some necessary changes to their line up before the deadline, which seemed to back fire a little bit. Once Pittsburgh added Lee, Ludwick, got Doumit and Alvarez back, is when they went on the 10 game losing streak. I think that they needed to put Doumit on situation only, and kept the young guys who were hitting and winning them games . That formula was the winning one, and the one they need to bring back. They should keep Doumit out of the mix, keep McKenry in at catcher, and get back to winning. They need to figure this out and fast, the games they have coming up against the Brewers and Cardinals can help get them back into the pennant race. If they can keep the momentum up going into the next 2 series they can get back into the race for the division title.