Pirates Win The Series?!?

Hey all,
'm sure like myself, most of you are really shocked about the Red Sox/Pirates series. I had no idea that this would be the outcome. I predicted that the Pirates would get one out of the three games, but never win the series and even though they didn't get the sweep. In my opinion, the Pirates got lucky in the first game. Lester was pitching well and Maholm wasn't doing so hot. It looked like Paul Maholm couldn't find the strike zone for the life of him. The one major turning point in this game that sucked the wind right out of the Sox sails, was the Pirates scoring two big time runs and going ahead 3-1. The bullpen came through for Maholm to get the win, and they put the hammer down and Hanrahan was credited with the save.

As for tonight's game, it was a great game from start to finish. The Red Sox got off to the lead early thanks to a 2 run homerun by Red Sox first basemen Adrian Gonzalez. The lead was short lived thanks to the bat of Overbay, hitting a 3 run blast to right field and brought the Pirates the lead in this game. They scored one more after the 3 run HR in the 4th inning, and once more in the 5th, making the score 5-2 in favor of the Pirates. The Red Sox tried to make a come back from there having a big 7th inning and getting two big HRs off the bats of Dustin Pedroia and Adrian Gonzalez. This made the score 5-4 in favor of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Pittsburgh put the nail in the coffin by getting another big run and taking the lead by 2 once again. This brought out BIG PAPIE to try and get things rollin, pinch hitting for the pitcher. Papie didn't do so hot, grounding out and getting the first out of the inning. Jacoby Ellsbury was up next and the Hammer got it done and struck him out. That brought up speedy Dustin Pedroia, who hit a big drive deep to right field. Xavier Paul almost made a spectacular catch to end the game but just came up a few inches short, and Pedroia made it all the way to 2nd. After this came up the man no one at PNC Park wanted to see, Adrian Gonzalez. With two outs, down by 2, and having already put up 2 runs for the Sox this game, his presence was dreaded at the plate. The Pirates put down the Hammer after a great battle at the plate, but Joel Hanrahan got it done. Fastball, after fastball was fouled off; the Hammer went off speed and low, causing Gonzalez to try and check swing but couldn't stop himself in time. So for the second day in a row against Boston they "RAISE THE JOLLY ROGER IN PITTSBURGH!"  The Pirates won the series and are going for the sweep of the Boston Red Sox. This series is a hard one for me to watch. Being both a Pirates and Red Sox fan, and the fact that these two teams never play each other. I never thought I would be put in the position with two of my favorite teams playing each other. I guess you would say it's a win win, and that might be so, but it still makes it tough to watch.