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Do you want to know what it has been like to be a Pirate fan for the last 14 years?!? Well if the answer is yes, just take a small glimpse at the Pirates - Reds box score/recap from Saturday and Sunday's games and you will know enough to feel our pain.

Numerous pitching mistakes, the silent bucco bats , and lack luster defense, all led up to the Reds taking two of three at PNC this weekend.

Like a kid crying in church, I just wanted to get the **** out the stadium on Saturday night after watching about 8.1 innings of lop-sided baseball. It looked as though we were going to witness a battle of two up and coming pitchers as both Gorzelanny and Matt Belisle made opposing hitters look like Stevie Wonder playing tennis, but then the fifth inning came. Gorzelanny got violently frustrated as he walked a few and gave up some gap shots which in-turn eventually led to a balk, helping the red-legs score a total of five runs in the fifth.

Matt Belisle on the other hand continued to own the Pirates. Belisle hurled his first complete game of the year while only giving up one run on five hits. Saturday was the second time this season where Belisle beat up on the bucs and keeping their bats oh - so- very quiet. This begs the question that many of the bucco faithful (including this guy) are asking...Why cant we play the Astros more often?

Next Up: The Bucs welcome Lou Pinella and his underachieving multi million dollar deal signing band of wild Chicago Cubs, to PNC Park for a three game set. Monday's game will not be televised, so put down the Cheetos, finish the game of lawn darts, and go buy a ticket.

Good news, its twelve dollar beer night!

Zach Duke against the up-and-coming Rich Hill for the cubbies. First pitch, 7:05. See ya at the ballpark!

Your Current NL Central Standings

Brewers   15-9

Reds        12-13

Pirates    11-12

Cubs        10-13

Cards       10-13

Astros      10-14

...what a division