Pirates 15-18
Cubs 16-16
POTG: CF Angel Pagan
I just got back from the Bulls game (and fighting related traffic), so I’m kinda feeling dead and know I don’t really have the time to recover.
How bad did that Bulls game turn? Check out Sam Smith‘s game column – I don’t think I’ve ever seen an article so obviously hastily rewritten. You can tell he had it all done except the post game notes and quotes by mid 3rd quarter, and then the next 18 minutes of basketball happened, and it turned into a salvage process.
Anyway, I’ve had enough of the bad tonight, so I don’t want to go over about the problems in the Cubs game too. Let me just mention five things I liked
* Angel Pagan up, Felix Pie down. About time.
* Angel Pagan hitting a home run
* Ram’s home run
* Barrett’s pinch hit home run
* Cherry pitching two really good innings, and Wuertz adding one himself.
It appears like there will be plenty of opportunities to wonder What’s Up With Z this season, so I’ll save it for the next start.
I think we’ll be able to judge this team pretty strongly by the next 9 games.
Friday and Saturday’s posts will be delayed.