Nothing positive for granted anyway. Last night, they seemed in real decent shape after five innings of their game with the Philadelphia Phillies at Veterans Stadium. Pirates' Jason Kendall tags out the Phillies' Jimmy Rollins in the third inning after Rollins tried to score on Bobby Abreu's grounder back to the pitcher. They held a four-run lead, and Jimmy Anderson, their most consistent starter, had his sinker working extremely well. He had gotten 13 of his 15 outs on ground balls.
Fortunes change quickly, however.
The Phillies scored four runs, won the game, 6-5, with a run in the seventh, and the Pirates limped to Atlanta having lost for the 12th time in their past 13 road games. I thought we played well. The Phillies are playing real good ball right now. Things are going their way. We'll have our day and, hopefully, real soon.