There’s nothing like playing a last place team to get you excited. Fresh off of firing their manager, the Pirates rolled into town. We sent them home with a series loss.
Things didn’t look so rosy on Friday though. Oliver Perez made his triumphant comeback and was, er, triumphant. He didn’t walk away with the win, but he held us long enough for Luke Hudson to give up a bunch or runs. Adam Dunn hit his 37th homer of the season in the loss and outfielder Chris Denorfia hit his first career homerun in his first career at bat.
The Reds turned the tables on Saturday. Ramon Ortiz threw well (no, it’s not April Fools Day, I’m being serious) and notched his first complete game of the season. Rich Aurilia drove in three runs and Ryan Freel (he can play anywhere) scored twice.
Today, the Reds decided for whatever reason to score all five of their runs in one inning. Jason LaRue hit a homerun and Austin Kearns drove in two. Brandon Claussen was solid through six innings but didn’t get a decision. Matt Belisle, who actually gave up two of the three runs in the game, ended up with the win.
The Cubs, who we’ve actually owned this year, are on deck. Then we head to Pittsburgh to hopefully squash the Pirates again. No game Thursday, but we play two on Friday so we’ll probably see some sort of September call up debut in the second game of the doubleheader.


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