I'm not sure I could come up with a more boring subject for the day.

But I'm not going to avoid it because it's boring.

And I'm not going to avoid it next time I have an opportunity to discuss it because it's boring, because that's what

makes it not boring. Good morning to you. Good. Thursday morning. I'm Dan Kovachievich of D.K. Pittsburgh

Sports, and this is Daily Shot of Pirates, presented by our friends, the North Shore Tavern

home of Steak on a Stone.

If you're into football and or hockey, I also offer daily shots of Steelers and Penguins in the same place that you found this.

Pirates eight Reds three yesterday in Cincinnati.

Fulfilling what we were talking about yesterday, which is that they would

even things up, get back to Pittsburgh for the home opener, which of course is tomorrow,

have an even record, three and three, have anything that was bad in New York, balance out, in Cincinnati, and do you want

to know something?

All of that happened.

And of all of those things that evened out, for example, O'Neill Cruz having a nightmare

series against the Mets, hitting three home runs against the Reds,

Brian Reynolds being awfully quiet at City Field,

then hitting two home runs, including another one yesterday at Great American.

And of course, the headliner, but also the most predictable of all these outcomes.

Paul Skeen's pitched really well yesterday, you guys.

How about that? Who saw it coming?

Five innings, one run, three hits.

A couple walks. He had five strikeouts.

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