Expecting sweeps is never reasonable, regardless of the circumstance, so you'll take your two out of three.

The long haul, it's good for the team. Good morning to you. Good Friday morning.

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Pirates 7 Rockies 2 to take the series yesterday at PNC Park.

Ryan O'Hern belted, and I mean belted, his seventh home run of the season.

He'd go three for four with a couple of RBIs.

What a fine this dude's been.

Connor Griffin, Jared Triolo, and Andy Rodriguez with two hits each.

Andy got a board three times, including a walk, and his first big league game in a year.

And that's wonderful to see on so many levels, not least of which is this young man's personality.

And what he's had to endure now for a good bit with various injuries.

On the mound, kind of a weird day. Mason Montgomery and Evan Sisk pitching the first

and second innings as dual openers. Montgomery striking out the side and the first

Cisk pitching a clean second with a strikeout of his own. Carmen Muginski ended up doing the

heaviest lifting five innings two runs four hits three walks

Dennis Santana and Johann Ramirez with clean innings after that a good day a good

all-around day for the bullpen in particular I'm not breaking any news here when I say

that more such days are needed in that regard,

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