Bucs Blank Fish

The hottest team in all of baseball comes to town and get dominated by Ross Ohlendorf? Hard to believe, but it happened. Ohlendorf held the Marlins to 2 hits over 7 scoreless innings in the Pirates' 8-0. This was the Bucs' fourth shutout in 13 games this season, and also their fourth win by a margin of 7 or more runs. So far, when the Pirates are on, they're very on. For a little comparison, the Pirates' 4th win by seven or more runs last season occurred on May 2. Their 4th shutout, August 1.

Due to the very light night of MLB action, including a couple of rain outs, the Pirates did get some decent coverage on the MLB Network's recap show. They even had Mr. Ohlendorf himself on the phone talking about his start. However, Mitch Williams tried to offer some insight on the Bucs' "anonymous" rotation, saying something like "the rotation is having success now because nobody around the league has seem them yet. Things could change once teams face these pitchers 2 or 3 times." Sure, for Ohlendorf, but Maholm, Snell and Duke have about 100 career starts each. Mitch Williams is an idiot. He adds nothing to their show, and I'm not just saying that to protect my Pirates. Luckily Harold Reynolds is there too, to add a little sanity to the proceedings.

So anyway, we've got Jeff Karstens pitching Tuesday night against Anibal Sanchez. I really have no idea what to expect at this point.