This will be a short-ish post. I only caught bits and pieces of this series as I was spending time with my father for the holiday week.
2 July - Phillies 3 Pirates 1 - Cumpton and company were not enough to keep the streak going. It seemed at the start of this series that the streak could continue for at least a few games against a sub .500 team in the Phillies, but injuries have really put a hamper on the Bucs pitching of late, so that brings the probabilities down a bit.
The Pirates had a bases loaded opportunity in the 8th, erased when Mercer struck out against Phils reliever Justin De Fratus.
3 July - Phillies 5 Pirates 6 - Jeff Locke. Jeff Locke. Jeff Locke. Man do I love Jeff Locke. Locke didn't pitch his best this night, giving up 7 hits and 3 walks, and he was unable to get out of the 6th after a couple of singles, but he gave the Bucs a chance by only giving up 3 runs (2 earned).
Pedro hit a 3 run bomb which proved entirely necessary, as Grilli gave up a 2 run shot to Domonic Brown to cut the lead to 1. He recovered from that and finished off the save. Win #52.
4 July - Phillies 6 Pirates 4 - Sucks that the Pirates had to follow up a 9 game streak with a series loss but it happens.
Cole pitched about the same as he has been since he was called up. In fact he gave up the same number of hits and runs as last time, only he gave up 2 fewer walks and got 2 fewer outs.
Cole Hamels was the better Cole today, holding the Pirates to 2 runs over 7 IP.
The Pirates missed their big chance, again in the 8th, this time with Cutch up, runners at the corners and 1 out, down by 3. Cutch grounded into a double play, which halted the rally in its tracks. Earlier in that at-bat Cutch missed a ball middle in and up that he hammers when he's going right. Oh well.
Pirates head to Wrigley hoping to make up for this slight misstep. Here's hoping for at least 2 out of 3 there.
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