Tonight the Bucs offense came through for the club, providing 10 runs against the Tribe. It is amazing how it is feast or famine for this offense, it is never anything in between for them.
Adam LaRoche had the big night tonight again, hitting another home run and driving in three runs. He has quietly been looking like a much better offensive player recently and hopefully it ups his trade value. For a while there it looked like we were going to be getting nothing for the deer hunting first baseman.
Andrew McCutchen continued his hitting streak, running it to 12 games thus far. Perhaps even more important, he picked up 2 more RBI, running his total to 16. That total puts him three behind Brandon Moss and one behind Jason Jaramillo. That is quite the production coming from the leadoff spot, if only we could get something similar in the heart of the order.
The offense overshadowed yet another good start by Zach Duke. Duke went 6 innings, racking up a higher pitch count, but held the Tribe to 1 run on five hits. It was his 8th win and he has just looked excellent this season for the Bucs.
Things got shaky once the bullpen got a hold of the game, though for once it was not at the fault of the bullpen. Andy LaRoche decided to boot the ball and throw it around, giving the Indians a brief look at taking the game.
It is again games like this one that come to mind when the Bucs seem to not be able to hit the side of a barn. They say the difference between a minor leaguer and a major league is not really the talent, it is to be able to consistently put forth the same performance. Perhaps the same is true of the Bucs, they just cannot consistently put forth the right ammount of talent.
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