The Bucs pulled off yet another exciting victory in Milwaukee over the Brewers. Contributions came from all over the place in this one, a real team effort. Home runs all up and down the order and great pitching once again from the bullpen. LaRoche kept up his hot hitting, Andrew McCutchen had two home runs, and Ryan Doumit had his second in as many days against Trevor Hoffman.
With the victory the Pirates have moved their record equal that of the Brewers and are one game better than the Dodgers, whom they play next in a wraparound series. Despite being outscored by almost 80 runs, the Pirates are still holding the season precariously together.
A few things to watch as they head west will be how they are able to react to the trip out west again, as it went horribly earlier this month. It will also be interesting to see if Ryan Doumit continues to go on a power surge as, he has been against Trevor Hoffman. Finally, perhaps the most striking, will be to see if Andy LaRoche can continue to stay white hot. He'll be playing against his old team, so maybe he will keep it up.
This team has had the ability to do the unexpected and deliver some surprises, both good and bad this season thus far. It will be interesting what they can put together in LA this upcoming weekend to cap off this road trip.
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