What goes around, comes around.
The Pirates started the season with some late-game heroics in Houston. A week later, the reverse has happened against St. Louis.
Salomon Torres couldn't hold a lead last night, and he gave up the game-winning home run to Chris Duncan this afternoon. That's not exactly the way a team wants its closer to pitch. Just ask the Astros and Brad Lidge.
Pittsburgh now is 1-5 after its season-opening sweep, scoring just four runs in three games against the Cardinals, who don't exactly look like world beaters this year.
But as it's usually been in recent years, playing the Pirates is a shot in the arm for a struggling opponent. (At least until the Washington Nationals come to town.)
Trivia question 14: The San Francisco Giants missed winning the division title by one game in 1993, despite winning 103 games. Manager Dusty Baker chose to start a rookie pitcher in the pivotal season finale. He lasted only into the fourth inning, taking the loss in a 12-1 defeat. Who was this would-be phenom?
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