The Pirates avoided a ten game losing streak with a 6-4 win over the Cardinals last night. Today, they have the day off, before returning home on Friday for a series against the Giants.
The Pirates are currently 25-37, which is good enough for third in the NL Central. They are two games ahead of the Cubs, but ten games back from the Wild Card spot, and 12 games under .500.
This is about the best that we could expect from this team so far this year. They’re a bad team, prone to bad stretches like the one we just saw.