Time to sink the Pirates ship

I’ve gone to this well too many times already, but it remains true that the San Francisco Giants are better than their latest opponent, the Pittsburgh Pirates. They should’ve swept the Rockies and they didn’t. They should at least win the series in Pittsburgh to kick off the second half, but they probably won’t.

The Pirates took two of three in San Francisco at the end of May, but the Giants won the final game of that series with a 14-4 pounding of Rich Hill and Cody Bolton and other assorted Pirates. That’s really how this whole series should go. Why? It’s like I said: the Giants are better than the Pirates in every category; but also:

Rich Hill starts the series opener for Pittsburgh. I…