Bucs Lose 6th Straight Game;5-3 to the Rockies.

The Pirates lost again Wednesday afternoon 5-3 to the Rockies. Jeff Francis(10-5) got the win for the Rockies, he pitched 7 innings giving up 2 runs on 6 hits. Ian Snell(7-7) pitched decent for the Bucs but gave up two big two-run home runs to Brad Hawpe(17) in the 4th and Todd Helton(9) in the 6th. The Pirates couldnt get anything going really at the plate. Freddy Sanchez was 2 for 4 with a solo homer(4). Adam LaRoche also had a solo homer(14) and 2 RBI's(54). The Pirates are now 40-54 and its safe to say we will have to wait until next year.(AS usual)