Pirates lose 6-4 to Cardinals

The Pirates lost their 14th of 16th game since the All-Star break. Paul Maholm took the mound, he has been credited with those 2 wins since the All-Star break but as usual he got no run support and was credited with his 13th loss(7-13). He went 6 innings giving up 2 earned runs(3 runs total). Adam Wainwright(10-8) got the win for the Cards, he also went 6 innings and gave up 2 earned runs. Jason Isringhausen picked up his 21st save. Ronny Paulino drew the ire of the Pittsburgh crowd missing a pop fly that he seemed to not be able to find?? He also missed a throw ath the plate that would have prevented a run from scoring. Ryan Doumit his 8th home run. The Bucs have lost 4 straight and are now 20 games below .500(42-62)