Ay. Dios. Mio.

Yahoo! Boxscore

For those of you not well versed in Spanish, that translates to:

Oh. My. God.

So the Pirates lost big.

Again.

To the Brewers.

Again.

You may be asking yourself, why is this happening all of a sudden, or maybe you knew this was coming all along. Well, I don't think anybody thought it was going to be this bad.

I mean seriously, I can understand if the Pirates are going to lose some games, but to not even be competitive enough to have a chance to win is just a joke.

The injury to Ohlendorf seems to really have hurt the Pirates pitching staff. With Ross out, they are forced to rely fairly heavily upon minor league gypsies who really have no business being on a major league mound.

That said, I can't really blame the bullpen too much for giving up runs, because at this point, they have to be tired. Also, it's not like the offense is doing much to help them out. Over the last 8 games, the starting pitcher has been on the hook for the loss. The game is over by the time the bullpen gets in the game.

I'm not saying that coming in and giving up runs is helping the team win games, but it certainly isn't the reason we are losing them. I'd like to think that if the offense could put up more runs and we could get some quality starts from the rotation, then the Pirates could start winning some games again.

Until then, we are left to ponder what is wrong with the team and why they lose so badly to the Brewers.

I'll have more information on that soon.