That was frustrating

Waiting out another rain delay was miserable enough. Then watching the Pirates blow a four run lead and be unable to score except in one inning was terrible. Duke was cruising until the 5th. The Pirates made the Giants pay badly for an extra out in the second or third (my memory fails me right now). Duke reached on an error that pushed across the first run. Then McCutchen doubled to plate two more. McCutchen's speed got him home on a single by Walker. Sadly that was it for the Pirates. Duke gave up a two out solo home run in the 5th, and then a two run home run in the 6th and then another two run homerun with two outs in the 6th. That was it. 6-4 Giants. Ryan Doumit tried for some late inning heroics, but his line drive was snagged out of the air on a great play, which took away at double at least. Doumit was leading off, so it would have been the start of something good.

The good news in the game was Walker's defense. He made a great play in the seventh on an over the shoulder catch and started a couple of double plays at second. He looks good in the field and behind the plate.

The other good news is that yesterday Brad Lincoln threw seven innings of shut out baseball. Alderson threw 5 innings of one run baseball, and Tabata and Alvarez each hit a triple. Why these guys are not getting promoted is starting to frustrate me.