That is why Malholm is the ace (9-17)

Sometimes Paul Malholm shows you why he has front of the rotation potential. He out dueled Roy Oswalt tonight for a complete game three hitter. He can do this from time to time, but he is unable to put it together consistently enough to be a true ace, but on this team he is the ace.

It was also another hit parade with multiple hits for most of the team. Walker is on a tear. Jones ended the drought of innings without a multi-run homerun. That was good to see. Milledge continues to impress. Alvarez got his hit, and low and behold Cedano had four hits. No kidding. Big win for the Pirates. We did still have some base running mistakes. Milledge was nailed going home on a play he had no business trying to make. Carols Lee in shallow left field nailed him after taking two extra steps and double clutching. The Catcher had plenty of time to get it and make a clean tag. The game was still in the second inning.

McCutchen did come out of the game after making a nice diving catch. He was favoring his throwing arm and X-rays showed no fratures and it is simply a strained AC joint, which is a shoulder strain. He will probably miss tomorrow's game, but will not miss significant time.

In other news Mel Rojas Jr., went 1 for 4 in his debut with a run scored at State College. They got the win. Jarek Cunningham homered in the 12th and then Kyle Morgan singled home Aaron Baker to add another run that West Virgina ended up needing. Still they hung on for the win. The other teams not so good. Altoona was unable to pull off another 10 run 9th inning, which they would have needed to get the win. Last night's 18-15 come from behind miracle win was followed up by a 4-13 loss. It was not really Justin Wilson's fault who pitched well enough. The 8 run 8th inning came on Cory Hamman's watch. D'Arnaud had an RBI double and Jordy Mercer had a base hit and scored a run and Josh Harrison had a hit as well.