On Wednesday, I expressed my concern after the Pirates lost their third game in a row.
They had just started their current seven game road-trip, and I was worried that if they didn't turn it around and get at least a couple of wins on the trip, things could unravel pretty quickly like they did a year ago when they lost 10 games straight after sitting in first place at the end of July.
Well, these Buccos more than responded. They took the final two games in Philadelphia to salvage a four-game split, and they've taken the first two games of the weekend series in St. Louis.
At the very least, these Pirates will be coming back to PNC Park on Monday with no worse than a 4-3 road-trip. I think any fan would take that.
Maybe this really is a different team than the one that flirted with first place for two months last season.
A few weeks ago, it looked like things could really get ugly for the Pirates after they were swept by the Orioles in Baltimore and then lost the first game in Cleveland. However, they quickly silenced those fears by winning the final two games against the Indians and then going 4-2 on their last home-stand.
I don't know if these Pirates have truly blossomed into a legit contender, but I'm beginning to think they're more contender than they are pretender.
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