After beating the Nationals in a 12-7 shootout, then beating them in a weird extra inning game that they certainly deserved to lose, the Pirates completed the sweep picked up their third straight win against the Nats with a 2-1 win in a pitcher’s duel last night. Paul Maholm threw six strong innings and the bullpen kept off the board long enough to ensure that their bullpen would betray them again.
In the end, a sweep against the Nationals has to be taken with a grain of salt, but it’s still a sweep. People like to play the “if we had beaten the Brewers …” game, but that’s not actually a whole lot different than saying, “If we lost to the Nationals …” You play the teams on your schedule, and that’s the end of it.
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