PIRATES 4, BREWERS 2
First off let me wish everybody a happy May. You know what May means in Wisconsin...The end of winter, which usually lasts until about late April. Now Wisconsin will have about a month of spring until it officially becomes summer sometime in early June...Anyway, lets get to the game.

Ben Sheets took the loss and is now 3-2. He had another fantastic outing though. 8 IP, 7 H, 3 R (all earned), 7 K, 0 BB, 0 HRA. Sheets hasn't walked a batter since walking three on opening day in St. Louis. So far in April he doesn't seem to be giving up an extraordinary amount of jacks either like he did last season. His ERA is at 3.25 right now and I'm definitely happy with that. Victor Santos did his best to ensure a demotion to the minors by giving up one run in one inning of work, keeping his ERA at 9.00.

Offensively, the Brewers were pretty much shutdown by Kris Benson. Benson went 7 2/3 IP, gave up 5 H, 1 R (earned) and walked 3 while striking out 7. Some days a pitcher just has everything working for him and Friday appeared to be one of those days for Benson. After a rough start, Lyle Overbay has been swinging the bat well. He went 2-3 with a walk last night. Ben Grieve went 1-2 with a walk. Big Wes Helms continues to struggle out of the gate, just like last season. He went 0-4 with two Ks last night and is hitting .214. Maybe it's time to get Keith Ginter more PT at third.

The game was played in a snappy 2 hours and 15 minutes. The Brewers will try to even up the series tonight when Oliver Perez faces off against Wes Obermueller.