Bottom of the 9th

Knotts will be called on to make this one stick - he is back out for the bottom of the ninth, as the wind begins to blow in.

Raul Chavez grounds out to second, and the Pirates lose 5-4 in front of 4,077 fans.

The only reason I am happy to see this thing end in nine is every time a game goes into extra innings, someone says, "Free baseball."

I hate that phrase. Extra innings is not free baseball. You buy a ticket to see a game - not just nine innings. Whether the game goes nine or 99, you pay to see a full game. You're not getting a bargain if the thing is deadlocked.

So no free baseball. Not today. Not ever.

Thanks for hanging, folks. This is John Lembo, signing off from McKechnie Field.