Ryan Dempster tossed a complete game shutout. That’s all you really need to know. Beyond that, the details are that the Pirates defense – a low toss from Garrett Jones to Kevin Hart covering first and a miscue from Delwyn Young – allowed three unearned runs to score.
Dempster allowed five hits, walked two and whiffed five. Hart went four and gave up six runs (three were earned as previously noted). He gave up six hits and hurt himself with four walks.
Derrek Lee, Micah Hoffpauir and Jeff Baker drove in two runs each for Chicago.
The Good
The bullpen went five scoreless innings.
Andy LaRoche had a pair of doubles.
The Bad
The lack of offense is staggering.
The Rest
Dempster’s last shutout came in 2001.
The Pirates have been shutout 16 times in 2009. That’s four more than the next closest. Last time the Pirates were shutout with more frequency was 1985 when they were blanked 19 times.
Probably a toss up between Torii Hunter and Derrek Lee as to who the second best player was from the 1993 draft. The best was of course A-Rod.
