The Pittsburgh Pirates are trying to climb back into playoff
position and time is running out. As of this article there are
only 25 games left in their schedule and they remain a game and
a half out of the wild- card spot.  So with this little time
remaining, they can not afford to lose many games. But if they
must lose a game, last night's 12-2 debacle in PNC against the
Cubs was the perfect way to lose.  There is no looking back at
last night's game and thinking "Oh man, it was so close."  It is
impossible to break down the game and point to one or two places
where it could have been won.  It was a complete and utter
breakdown on all counts. The pitching was bad, the offense was
bad and the defense, with seven errors, was atrocious.  And that
is the perfect loss. No one part of the team was let down.
Everyone was almost equally terrible.  The bats were shut down
by Travis Wood, who let only one hit in six innings. A. J.
Burnett only lasted five innings. The defense, starting with
first baseman Brock Holt, o