Pirates Bad Luck String Continues at the House of Horrors

by Matt Shetler

Only in Milwaukee.

Only at Miller Park.

Actually that says more than enough for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

In a way that couldn’t be scripted in a horror movie, the worst just seems to happen to the Bucs in Milwaukee, or what I like to call the House of Horrors. I call it that because there is only one logical explanation for the horrors that seem to happen to the Pirates when they travel to face their National League Central rivals.

The place must be haunted.

The Pirates don’t score the tying run from third with no outs in the ninth on Saturday. The Bucs lose the lead Sunday on a third strike that got away from catcher Michael McKenry. Brandon Wood hits the ball six-inches in front of home plate with the bases loaded.

If the places isn’t haunted, I’m out of answers. All I know is that it’s scary watching the Bucs find ways to lose at Miller Park. More scary than any horror movie you could watch.

Twelve consecutive losses at the House of Horrors. After Sunday’s 2-1 loss, the Bucs have won only two of their last 36 games played in Milwaukee. How is that even possible?

The better question to ask probably is, “How did they ever win two?”

Miller Park, where the strange hardly seems out of the ordinary anymore for the Pirates.

Could the answer be that the Bucs are waiting for that moment where something goes wrong in each game at Miller Park.

Whatever the answer, most of the problem has to be mental. The Brewers and their fans have to be renting space in the Pirates heads by now.

Whatever the problem may be, it would be nice to get it solved. Preferably soon.

Teams like the Pirates can’t waste the two solid pitching performances that they received from Kevin Correia and Charlie Morton. Especially against a division rival.

One day the Bucs will figure out Miller Park and the team that calls it home. Hopefully they can work on it some the rest of the season just to get it out of their heads for next year. That would be a win in my book.

Until that happens though, I’m completely out of answers.

So until that happens, I’m just going to stick with the House of Horrors theory. The place has to be haunted.

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