Oh, What A Night

The Pens celebrate their 6-2 Game 7 victory over Ovechkin and the Capitals in Washington.

The outfield celebrates the Pirates 5-2 victory over the Cardinals

Oh what a night for Pittsburgh indeed.
The Pens owned Washington on their own ice to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals for the second year in a row. And the Bucs won their 2nd straight against the Cardinals in pleasing fashion.

Pirates

--In 6 innings of work, Ohlendorf held the Cards to 1 run on 2 hits, 5 Ks, no walks.
--The bullpen held up in 3 innings of work, including Matt Capps getting his 6th save of the year.
--Freddy Sanchez went 2-4 at the plate, and was crowned with Sportscenter's #1 "Top 10" play when he robbed Pujols of a base hit with a diving stab up the middle.
--The Pirates managed 11 hits and 5 runs off the Cardinals pitchers tonight..

Game Stats

• In his second game back from the DL, Jack Wilson went 3-4 with a RBI and a run scored
  
• Adam LaRoche was 2-4 with 2 doubles and an RBI. LaRoche was also robbed of a homer, but instead of by an outfielder, by a replay official. 1 of 2 overturned tonight.
  
• Ohlendorf (W): 6 IP, 2 hits, 1 run, 5 Ks
• John Grabow pitched an inning of relief tonight, and went 1,2,3. Instead of letting the game get out of hand and making a comeback nearly impossible for his offense.

Jeff Karstens and Mitchell Boggs are slated to pitch in the series finale tomorrow night. Both pitchers are coming off No Decisions in their last outings. Boggs' last outing was against the Pirates where he went 4 and 1/3 innings giving up 2 earned runs. If Karstens provides a quality start and the offense continues to beat up the Cardinals pitching, the Bucs can come off of an 8 game losing streak with a 3 game sweep of the Cards.