The Pirates aren't just looking to sweep, but they're looking to sweep by scraping the bottom of the barrel and throwing it at the Astros:
Van Benschoten (1-2, 10.64 ERA) owns the worst career ERA (9.04) in baseball history among pitchers with at least 75 innings of work. The right-hander, a first-round draft pick in 2001, is 1-10 with an 8.82 ERA in 16 career starts, with the lone win coming at home against Houston on Sept. 10, 2004.
It's going to be interesting to see what scrubs will be throwing at the Astros over the next few months in the season.
Hey, who wound up with Jason Lane?
Garner and Hickey were always giving him time in the bullpen and excusing his lousy performance at the plate with the fact he was an emergency pitcher.
BRING OUT JASON LANE!