Running shutouts

At work tonight, I peeked at the tv every time I walked through the bar for a score on the Pirates game. Finally around 1-130 I am treated to the full recap on Baseball Tonight. Two strikeouts looking at pitches that looked pretty damn good--and neither by Adam LaRoche! Then, Adam LaRoche, but he earns the forward K. Then Ichiro's at bat, fouling off all those balls to get to JVB finally. The tv set was too far to see the score, but the winner was obvious, and a shutout likely. And as you know by now, it did, in fact, occur. With the pitiful state of the lineup, why not have this guy get some pinch-hit at bats? The bench is garbage aside from Castillo. But then again, so is the entire organization. And the Angels sweeping us to go to 22 games over .500 while our season plunges further into darkness? Likely.