Pirates squandered opportunity after opportunity in the early innings, then went dormant until the ninth, trailing 6-1.  Starter Calyn Young and reliever Kyle Weary will both recall several pitches they wanted back; first inning blunders and misfortune erased two rock solid scoring chances; blue was able to make the Bucs see red; and Eric Silakowski is still wishing for either one more burst of speed, or a few more blades of grass.  Long story short, the Pirates made the ninth a very interesting affair, as they drove reliever Glaze from the hill, only to see ace Vollenweider enter.  No worries, though, as even the Bobcat ace had fits with the Mates.  And it boiled down to Eric Silakowski, with two strikes, two outs, the bases loaded, and the Pirates nearly all the way back from sure defeat, trailing 6-5.  Silakowski proceeded to tap a lazy grounder to the shortshop, who charged, avoiding the base-circling Bucs.  Silakowski sped toward first, attempting to erase the memory of a photo-finish loss to Marion just the other night, with George Kalousek tapping the same type of roller.  The throw darted over to first, and Silakowski hustled down the line.  When the smoke cleared.......the ball entered the glove about 1.67 seconds before Silkowski entered the save zone.  Game over, Bobcats, 6-5.  The Pirates could look back and take solace that their last inning effort almost produced glory.  Instead, it produced a steeper hill, and diminishing opportunity for a title.  The Bucs will try to right the ship during a DH tomorrow, at Fulton, who was pasted again by Owensboro.