Gameday Thread, 3-31-08, Pirates @ Braves, 7 PM EST

[Witlon]

Bottom 6. Braves batting, facing Ian Snell
B. McCann flied to left. (J. Bay)
J. Francouer struck out swinging. (Third strikeout by I. Snell)
M. Kotsay singled to center.
M. Diaz grounded to the catcher. (R. Doumit - A. LaRoche)

[Witlon]

Top 7, Pirates batting, facing Chris Resop
Nyjer Morgan hit for Ian Snell
Will Ohman relieved Chris Resop
N. Morgan doubled to right.
N. McLouth sacrifced to the pitcher, Morgan to third. (W. Ohman - M. Teixeira)
Peter Moylan relieved Will Ohman
F. Sanchez grounded to short. (Y. Escobar - M. Teixeira)
J. Bay reached on shortstop Y. Escobar's throwing error, Morgan scored. Pirates 4, Braves 4
Royce Ring relieved Peter Moylan
A. LaRoche struck out swinging. (First strikeout by R. Ring.)

Notes
T. Glavine 5 IP, 7 H, 2 R(1 ER), 2BB, 3K
I. Snell 6 IP, 7 H, 4 R(4 ER), 2BB, 3K
C. Resop 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R(1 ER), 0 BB, 0K
W. Ohman 0.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R(0 ER), 0 BB, 0K
P. Moylan 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R(0 ER), 0 BB, 0K

[Witlon]

Bottom 7. Braves batting, facing Ian Snell
Tyler Yates relieved I. Snell
Gregor Blanco hit for R. Ring
G. Blanco grounded to second. (F. Sanchez - A. LaRoche)
M. Prado flied to right. (X. Nady)
Y. Escobar walked.
C. Jones struck out swinging. (First strikeout by T. Yates.)

Notes
2B K. Johnson left with a sprained knee in the 4th.
R. Ring 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R(0 ER), 0 BB, 1 K

[browntown653]

Impressive inning by Yates. Let's see if the Pirates can put some more runs on the board.

[Witlon]

X HOMER! YEAH!!!
5-4 Buccos.

[Witlon]

And Nate McLouth with a 3 run jack...8-4 Pirates.

[Kingdom]

Hey, great bullpen.. impressive. Oh wait.

[Witlon]

Top 8, Pirates batting, facing Royce Ring
Manny Acosta relieved Royce Ring
X. Nady homered to right. Pirates 5, Braves 4
R. Doumit singled to right.
J. Bautista struck out swinging. (First strikeout by M. Acosta)
R. Doumit to second on wild pitch.
J. Wilson walked.
D. Mientkiewicz hit for T. Yates
D. Mientkiewicz flied to center, Doumit to third. (M. Kotsay)
N. McLouth homered to right, Wilson and Doumit scored. Pirates 8, Braves 4
Jeff Bennett relieved Manny Acosta
F. Sanchez walked.
J. Bay reached on 3B C. Jones throwing error, Sanchez to third.
A. LaRoche struck out swinging. (First strikeout by Jeff Bennett.)

Notes
T. Yates 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R(0 ER), 1 BB, 1 K
M. Acosta 0.2 IP, 3 H, 4 R(4 ER), 1 BB, 1 K

[Witlon]

Bottom 8. Braves batting, facing Tyler Yates
John Grabow relieved Tyler Yates
M. Teixeira struck out swinging. (First strikeout by J. Grabow)
B. McCann flied to left. (J. Bay)
J. Francouer grounded to short. (J. Wilson - A. LaRoche)

[Witlon]

Top 9, Pirates batting, facing Jeff Bennett
X. Nady singled to center.
X. Nady to second on wild pitch.
R. Doumit singled to left, Nady to third.
J. Bautista bunted to the pitcher, Doumit to second, Nady scored. (J. Bennett - M. Teixeira) Pirates 9, Braves 4
J. Wilson grounded to third. (C. Jones - M. Teixeira)
Chris Gomez hit for John Grabow
C. Gomez walked.
N. McLouth struck out looking. (Second strikeout by J. Bennett)

Notes
J. Grabow 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R(0 ER), 0 BB, 1 K

[Witlon]

Bottom 9. Braves batting, facing John Grabow
Damaso Marte relieved John Grabow
M. Kotsay walked.
M. Diaz struck out looking. (First strikeout by D. Marte)
R. Gotay hit for J. Bennett
R. Gotay walked, Kotsay to second.
Matt Capps relieved Damaso Marte
M. Prado walked, Gotay to second, Kotsay to third.
Y. Escobar walked, Gotay to third, Prado to second, Kotsay scored. Pirates 9, Braves 5
C. Jones singled to right, Gotay and Prado scored, Escobar to third. Pirates 9, Braves 7
M. Teixeira flied to center. (N. McLouth)
B. McCann singled to left, Jones and Escobar scored. Pirates 9, Braves 9
J. Francouer flied to center. (N. McLouth)

Notes
J. Bennett 1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
Nady and McLouth first players to hit homers on back to back opening days since Barry Bonds in 1988 and 1989.

[Witlon]

Are You ****ing Serious!?!??!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!??!?!?!????!?

*&@$!)(*&$()!)({*

[DirtyKash]

Who's next in line to replace Capps? Can you guys get Salomon Torres back?!?!
(Yes, it's one game. I'm that impatient.)

[Witlon]

Probably Osoria...I would guess Capps would come back in though.

[Witlon]

Top 10, Pirates batting, facing Jeff Bennett
Rafael Soriano relieved Jeff Bennett
F. Sanchez doubled to left.
J. Bay lined to second. (M. Prado)
A. LaRoche walked intentionally.
X. Nady struck out swinging. (First strikeout by R. Soriano)
R. Doumit popped to third. (C. Jones)