Gameday Thread, July 27, 2005- Pirates/Marlins

[Witlon]

Lineups when they go up.

It's Duke v. Valdez.

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Pittsburgh
M. Lawton rf
C. Duffy cf
J. Bay lf
D. Ward 1b
R. Mackowiak 3b
J. Castillo 2b
H. Cota c
J. Wilson ss
Z. Duke p

Florida
J. Pierre cf
L. Castillo 2b
C. Delgado 1b
M. Cabrera lf
P. Lo Duca c
J. Encarnacion rf
M. Lowell 3b
D. Easley ss
I. Valdez p

Starting Pitchers

Pittsburgh
Z. Duke 3-0, 0.93 ERA(4 starts, 29.0 IP)

Florida
I. Valdez 0-0, 4.50 ERA(0 starts, 2.0 IP)

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Rain delay right now, estimated start is 7:45 EST.

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I'd like to note, for anyone that doesn't know...

John Wehner is crap. He is the most annoying person in the world.

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Top 1- Pirates batting facing Ismael Valdez
M. Lawton struck out swinging. (1st K for Valdez)
C. Duffy singled to left.
J. Bay flied out to center. (J. Pierre)
D. Ward struck out looking. (2nd K for Valdez)

Aye. Rain delay was 40 minutes.

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Bottom 1- Marlins batting facing Zack Duke
J. Pierre grounded out to short. (J. Wilson- D. Ward)
L. Castillo singled to center.
C. Delgado struck out swinging. (1st K for Duke)
M. Cabrera grounded to first. (D. Ward)

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Top 2- Pirates batting facing Ismael Valdez
R. Mackowiak struck out swinging. (3rd K by Valdez)
J. Castillo singled to center.
H. Cota doubled to right.
J. Wilson walked intentionally. (1st walk by Valdez)
Z. Duke grounded into a double play. (Delgado- Lo Duca- Castillo)

Aye. Jack is a dumb, dumb guy.

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Bottom 2- Marlins batting facing Zach Duke
P. Lo Duca grounded to third. (R. Mackowiak- D. Ward)
J. Encarnacion bunt singled to third.
M. Lowell grounded to first, Encarnacion to second. (D. Ward)
D. Easley walked intentionally. (1st walk for Z. Duke)
I. Valdez bunted out to third. (R. Mackowiak- D. Ward)

Nice play by Ward on the Lowell grounder. Raining again in Miami, uh oh.

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Top 3- Pirates batting facing Ismael Valdez
M. Lawton grounded to second. (L. Castillo - C. Delgado)
C. Duffy tripled to center.
J. Bay walked. (2nd walk for Valdez)
D. Ward flied out to right center. (J. Pierre)
J. Bay stole second.
R. Mackowiak struck out swinging. (4th K for Valdez.)

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Bottom 3- Marlins batting facing Zach Duke


Ground crew back on the field for another rain delay, I doubt I'm sitting through this one and listening to Wehner.

[Friday133]

a shame i got here late, we haven't done this in a while.

[Witlon]

Yeah, if the game would've been played straight through I would've stayed.

Probably do one on Sunday or Tuesday though...

Final last night was 3-1.

Florida got homers from Encarnacion and Easley, and Pittsburgh got 3 hits for Chris Duffy.