Pirates Gameday...Last of the Season...9-28-05, Cubs-Pirates

[Witlon]

We started the season with a gameday, and this will be the last since I'm going away this weekend.

Lineups up as they come in.

Starting Pitchers...

Mark Prior(R, CHI)- 11-6, 3.73 ERA, 181 K in 161.2 IP(26 Starts)

Paul Maholm(L, PIT)- 2-1, 2.08 ERA, 22 K in 34.2 IP(5 Starts)

[Witlon]

Pirates
F. Sanchez 2b
T. Redman rf
J. Bay lf
R. Mackowiak 3b
B. Eldred 1b
N. McLouth cf
H. Cota c
J. Furmaniak ss
P. Maholm p

Cubs
J. Macias 2b
N. Perez ss
D. Lee 1b
N. Garicaparra 3b
M. Murton lf
J. Burnitz rf
H. Blanco ca
C. Patterson cf
M. Prior sp

[Witlon]

Top 1- Pirates batting facing Mark Prior
F. Sanchez hit by pitch.
T. Redman struck out looking. (1st strikeout by Mark Prior)
J. Bay walked. (1st walk by Mark Prior)
R. Mackowiak walked. (2nd walk by Mark Prior)
B. Eldred popped to first. (D. Lee)
N. McLouth struck out swinging. (2nd strikeout by Mark Prior)

Ugh, damn it.

[Witlon]

Bottom 1- Cubs batting facing Paul Maholm
J. Macias walked. (1st walk by Paul Maholm)
N. Perez flied out to left. (J. Bay)
D. Lee struck out swinging, J. Macias stole second. (1st strikeout by Paul Maholm)
N. Garciaparra grounded to short. (J. Furmaniak- B. Eldred)

[DirtyKash]

25 pitches in the first inning by Prior? Good job by the Buccos. On pace to throw roughly 4 innings, heh.

Need to hit with RISP though. Let's go.

[Witlon]

Top 2- Pirates batting facing Mark Prior
H. Cota singled to right.
J. Furmaniak singled to center, Cota to second.
P. Maholm pop-bunted to the catcher. (H. Blanco)
F. Sanchez reached on N. Garciaparra's throwing error, Cota scored. Furmaniak to third. Pirates 1, Cubs 0
T. Redman popped to shallow right. (J. Burnitz)
J. Bay singled to left, Furmaniak scored, Sanchez to second. Pirates 2, Cubs 0
R. Mackowiak flied out to center. (C. Patterson)

100 RBI for Jason Bay to add to his already great year.

[Witlon]

Bottom 2- Cubs batting facing Paul Maholm
M. Murton grounded to second. (F. Sanchez- B. Eldred)
J. Burnitz flied out to deep center. (N. McLouth)
H. Blanco grounded to the pitcher. (P. Maholm- B. Eldred.)

[DirtyKash]

Top 2- Pirates batting facing Mark Prior
H. Cota singled to right.
J. Furmaniak singled to center, Cota to second.
P. Maholm pop-bunted to the catcher. (H. Blanco)
F. Sanchez reached on N. Garciaparra's throwing error, Cota scored. Furmaniak to third. Pirates 1, Cubs 0
T. Redman popped to shallow right. (J. Burnitz)
J. Bay singled to left, Furmaniak scored, Sanchez to second. Pirates 2, Cubs 0
R. Mackowiak flied out to center. (C. Patterson)

100 RBI for Jason Bay to add to his already great year.

Of the 123 runs allowed by Prior in 2004 and 2005, only 3 of them had been unearned. These two today make 5 of 125. Geez.

[Witlon]

Top 3- Pirates batting facing Mark Prior
B. Eldred walked. (3rd walk by Mark Prior)
N. McLouth singled to right, Eldred to second.
H. Cota flied to right. (J. Burnitz)
J. Furmaniak flied to right center. (J. Burnitz)
P. Maholm struck out swinging. (3rd strikeout by Mark Prior.)

[Witlon]

Of the 123 runs allowed by Prior in 2004 and 2005, only 3 of them had been unearned. These two today make 5 of 125. Geez.

Damn, that's one of those weird stats. And it came on a freaky play, too. Nomar trying to start a double play hits Cota in the helmet. Ends up with unearned runs. Wow.

[Witlon]

Bottom 3- Cubs batting facing Paul Maholm
C. Patterson grounded to first. (B. Eldred)
M. Prior singled to center.
J. Macias struck out swinging. (2nd strikeout by Paul Maholm)
N. Perez grounded into a fielder's choice to short, Prior out at second. (J. Furmaniak- F. Sanchez)

[Witlon]

Top 4- Pirates batting facing Mark Prior
F. Sanchez singled to center.
T. Redman fouled out to third. (N. Garciaparra)
J. Bay struck out swinging. (4th strikeout by Mark Prior.)
R. Mackowiak lined to deep right. (J. Burnitz)

[Witlon]

Bottom 4- Cubs batting facing Paul Maholm
D. Lee grounded to third. (R. Mackowiak- B. Eldred)
N. Garicaparra flied out to right-center. (T. Redman)
M. Murton struck out swinging. (3rd strikeout by Paul Maholm)

[Witlon]

Top 5- Pirates batting facing Mark Prior
B. Eldred struck out swinging. (5th strikeout by Mark Prior)
N. McLouth homered to deep right center. Pirates 3, Cubs 0
H. Cota walked. (4th walk by Mark Prior)
J. Furmaniak struck out looking. (6th strikeout by Mark Prior.)
P. Maholm struck out looking. (7th strikeout by Mark Prior.)

3rd game in a row for McLouth with a homer.

[Witlon]

Bottom 5- Cubs batting facing Paul Maholm
J. Burnitz singled to center.
H. Blanco singled to left, Burnitz to second.
C. Patterson grounded into a fielders choice, Blanco out at second, Burnitz to third. (B. Eldred- J. Furmaniak)
Scott McLain hit for Mark Prior
S. McLain grounded into a double play to third. (R. Mackowiak- F. Sanchez- B. Eldred)

Final Line for Mark Prior...
5 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 7 K, 1 HR, 97 pitches.