BALLIN' IN THE CITY OF CHAMPIONS: A PITTSBURGH PIRATES DYNASTY

[Rexis]

Mets 2B Luis Castillo will have surgery on his arms. Castillo will likely sit out for up to 6 months with a torn rotator cuff.

[Rexis]

Pirates get swept by Reds in three; Maholm injured.

Cincinnati 5, Pittsburgh 3

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
PIT (4-1)	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		3	9	0
CIN (1-5)	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	x		5	10	1

W: L: SV:

Edinson Volquez 2-0 Paul Maholm 0-2 Billy Bray 1

April 12, 2009 | Great American Ball Park

Ramon Hernandez

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Players of the Week

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SERIES PREVIEW



The Pirates will play in front of home fans for the first time tonight. They started the season with two road series away to NL Central rivals St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds. Pittsburgh will be looking to improve that 1-6 record.


STADIUM: PNC Park
CAPACITY: 38,362
LOCATION: Pittsburgh, PA



GM 1 APR 13

Wandy Rodriguez (1-0, 0.96 ERA) vs Zach Duke (0-1, 9.00 ERA)

GM 2 APR 14

Mike Hampton (1-0, 2.08 ERA) vs Tim Alderson (0-0, 4.50 ERA)

GM 3 APR 15

Brian Moehler (0-1, 8.31 ERA) vs Charlie Morton (0-1, 7.20 ERA)

PLAYERS to WATCH
Michael Bourn .416, 2HR, 6RBI, 2SB
Frank Thomas .344, 3HR, 7RBI

[Rexis]

Capps blows save to spoil Pirates home opener

Houston 4, Pittsburgh 3

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
HOU ()	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3		4	8	0
PIT ()	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		3	8	0

W: L: SV:

Tim Byrdak 1-0 Matt Capps 0-1 Jose Valverde 1

April 13, 2009 | PNC Park

Houston Astros
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
M. Bourn, CF	5	0	0	0	0	2	.000
M. Tejada, SS	4	1	1	1	0	1	.250
C. Lee, LF	4	1	1	0	0	0	.250
L. Berkman, 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000
H. Pence, RF	4	0	2	1	0	0	.500
C. Coste, C	2	0	1	0	2	0	.500
K. Matsui, 2B	3	1	1	0	0	0	.333
J. Keppinger, 3B	4	0	1	1	0	1	.250
W. Rodriguez, P	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
G. Blum, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
D. Erstad, PH	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.000
Totals	34	4	8	4	2	8	.235
BATTING 2B: C. Lee [5] HR: M. Tejada [1] RBI: M. Tejada [2], H. Pence [3], J. Keppinger [1], D. Erstad [1]
BASERUNNING SB: H. Pence [1]
FIELDING

Houston Astros
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA
W. Rodriguez	4.2	4	3	3	1	4	63-48	5.79
A. Benitez	2.1	3	0	0	1	2	33-23
T. Byrdak W 1-0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	12-8
J. Valverde SV 1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	8-7
Totals	9.0	8	3	3	2	8	116-86	3.00
PITCHING

Pittsburgh Pirates
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
A. McCutchen, CF	5	1	2	1	0	1	.400
L. Milledge, LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000
R. Doumit, C	3	0	2	1	1	0	.666
S. Pearce, 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000
G. Jones, RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000
A. LaRoche, 3B	4	1	2	0	0	1	.500
D. Young, 2B	4	0	1	1	0	1	.250
B. Bixler, SS	3	1	1	0	2	2	.333
Z. Duke, P	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000
B. Moss, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
J. Clement, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	33	3	8	3	2	8	.242
BATTING 2B: A. LaRoche [4] RBI: A. McCutchen [4], R. Doumit [6], D. Young [5]
BASERUNNING CS: A. McCutchen [4]
FIELDING

Pittsburgh Pirates
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA
Z. Duke	6.0	4	1	1	1	3	58-37	1.50
T. Yates H 1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	13-8
C. Hansen H 2	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	10-9
M. Capps L 0-1	0.2	3	3	3	0	0	16-13
J. Chavez	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	11-6
Totals	9.0	8	4	4	2	5	108-73	4.00
PITCHING

Darin Erstad

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Pirates drop fifth straight to Astros

Houston 5, Pittsburgh 2

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
HOU ()	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0		5	9	0
PIT ()	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		2	10	0

W: L: SV:

Doug Brocail 1-0 Tim Alderson 0-1 Jose Valverde 2

April 15, 2009 | PNC Park

Houston Astros
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
M. Bourn, CF	3	1	0	0	2	0	.000
M. Tejada, SS	5	1	1	0	0	0	.200
C. Lee, LF	4	1	2	2	0	1	.500
L. Berkman, 1B	5	0	1	1	0	0	.200
H. Pence, RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000
C. Coste, C	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000
G. Blum, 2B	4	2	2	0	0	0	.500
K. Matsui, 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	.250
M. Hampton, P	2	0	1	1	0	1	.500
J. Keppinger, PH	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.000
, PH
Totals	34	4	8	4	2	8	.235
BATTING HR: C. Lee [2] RBI: C. Lee 2[6], L. Berkman [7], M. Hampton [1], J. Keppinger [1]
BASERUNNING
FIELDING

Houston Astros
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA
M. Hampton	4.1	5	1	1	2	7	66-43	2.08
D. Brocail W	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	6-5
T. Byrdak	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	12-11
L. Hawkins	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	10-8
J. Valverde SV	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	8-4
Totals	9.0	10	2	2	3	9	102-71	2.00
PITCHING

Pittsburgh Pirates
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
A. McCutchen, CF	4	0	0	0	1	2	.000
L. Milledge, LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000
R. Doumit, C	4	1	4	0	0	0	1.000
S. Pearce, 1B	3	0	0	0	1	1	.000
G. Jones, RF	4	1	1	0	0	0	.250
A. LaRoche, 3B	4	1	2	0	0	1	.500
D. Young, 2B	3	0	1	0	1	1	.333
B. Bixler, SS	4	0	2	1	0	1	.500
T. Alderson, P	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000
B. Moss, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
F. Thomas, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	34	2	10	2	3	9	.294
BATTING 2B: R. Doumit [1] RBI: B. Bixler [1], G. Jones [6]
BASERUNNING
FIELDING

Pittsburgh Pirates
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA
T. Alderson L	5.0	6	4	4	1	1	67-36	7.20
R. Ohlendorf	2.0	1	0	0	2	0	25-13
C. Bootcheck	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	17-14
Totals	9.0	9	5	5	3	2	109-63	5.00
PITCHING

Carlos Lee

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GAME 3 (SIMMED)

Astros 3 Pirates 6
W: Charlie Morton (1-1) L: Brian Moehler (0-2) S: Tyler yates (1)

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SERIES PREVIEW



Pittsburgh manage to grab a win from their last series and will be looking for much better success in this one. Atlanta is 5-4 ans currently sits third in the NL East while Pittsburgh sits lat in the NL Central with a 2-8 record.


STADIUM: PNC Park
CAPACITY: 38,362
LOCATION: Pittsburgh, PA



GM 1 APR 17

Tim Hudson (0-1, 6.75 ERA) vs Ben Sheets (0-1, 7.94 ERA)

GM 2 APR 18

Javier Vazquez (1-0, 2.87 ERA) vs Jeff Karstens (0-0, 1.69 ERA)

GM 3 APR 19

Derek Lowe (0-1, 4.70 ERA) vs Zach Duke (0-1, 4.91 ERA)

PLAYERS TO WATCH
Brian McCann .325, 3HR, 16RBI
Ryan Doumit .466, HR, 6RBI