Clearing the Hurdle - A Pittsburgh Pirates Franchise

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Errors are very scary. Actively looking for an upgrade at SS. Josh Rodriguez is going to get the start next game.

If he doesn't work, Pedro Ciriaco is down in AAA

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Bucs Lose 1st Game of Season

The Pirates lost their first game of the season to the St. Louis Cardinals. The Bucs had their chances, they just couldn't capitalize fully.

Mgr. clint Hurdle "I was pleased with the way that we played. We just couldn't pull ahead. I was a lot happier with our defensive performance."

When asked about Josh Rodriguez's Pirate debut, Hurdle said, "I know that it is a small sample size, but I think that Josh may have earned the starting SS position for the time being."

The Pirates and Cards play game 2 of 3 tomorrow evening at Busch Stadium.

Matt Holliday lead the Cards to a win over the Buccos


Lyle Overbay hits his first HR as a Pirate

PIT at STL - Busch Stadium
Apr 4, 2011	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh Pirates (3-1)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	5	0
St. Louis Cardinals (3-1)	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	X	4	8	1
W: Kyle McClellan (1-0) L: Ross Ohlendorf (0-1) S: Ryan Franklin (3)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			PIT	STL
	4	Berkman singles to center, Holliday scores	0	1
	4	Rasmus hits a 2-Run HR to right, Berkman scores	0	3
	5	Overbay hits a Solo-HR to center	1	3
	6	Holliday hits a Solo-HR to left	1	4
	7	McCutchen hits a Solo-HR to center	2	4
	8	Walker walks, Jaramillo scores	3	4

Pittsburgh Pirates
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Jose Tabata, LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250
Neil Walker, 2B	3	0	0	1	1	2	0	.353
Andrew McCutchen, CF	4	1	2	1	0	1	1	.353
Lyle Overbay, 1B	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	.200
Pedro Alvarez, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.187
Garrett Jones, RF	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	.333
Jason Jaramillo, C	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	.250
Josh Rodriguez, SS	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	.333
Ross Ohlendorf, P	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Ryan Doumit, PH	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.077
TEAM TOTALS	31	3	5	3	3	12	2
BATTING: HR: A. McCutchen (1), L. Overbay (1) RBI: N. Walker (2), A. McCutchen (1), L. Overbay (2) GIDP: J. Tabata
BASERUNNING: CS: A. McCutchen (1)

St. Louis Cardinals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
S. Schumaker, 2B	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	.294
D. Freese, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.353
A. Pujols, 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.067
M. Holliday, LF	4	2	3	1	0	1	1	.429
L. Berkman, RF	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	.333
C. Rasmus, CF	3	1	1	2	1	0	1	.154
Y. Molina, C	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.357
R. Theriot, SS	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.385
K. McClellan, P	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
TEAM TOTALS	32	4	8	4	1	6	2
BATTING: 2B: Holliday (2), Berkman (1) HR: Rasmus (1), Holliday (1) RBI: Rasmus 2 (3), Holliday (3), Berkman (5)
BASERUNNING: SB: Rasmus (1)
FIELDING: E: Schumaker (1)

Pittsburgh Pirates
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
R. Ohlendorf (L, 0-1)	6.0	6	4	4	1	6	2	6.00
J. Veras	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.86
C. Resop	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	8.0	8	4	4	1	6	2

St. Louis Cardinals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
K. McClellan (W, 1-0)	7.0	4	3	3	1	8	2	3.86
J. Motte (H, 1)	0.1	1	0	0	2	1	0	4.50
B. Tallet (H, 1)	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
R. Franklin (S, 3)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	5	3	3	3	12	2

Notables

Matt Holliday 3-4, HR, RBI, 2B, 2R (Player of the Game

Lyle Overbay 1-4, HR, RBI, R

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Tabata Powers Bucs to Road Win

The Pittsburgh Pirates made a big 4-run 4th inning stick as they defeated the Cards 4-3 to even the series at 1.

Clint Hurdle was pleasantly suprised with the club's improved defense and pitching, "Charlie had a great outing today. This is a huge step forward in putting last year behind him. We have the utmost confidence in him and will continue to stick with him."

Morton delivers a pitch against the Cards


Tabata hits the first of his 2 doubles

Notables

Jose Tabata 3-5, RBI, 2 2B (Player of the game)

Matt Holliday 2-3, HR, 2 RBI, BB, R

PIT at STL - Busch Stadium
Apr 5, 2011	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh Pirates (4-1)	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	9	0
St. Louis Cardinals (3-2)	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	10	0
W: Charlie Morton (1-0) L: Kyle Lohse (0-1) S: Joel Hanrahan (2)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			PIT	STL
	1	Holliday hits a 2-Run HR to left, Pujols scores	0	2
	4	Alvarez hits a Solo-HR to left	1	2
	4	Jones hits a 2-Run HR to left, Doumit scores	3	2
	4	Tabata doubles to center, Morton scores	4	2
	5	Jay doubles to center, Molina scores	4	3

Pittsburgh Pirates
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Jose Tabata, LF	5	0	3	1	0	1	0	.320
Neil Walker, 2B	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	.350
Andrew McCutchen, CF	4	0	1	0	0	3	0	.333
Lyle Overbay, 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.158
Pedro Alvarez, 3B	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	.200
Ryan Doumit, C	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	.125
Garrett Jones, RF	4	1	2	2	0	2	1	.368
Josh Rodriguez, SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143
Charlie Morton, P	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Matt Diaz, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333
Steve Pearce, PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500
TEAM TOTALS	34	4	9	4	2	10	2
BATTING: 2B: Tabata 2 (2) HR: Alvarez (1), Jones (2) RBI: Tabata (3), Alvarez (6), Jones 2 (7) HBP: Morton

St. Louis Cardinals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
S. Schumaker, 2B	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	.227
D. Freese, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286
A. Pujols, 1B	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.158
M. Holliday, LF	3	1	2	2	1	0	1	.471
L. Berkman, RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250
C. Rasmus, CF	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	.294
Y. Molina, C	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	.353
R. Theriot, SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.353
K. Lohse, P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
J. Jay, PH	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	.429
D. Descalso, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
G. Laird, PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
TEAM TOTALS	35	3	10	3	1	3	1
BATTING: 2B: Pujols (1), Jay (2), Molina (2) HR: Holliday (2) RBI: Holliday 2 (5), Jay (4) SAC: Molina
BASERUNNING: CS: Rasmus (1)

Pittsburgh Pirates
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
C. Morton (W, 1-0)	6.0	6	3	3	0	2	1	4.50
G. Olson (H, 1)	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
E. Meek (H,2)	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.00
J. Hanrahan (S,2)	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	10	3	3	1	3	1

St. Louis Cardinals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
K. Lohse (L, 0-1)	5.0	8	4	4	1	4	2	7.20
M. Boggs	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	2.70
T. Miller	2.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	9	4	4	2	10	2

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Molina sinks Pirates with Late HR

The Bucco bullpen couldn't hold the lead and lost the game and series to the Cards. Chris Resop gave up the GW Solo-HR in the 8th to Yadier Molina.

Pirates Manager Clint Hurdle: "I was disappointed that we couldn't keep the lead for Kevin (Correia). I was estatic with the season debut of SS Pedro Ciriaco. We are looking for someone to step up and take the starting job. Has Ciriaco done it? We shall see. We must put this behind us and get ready for the Home Opener at PNC Park tomorrow."

Molina Clubs his GW HR

Notable

Steve Pearce 2-4, 2B, R

Yadier Molina 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, R (Player of the Game

PIT at STL - Busch Stadium
Apr 6, 2011	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh Pirates (4-2)	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	3	10	0
St. Louis Cardinals (4-2)	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	X	4	8	2
W: Miguel Batista (1-0) L: Chris Resop (0-1) S: Ryan Franklin (4)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			PIT	STL
	3	Freese doubles to left, Schumaker scores	0	1
	5	Ciriaco doubles to left, Jaramillo scores	1	1
	5	McCutchen singles to left, Ciriaco scores	2	1
	5	Freese hits a Sac Fly (SF8), Westbrook scores	2	2
	6	Ciriaco singles to center, Pearce scores	3	2
	6	Molina singles to left, Holliday scores	3	3
	8	Molina hits a Solo-HR to right	3	4

Pittsburgh Pirates
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Andrew McCutchen, CF	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	.308
Neil Walker, 2B	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.320
Matt Diaz, LF	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	.375
Ryan Doumit, RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.100
Steve Pearce, 1B	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.500
Jason Jaramillo, C	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.250
Pedro Ciriaco, SS	3	1	2	2	0	0	0	.667
Josh Rodriguez, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.091
Kevin Correia, P	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.143
Lyle Overbay, PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200
Garrett Jones, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.350
TEAM TOTALS	39	3	10	3	0	3	0
BATTING: 2B: Diaz 2 (3), Jaramillo (1), Pearce (1), Ciriaco (1) RBI: McCutchen (2), Ciriaco 2 (2) HBP: Doumit
BASERUNNING: SB: Tabata (1), Pearce (1)

St. Louis Cardinals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
S. Schumaker, 2B	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	.269
D. Freese, 3B	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	.292
A. Pujols, 1B	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.182
M. Holliday, LF	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	.450
L. Berkman, RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.200
C. Rasmus, CF	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250
Y. Molina, C	4	1	2	2	0	0	1	.381
R. Theriot, SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300
J. Westbrook, P	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	.200
J. Jay, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375
C. Chambers, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
TEAM TOTALS	31	4	8	4	2	3	1
BATTING: 2B: Freese (1) HR: Molina (1) RBI: Freese 2 (3), Molina 2 (3) HBP: Theriot, Pujols SF: Freese
BASERUNNING: SB: Schumaker (1)
FIELDING: E: Theriot (1), Schumaker (2)

Pittsburgh Pirates
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
K. Correia	5.1	6	3	3	2	2	0	2.70
J. Veras	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.00
M. Crotta	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
C. Resop (L, 0-1)	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	1	4.50
J. Karstens	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	8.0	8	4	4	2	3	1

St. Louis Cardinals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
J. Westbrook	6.0	8	3	3	0	0	3	2.57
M. Batista (W, 1-0)	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	12.00
R. Franklin (S, 4)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	10	3	3	0	3	0

[matt314hew]

Tough Series loss to the Cards, but at least you have a winning road record for the time being.

Time for the home opener and time to show the Rockies who you are.