Started From The Bottom | Pittsburgh Pirates 2005 (MVP Baseball 05)

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Quote: Originally Posted by TheJoker12

What the heck is Carlos Delgado doing in a Sox uniform? Pretty cool seeing guys I had totally forgotten about, I'm enjoying it!

I was trying to figure that one out myself! It looks like the rosters were finalized before Delgado signed in Florida, and the Sox signed him.

And yeah, I completely forgot about Trot Nixon. Always thought that was a cool name.

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Weird Baseball Earns Bucs Win in Boston

Pittsburgh Pirates at Boston Red Sox
Jun 18, 2005	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh (33–35)	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	4	7	0
Boston (37–30)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	2
W: Josh Fogg (6–3) L: David Wells (5–5) S: Jose Mesa (20)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			PIT	BOS
BOS	4	Jason Varitek doubles (9) to left. David Ortiz scores. Trot Nixon scores.	0	2
PIT	6	Jason Bay hits a 457-foot home run (16) to left.	1	2
PIT	7	Ray Durham reaches on an error. Jose Castillo scores. Ty Wigginton scores. Ray Durham scores.	4	2

Pittsburgh Pirates
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
2B Ray Durham	4	1	0	1	0	2	0	.329
1B Andy Bako	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	.281
LF Jason Bay	4	1	2	1	0	1	1	.225
DH Craig Wilson	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	.261
C Benito Santiago	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.247
RF Matt Lawton	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216
2B Jose Castillo	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.278
CF Tike Redman	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.224
3B Ty Wigginton	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.251
TEAM TOTALS	35	4	7	2	1	10	1	.200
BATTING: 2B: Jose Castillo (8) HR: Jason Bay (16) RBI: Ray Durham (13), Jason Bay (32) SF: Ray Durham (1)
BASERUNNING: SB: Jose Castillo (22)

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
CF Johnny Damon	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	.342
SS Edgar Renteria	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.327
LF Manny Ramirez	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.296
DH David Ortiz	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.301
1B Carlos Delgado	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298
RF Trot Nixon	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	.312
C Jason Varitek	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	.285
3B Bill Mueller	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288
2B Mark Bellhorn	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.229
TEAM TOTALS	36	2	12	2	0	2	0	.333
BATTING: 2B: Edgar Renteria (20), Trot Nixon (13), Jason Varitek (9) RBI: Jason Varitek 2 (18)
BASERUNNING: SB: Johnny Damon (14)
FIELDING: E: Mark Bellhorn (4), Johnny Damon (2)

Pittsburgh Pirates
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Josh Fogg	7.0	12	2	2	0	1	0	3.14
Kaz Tadano	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.35
Jose Mesa	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.03
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	12	2	2	0	2	0	2.00

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
David Wells	7.0	7	4	4	1	10	1	3.71
Mike Timlin	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.42
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	7	4	4	1	10	1	4.00

Around the league: The Florida Marlins trade C Paul Lo Duca to the Los Angeles Dodgers for LF Elmer Dessens

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Pirates Eke Out Victory in Slug Fest

Pittsburgh Pirates at Boston Red Sox
Jun 19, 2005	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh (34–35)	2	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	7	9	2
Boston (37–31)	1	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	6	14	0
W: Mike Gonzalez (2–1) L: Matt Clement (6–6) S: Jose Mesa (21)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			PIT	BOS
PIT	1	Andy Bako hits a 317-foot wall-scraping homer to left. Jason Bay scores.	2	0
BOS	1	Manny Ramirez singles to right. Johnny Damon scores.	2	1
BOS	3	Bill Mueller hits a 438-foot home run down the left field line.	2	2
BOS	3	Manny Ramirez flies out to right. Johnny Damon scores.	2	3
PIT	4	Rich Thompson hits a 377-foot homer to right.	3	3
PIT	6	Rich Thompson hits a 381-foot home run to right-center. Andy Bako scores. Craig Wilson scores.	6	3
BOS	6	Jason Varitek singles to right. Trot Nixon scores.	6	4
BOS	7	David Ortiz hits a 410-foot home run to right. Manny Ramirez scores.	6	6
PIT	8	Ray Durham hits a 412-foot blast to right.	7	6

Pittsburgh Pirates
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
SS Jack Wilson	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.304
2B Ray Durham	4	1	2	1	0	2	1	.338
LF Jason Bay	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.226
1B Andy Bako	4	2	2	2	0	0	1	.295
DH Craig Wilson	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.261
RF Rich Thompson	4	2	2	4	0	0	2	.258
3B Jose Castillo	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.277
CF Tike Redman	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220
C Magglio Bailey	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.211
TEAM TOTALS	35	7	9	7	0	8	4	.257
BATTING: 2B: Andy Bako (2) HR: Ray Durham (5), Andy Bako (4), Rich Thompson 2 (4) RBI: Ray Durham (14), Andy Bako 2 (10), Rich Thompson 4 (8)
BASERUNNING: SB: Ray Durham (14)
FIELDING: E: Jose Castillo (17), Ray Durham (3)

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
CF Johnny Damon	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	.347
SS Edgar Renteria	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.326
LF Manny Ramirez	3	1	2	2	1	0	0	.300
DH David Ortiz	5	1	1	2	0	0	1	.299
1B Carlos Delgado	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.297
RF Trot Nixon	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.311
C Jason Varitek	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	.289
3B Bill Mueller	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	.292
2B Mark Bellhorn	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.230
TEAM TOTALS	37	5	14	6	1	3	2	.378
BATTING: 2B: Johnny Damon (20), Manny Ramirez (14), Carlos Delgado (14) HR: David Ortiz (12), Bill Mueller (11) RBI: Manny Ramirez 2 (75), David Ortiz 2 (38), Jason Varitek (19), Bill Mueller (43) SF: Manny Ramirez (5) SAC: Edgar Renteria (1)

Pittsburgh Pirates
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Sean Burnett	6.2	11	6	5	0	3	2	2.86
Mike Gonzalez	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.86
Gerald Peralta	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06
Jose Mesa	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.97
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	14	6	5	1	3	2	5.00

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Matt Clement	7.0	9	7	7	0	7	4	4.48
Scott Williamson	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.12
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	9	7	7	0	8	4	7.00

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Van Benschoten Lead Pirates to Victory

Washington Nationals at Pittsburgh Pirates
Jun 20, 2005	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Washington (29–41)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	1
Pittsburgh (35–35)	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	X	5	8	0
W: John Van Benschoten (4–4) L: Zach Day (5–4)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			WAS	PIT
PIT	2	Ty Wigginton doubles to left center. Tike Redman scores. Rich Thompson scores.	0	2
PIT	2	Magglio Bailey doubles to right-center. Ty Wigginton scores.	0	3
PIT	5	Jack Wilson belts a 391-foot blast to left.	0	4
PIT	6	Tike Redman hits a 352-foot home run down the right field line.	0	5
WAS	9	Jose Vidro singles to center. Christian Guzman scores.	1	5

Washington Nationals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
SS Christian Guzman	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.254
2B Jose Vidro	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	.308
RF Jose Guillen	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292
3B Vinny Castilla	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.304
LF Brad Wilkerson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273
CF Terrmel Sledge	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.287
1B Nick Johnson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292
C Brian Schneider	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	.268
P Zach Day	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.103
PH Jamey Carroll	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313
TEAM TOTALS	30	1	5	1	0	1	0	.167
BATTING: RBI: Jose Vidro (38) HBP: Jose Guillen
BASERUNNING: SB: Christian Guzman (3)
FIELDING: E: Brian Wilkerson

Pittsburgh Pirates
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
SS Jack Wilson	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	.302
2B Ray Durham	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.321
LF Jason Bay	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.230
1B Craig Wilson	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.261
RF Tike Redman	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	.225
CF Rich Thompson	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	.235
3B Ty Wigginton	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	.253
P John Van Benschoten	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.167
C Magglio Bailey	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	.220
TEAM TOTALS	32	5	8	5	0	3	2	.250
BATTING: 2B: Ty Wigginton (6), Magglio Bailey (1) HR: Jack Wilson (3), Tike Redman (9) RBI: Jack Wilson (11), Tike Redman (22), Ty Wigginton 2 (25), Magglio Bailey (6)

Washington Nationals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Zach Day	7.0	6	5	5	0	3	2	4.31
Seth Greisinger	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.86
TEAM TOTALS	8.0	8	5	5	0	3	2	5.63

Pittsburgh Pirates
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
John Van Benschoten	9.0	5	1	1	0	1	0	3.60
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	5	1	1	0	1	0	1.00
PITCHING: HBP: Jose Guillen (by John Van Benschoten)

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Bucs, Jays Swap Players

Four players need new visas after the Pirates and Blue Jays traded two players each today.

Going to the Blue Jays were the outfielders Tike Redman and Marcus Redman, the latter of whom has spent the majority of the season in AAA. Tike Redman has had a phenomenally disappointing season, being one of the few players on the Bucs' major league roster to cost the team games.

Heading south of the border are CF Steve Brassard and reliever Brandon League. Brassard has batted .231/.342/.375 this season in 208 at-bats. League has thrown 26.1 innings this season, tossing for a 3.42 ERA with 19 strikeouts. The outfielder will be assigned to the Pirates, likely gaining some platoon experience, while League will report to AAA Indianapolis.

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Pitchers Give Up Bombs As Bucs Continue Streak

Washington Nationals at Pittsburgh Pirates
Jun 21, 2005	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Washington (29–42)	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0
Pittsburgh (36–35)	0	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	X	6	11	0
W: Ian Snell (2–2) L: Livan Hernandez (5–6) S: Al Levine (1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			WAS	PIT
PIT	2	Ty Wigginton hits a 391-foot home run off the rotunda in left. Rich Thompson scores.	0	2
WAS	4	Jose Vidro hits a 390-foot homer to right-center.	1	2
WAS	4	Brian Wilkerson hits a 423-foot home run to dead center. Jose Guillen scores.	3	2
PIT	5	Benito Santiago hits a 386-foot homer to right.	3	3
PIT	6	Rich Thompson hits a 320-toot homer off the right field foul pole	3	4
PIT	7	Brent Erickson hits a 375-foot homer to right-center.	3	5
PIT	7	Benito Santiago hits a 392-foot homer down the left field line.	3	6

Washington Nationals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
SS Christian Guzman	4	0	0	0	0	0	.251
2B Jose Vidro	4	1	1	1	0	0	.307
RF Jose Guillen	4	1	1	0	0	1	.291
3B Vinny Castilla	4	0	0	0	0	0	.300
LF Brad Wilkerson	3	1	1	2	0	1	.274
CF Terrmel Sledge	3	0	1	0	0	1	.288
1B Nick Johnson	3	0	0	0	0	0	.287
C Brian Schneider	3	0	0	0	0	0	.265
P Livan Hernandez	2	0	0	0	0	1	.200
1B Jamey Carroll	1	0	0	0	0	0	.310
TOTALS	31	3	4	3	0	4	.129
BATTING HR: Jose Vidro (12), Brad Wilkerson (13) RBI: Jose Vidro (39), Brad Wilkerson 2 (41)

Washington Nationals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Livan Hernandez	6.0	10	6	6	1	4	3.56
Shawn Hill	2.0	1	0	0
TOTALS	8.0	11	6	6			6.75

Pittsburgh Pirates
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
SS Jack Wilson	4	0	2	0	0	1	.310
2B Ray Durham	4	0	0	0	0	0	.306
LF Jason Bay	4	0	2	0	0	0	.234
1B Craig Wilson	4		0	0	0	1	.257
RF Matt Lawton	4	0	0	0	0	2	.210
CF Rich Thompson	4	2	3	1	0	0	.289
3B Ty Wigginton	3	1	1	2	1	0	.254
P Ian Snell	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
PH, C Brent Erickson	1	1	1	1	0	0	.222
C Benito Santiago	3	2	2	2	0	1	.255
TOTALS	33	5	11	6	1	5	.333
BATTING 2B: Jack Wilson (7), Jason Bay (4) 3B: Rich Thompson (1) HR: Rich Thompson (5), Ty Wigginton (10), Benito Santiago 2 (10), Brent Erickson (1) RBI: Rich Thompson (9), Ty Wigginton 2 (27), Benito Santiago 2 (20), Brent Erickson (1)
BASERUNNING SB: Rich Thompson 2 (3)

Pittsburgh Pirates
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA

Weirdest MVP 05 game I've ever played...

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Series Sweep Propels Pirates to Second

Washington Nationals at Pittsburgh Pirates
Jun 22, 2005	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Washington (29–43)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
Pittsburgh (37–35)	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	X	7	7	0
W: Kip Wells (2–8) L: John Patterson (2–7) S: Mike Gonzalez (1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			WAS	PIT
PIT	1	Jason Bay turns on one and hits it 438 feet to left-center. Jack Wilson scores. Ray Durham scores.	0	3
PIT	1	Rich Thompson hits one 449 feet to right. Craig Wilson scores.	0	5
PIT	5	Jason Bay doubles to left. Ray Durham scores.	0	6
PIT	6	Ty Wigginton hits a sac fly to right. Rich Thompson scores.	0	7

Washington Nationals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
SS Christian Guzman	4	0	2	0	0	0	.254
2B Jose Vidro	4	0	2	0	0	1	.310
RF Jose Guillen	4	0	2	0	0	1	.294
3B Vinny Castilla	4	0	1	0	0	0	.299
LF Bret Wilkerson	4	0	1	0	0	1	.273
CF Terrmel Sledge	3	0	0	0	0	2	.284
1B Nick Johnson	3	0	0	0	0	0	.283
C Gary Bennett	3	0	1	0	0	0	.240
P John Patterson	2	0	0	0	0	1	.136
PH Jamey Carroll	1	0	0	0	0	0	.308
TOTALS	32	0	9	0	0	6	.281
BATTING 2B: Vinny Castilla (12), Gary Bennett (4)

Washington Nationals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
John Patterson	4.2	6	6	6	1	4	6.68
Sun-Woo Kim	2.1	1	1	1	0	3	7.52
Claudio Vargas	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	9.82
TOTALS	8.0	7	7	7	1	7	7.88

Pittsburgh Pirates
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
SS Jack Wilson	3	1	0	0	1	3	.301
2B Ray Durham	4	2	2	0	0	1	.315
LF Jason Bay	4	1	2	4	0	0	.238
1B Craig Wilson	4	1	1	0	0	1	.257
RF Matt Lawton	4	0	0	0	0	1	.204
CF Rich Thompson	3	2	2	2	0	0	.317
3B Ty Wigginton	2	0	0	1	0	0	.251
P Kip Wells	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
PH Steve Brassard	1	0	0	0	0	0	.230
C Benito Santiago	3	0	0	0	0	1	.250
TOTALS	30	7	7	7	1	7	.233
BATTING 2B: Ray Durham (5), Jason Bay (5) 3B: Rich Thompson (2) HR: Jason Bay (17), Rich Thompson (6) RBI: Jason Bay 4 (36), Rich Thompson 2 (11), Ty Wigginton (28) SF: Ty Wigginton (3)

Pittsburgh Pirates
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Kip Wells	6.0	7	0	0	0	5	4.10
Mike Gonzalez	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	2.92
TOTALS	9.0	9	0	0	0	6	0.00

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