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

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Red Sox Blast Bucs

Pittsburgh Pirates at Boston Red Sox
Jun 17, 2005	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh (32–35)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1
Boston (37–29)	2	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	X	8	16	0
W: Curt Schilling (7–7) L: Kip Wells (1–8)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			PIT	BOS
BOS	1	Manny Ramirez hits a 372-foot jack (17) to center. Johnny Damon scores.	0	2
BOS	2	Johnny Damon singles to left. Trot Nixon scores. Jason Varitek to second.	0	3
PIT	3	Jack Wilson hits a 480-foot BOMB (2) over the Green Monster. Tike Redman scores.	2	3
BOS	3	Manny Ramirez hits a 458-foot homer (18) to center.	2	4
BOS	3	Davit Ortiz hits a 370-foot home run(11) to right.	2	5
BOS	3	Trot Nixon blasts a 459-foot long-ball (10) to left center.	2	6
BOS	3	Bill Mueller doubles (9) off the Green Monster. Jason Varitek scores.	2	7
BOS	5	Bill Mueller hits a 333-foot wall scraper (10) over the Monster.	2	8

Pittsburgh Pirates
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
SS Jack Wilson	4	1	1	2	0	1	1	.318
2B Jose Castillo	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.273
LF Jason Bay	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.221
DH Craig Wilson	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.261
1B Andy Bako	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.296
RF Rich Thompson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222
3B Ty Wigginton	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.251
CF Tike Redman	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	.228
C Magglio Bailey	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.229
TEAM TOTALS	30	2	3	2	0	7	1	.100
BATTING: HR: Jack Wilson (2) RBI: Jack Wilson 2 (10)
BASERUNNING: SB: Jose Castillo (21), Tike Redman (16)
FIELDING: E: Jose Castillo (16)

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
CF Johnny Damon	5	1	4	1	0	0	0	.340
SS Edgar Renteria	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.324
LF Manny Ramirez	3	2	2	3	1	0	2	.297
DH David Ortiz	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	.302
1B Carlos Delgado	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302
RF Trot Nixon	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	.305
C Jason Varitek	4	1	2	0	0	0		.281
3B Bill Mueller	4	1	2	2	0	0	1	.293
2B Mark Bellhorn	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.229
TEAM TOTALS	37	8	16	8	1	0	5	.432
BATTING: 2B: Bill Mueller (9) HR: Manny Ramirez 2 (18), David Ortiz (11), Trot Nixon (10), Bill Mueller (10) RBI: Johnny Damon (27), Manny Ramirez 3 (73), David Ortiz (36), Trot Nixon (28), Bill Mueller 2 (42)
BASERUNNING: CS: Johnny Damon (7)

Pittsburgh Pirates
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Kip Wells	3.0	10	7	6	0	0	4	4.41
Jeff D'Amico	4.1	6	1	1	1	0	1	3.25
Mike Gonzalez	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.00
TEAM TOTALS	8.0	16	8	7	1	0	5	7.88

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Curt Schilling	9.0	3	2	2	0	7	1	4.45
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	3	2	2	0	7	1	2.00

[TheJoker12]

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

What the heck is Carlos Delgado doing in a Sox uniform?

Pretty cool seeing guys I had totally forgotten about, I'm enjoying it!

[goosedennis]

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

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.

[goosedennis]

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

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

[goosedennis]

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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)

[goosedennis]

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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...

[goosedennis]

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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

[goosedennis]

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[goosedennis]

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

Bucs Option Gonzalez, Recall Johnson


With Oliver Perez on the DL and Gonzalez in AAA, the Perez-Gonzalez bobblehead night is going to be awkward.

The Pirates have sent one of their only left-handed bullpen options to AAA, replacing him with another lefty who will hopefully be more competent.

In just 9.1 innings, Mike Gonzalez has been less than stellar, being horribly unfun to pitch with an having an ERA of 3.86. He has struck out one and walked one. The Pirates have, as such, sent him down to Indianapolis for some more development. In his stead, the Bucs recalled fellow lefty Mike Johnston. This will be Johnston's second stint with the Pirates this season; he previously threw in 3.2 innings and allowed no runs, striking out two. In AAA, however, he has been phenomenal, going 34 full with an ERA of 1.85, striking out 31 and walking 8.

[goosedennis]

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Bucs Make Moves to Rebuild

PITTSBURGH — With July nearing, the Pirates have decided to get ahead of the trade deadline game and have made a big trade with the Red Sox to bolster their young talent.

The Pirates have sent C Benito Santiago, RP Jose Mesa, 3B Ty Wigginton, and 1B Jose Leon (AA) to Beantown. In return, they've received 3B Kevin Youkilis (AAA), SS Hanley Ramirez, RF Brandon Moss (AA), and 1B Doug Mientkewicz (AAA).

Santiago, 40, has provided leadership to the young Pirates this season, but GM Goose Dennis has decided it's time to move on to younger catchers. The catcher has hit .246/.284/.413 this season, faring well against left handers. Mesa has been one of the game's best closers, tossing for a 1.97 ERA in 32 innings, striking out 24. Wigginton surprised fans this year, batting .246/.263/.435 with 9 home runs. Leon has been a solid minor leaguer, hitting for a .260 average.

Santiago and Mesa will join the Sox' major league roster, while Wigginton will go to AAA Pawtucket and Leon to the Portland Sea Dogs, the Sox' AA affiliate.

Joining the Pirates will be Youkilis and Ramirez. Youkilis has mostly played in AAA Pawtucket this season, batting .362 with 7 home runs and 48 RBI. In three games with Boston, Youkilis singled once in 10 at bats. Ramirez appears to have been injured much of the year, playing just 7 games with Boston, where he hit .333/.448/.583. The third baseman will likely start, while Ramirez will split time with Jack Wilson.

Mientkewicz will join the Indians, and has already appeared in 70 AAA games this season, batting .330 with 9 home runs; Moss will go to AA Altoona. Moss has played in the lower minor leagues this season. He batted .235 in A-ball before heading to Portland, where he batted .303 in 8 games.

For the Pirates, this trade brought on a number of corresponding roster moves. Brent Erickson was demoted to AAA Indianapolis, while Magglio Bailey and J. R. House will join the Pirates. In AAA, House batted .353 with one home run, while Bailey hit .273 in AAA and .220 in his earlier stint with the team. The Bucs also recalled reliever Joe Powell from AAA. Powell has thrown 22.2 innings with the Indians, tossing for an 0.40 ERA with 19 strikeouts.

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

The Three True Outcomes

Pittsburgh Pirates at St. Louis Cardinals
Jun 24, 2005	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh (37–37)	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	5	7	0
St. Louis (41–32)	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	6	13	0
W: Jason Isringhausen (3–0) L: Joe Powell (0–1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			PIT	STL
PIT	3	Steve Brassard doubles to center. Sean Burnett scores.	1	0
PIT	3	Craig Wilson walks. Rich Thompson scores.	2	0
STL	3	Scott Rolen hits a 356-home run to right. Matt Morris scores.	2	2
STL	3	Jim Edmonds flies out to center. Larry Walker scores.	2	3
PIT	5	Craig Wilson flies out to center. Steve Brassard scores.	3	3
STL	5	Albert Pujols hits a 391-foot homer to right-center. Larry Walker scores.	3	5
PIT	6	Magglio Bailey hits a 372-foot home run to left-center.	4	5
PIT	6	Sean Burnett hits a 375-foot blast to right.	5	5
STL	9	Scott Rolen hits a 355-foot homer to left.	5	6

Pittsburgh Pirates
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
RF Steve Brassard	2	1	1	1	3	0	.233
2B Ray Durham	4	0	0	0	1	1	.299
1B Craig Wilson	3	0	0	2	1	0	.269
LF Jason Bay	4	0	1	0	0	0	.232
SS Jack Wilson	4	0	0	0	0	1	.301
C Magglio Bailey	4	1	1	1	0	2	.222
3B Kevin Youkilis	4	0	1	0	0	0	.143
P Sean Burnett	1	2	1	1	1	0	.167
PH Andy Bako	1	0	1	0	0	0	.306
CF Rich Thompson	2	1	1	0	1	0	.292
TOTALS	29	5	7	5	8	4	.241
BATTING 2B: Steve Brassard (11), Rich Thompson (4) HR: Magglio Bailey (4), Sean Burnett (1) RBI: Steve Brassard (33), Craig Wilson 2 (50), Magglio Bailey (7), Sean Burnett (1) SF: Craig Wilson (4) SAC: Sean Burnett (2)
BASERUNNING SB: Steve Brassard 2 (9), Rich Thompson (2) CS: Steve Brssard (5)

Pittsburgh Pirates
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Sean Burnett	6.1	10	5	5	0	0	3.18
Mike Johnston	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0.00
Joe Powell	1.1	2	1	1	0	0	3.86
TOTALS	8.1	13	6	6	0	0	6.48

St. Louis Cardinals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
3B Scott Rolen	5	2	3	3	0	0	.277
RF Larry Walker	4	2	3	0	0	0	.262
1B Albert Pujols	4	1	3	2	0	0	.318
CF Jim Edmonds	3	0	0	1	0	0	.321
LF Reggie Sanders	4	0	0	0	0	0	.327
2B Mark Grudzielanek	4	0	0	0	0	0	.271
SS David Eckstein	2	0	1	0	0	0	.283
SS Paul Peterson	2	0	1	0	0	0	.129
P Matt Morris	2	1	1	0	0	0	.240
PH John Mabry	1	0	1	0	0	0	.360
PH Ray Lankford	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
TOTALS	36	6	13	6	0	0	.333
BATTING 2B: Albert Pujols (18) HR: Scott Rolen 2 (14), Albert Pujols (18) RBI: Scott Rolen 3 (26), Albert Pujols 2 (47), Jim Edmonds (50) SF: Jim Edmonds (1)

St. Louis Cardinals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Mike Morris	6.0	4	5	5	7	4	5.64
Ray King	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	2.62
Julian Tavarez	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	2.34
Jason Isringhausen	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	1.13
TOTALS	9.0	7	5	5	8	4	5.00

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

Bucs Lose in Yet Another Walk-Off

Pittsburgh Pirates at St. Louis Cardinals
Jun 25, 2005	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh (37–38)	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	6	11	2
St. Louis (42–32)	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	3	8	13	1
W: Jason Isringhausen (4–0) L: Gerald Peralta (4–1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			PIT	STL
STL	2	Reggie Sanders hits a 363-foot home run to right.	0	1
STL	3	Jim Edmonds singles to left. Scott Rolen scores.	0	2
PIT	4	Craig Wilson hits a 400-foot blast to left-center.	1	2
STL	5	Jim Edmonds singles to right. Larry Walker scores.	1	3
STL	5	Reggie Sanders flies out to right. Albert Pujols scores.	1	4
STL	5	Bo Hart flies out to left. Jim Edmonds scores.	1	5
PIT	7	Rich Thompson hits a 356-foot GRAND SLAM to right. Jack Wilson scores. Kevin Youkilis scores. Jeff D'Amico scores.	5	5
PIT	8	Jason Bay singles to center. Craig Wilson scores.	6	5
STL	9	Jim Edmonds hits a walk-off homer to left. Larry Walker scores. Albert Pujols scores.	6	8

Pittsburgh Pirates
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
RF Scott Brassard	5	0	3	0	0	1	.242
2B Ray Durham	5	0	1	0	0	0	.294
1B Craig Wilson	4	2	2	1	0	0	.273
LF Jason Bay	4	0	2	1	0	0	.236
SS Jack Wilson	4	1	1	0	0	1	.299
C Magglio Bailey	4	0	0	0	0	0	.204
3B Kevin Youkilis	3	1	1	0	1	0	.176
P John Van Benschoten	2	0	0	0	0	0	.150
P Jeff D'Amico	0	1	0	0	0	0	???
PH Hanley Ramirez	1	0	0	0	0	0	.320
CF Rich Thompson	4	1	1	4	0	1	.288
TOTALS	36	5	11	6	1	3	.306
BATTING 3B: Craig Wilson (4) HR: Craig Wilson (26), Rich Thompson (5) RBI: Craig Wilson (51), Jason Bay (37), Rich Thompson 4 (12)
BASERUNNING SB: Ray Durham (15), Scott Brassard 3 (12) CS: Ray Durham (2)
FIELDING E: Ray Durham (4), Kevin Youkilis

Pittsburgh Pirates
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
John Van Benschoten	4.1	8	5	4	1	3	3.87
Jeff D'Amico	2.2	2	0	0	0	2	3.06
Salomon Torres	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	2.08
Gerald Peralta	0.0	3	3	3	0	0	1.85
TOTALS	8.0	13	8	7	1	6	7.88

St. Louis Cardinals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
3B Scott Rolen	5	1	0	0	0	1	.273
RF Larry Walker	5	2	4	0	0	0	.271
1B Albert Pujols	2	2	1	0	1	0	.319
CF Jim Edmonds	5	2	3	5	0	0	.326
LF Reggie Sanders	3	1	1	2	0	0	.327
2B Mark Grudzielanek	4	0	2	0	0	0	.275
SS Bo Hart	3	0	1	1	0	1	.333
C Yadier Molina	4	0	1	0	0	1	.247
P Jeff Suppan	3	0	0	0	0	0	.269
PH John Mabry	1	0	0	0	0	0	.356
TOTALS	35	8	13	8	1	6	.371
BATTING 2B: Larry Walker (11), Mark Grudzielanek (13) HR: Jim Edmonds (20), Reggie Sanders (11) RBI: Jim Edmonds 5 (55), Reggie Sanders 2 (43), Bo Hart (1) SF: Reggie Sanders (2), Bo Hart (1)
FIELDING E: Mark Grudzielanek (7)

St. Louis Cardinals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Jeff Suppan	7.0	8	6	4	0	2	4.42
Julian Tavarez	1.0	2	0	0	1	0	2.29
Jason Isringhausen	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	1.06
TOTALS	9.0	11	6	4	1	3	4.00

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

Snell Throws Gem

Pittsburgh Pirates at St. Louis Cardinals
Jun 26, 2005	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh (38–38)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	8	0
St. Louis (42–33)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
W: Ian Snell (3–2) L: Jason Marquis (5–7)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			PIT	STL
PIT	6	Jason Bay singles to center. Craig Wilson scores.	1	0
PIT	6	Magglio Bailey grounds into a fielder's choice. Jason Bay scores. Jack Wilson to second.	2	0

Pittsburgh Pirates
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
RF Steve Brassard	5	0	0	0	0	0	.236
2B Ray Durham	4	0	1	0	0	1	.292
1B Craig Wilson	4	1	4	0	0	0	.283
LF Jason Bay	3	1	1	1	1	0	.237
SS Jack Wilson	4	0	1	0	0	0	.298
C Magglio Bailey	4	0	0	1	0	0	.189
3B Kevin Youkilis	3	0	1	0	1	1	.200
P Ian Snell	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000
CF Rich Thompson	3	0	0	0	1	0	.273
TOTALS	32	2	8	2	3	3	.250
BATTING 2B: Craig Wilson (10) RBI: Jason Bay (38), Magglio Bailey (8) SAC: Ian Snell (2)
BASERUNNING SB: Ray Durham (16) CS: Jack Wilson (4) Picked Off: Ian Snell

Pittsburgh Pirates
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Ian Snell	9.0	3	0	0	0	2	2.08
TOTALS	9.0	3	0	0	0	2	0.00

St. Louis Cardinals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
3B Scott Rolen	4	0	1	0	0	0	.272
RF Larry Walker	4	0	0	0	0	0	.267
1B Albert Pujols	3	0	0	0	0	1	.316
CF Jim Edmonds	3	0	0	0	0	0	.323
LF Reggie Sanders	3	0	0	0	0	0	.324
2B Mark Grudzielanek	3	0	0	0	0	0	.272
SS Bo Hart	3	0	1	0	0	1	.333
C Yadier Molina	3	0	0	0	0	0	.244
P Jason Marquis	1	0	0	0	0	0	.208
PH John Mabry	1	0	0	0	0	0	.352
PH Ray Lankford	1	0	1	0	0	0	.125
TOTALS	29	0	3	0	0	2	.103
BATTING 2B: Ray Lankford (1)
FIELDING E: Jason Marquis

St. Louis Cardinals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Jason Marquis	6.0	6	2	2	3	3	5.11
Ray King	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	2.48
TOTALS	9.0	8	2	2	3	3	2.00