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Pirates 8, Rockies 4

Vlad was actually one of the pierogies in tonight's race. I'll let him describe it.

Ian Snell recovered from a spotty first inning and got his first win since... well, at least the Carter administration. It didn't hurt that Valerio de los Santos started the game, making his first big-league appearance since 2005, and allowed so many walks he was out of the game after four innings. That left the game to the Rockies' middle relievers, who the Pirates pelted--Nate McLouth hit a ball into the river, and Ryan Doumit and Doug Mientkiewicz had three hits apiece. Steve Pearce started in the outfield and looked a little bit overmatched against Brian Fuentes, but he did pretty well otherwise, making a nice play late in the game to cut off a single in the gap. Denny Bautista pitched two perfect innings in relief, striking out four; he now has 16 strikeouts, six walks and a 3.50 ERA in 18 innings with the Bucs. Pretty nice win overall.

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matt mcswain

tonight for Hickory pitched 8 innings of no-hit ball.

by northsidenotch on Jul 28, 2008 11:40 PM EDT   0 recs

It was hella fun.

I’m going to put together a full writeup, with photos. Might not be ready until Wednesday, though (I have concert tix tonight).

by Vlad on Jul 29, 2008 10:22 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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