Pirates 4, 
Braves 3
| Pittsburgh Pirates | ||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| N McLouth CF-LF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .357 |
| J Wilson SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .083 |
| I Snell PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| J Grabow P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| T Yates P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| b-N Morgan PH-CF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| F Sanchez 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .417 |
| L Rivas 2B-SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| J Bay LF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .200 |
| M Capps P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| A LaRoche 1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .133 |
| X Nady RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .429 |
| J Bautista 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .154 |
| R Paulino C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .250 |
| Z Duke P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 |
| F Osoria P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| a-C Gomez PH-2B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Totals | 36 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 21 | |
| a-grounded into fielder's choice to third for F Osoria in the 7th b-walked for T Yates in the 10th | ||||||||
| BATTING 2B: N McLouth (2, J Bennett); J Bautista (2, J Bennett); R Paulino (1, J Bennett) RBI: F Sanchez (1), R Paulino (1), J Wilson (1), X Nady (7) S: L Rivas 2-out RBI: J Wilson, X Nady Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: J Bautista 2, Z Duke 2, N McLouth 1 Team LOB: 9 | ||||||||
| FIELDING E: J Wilson (1, ground ball); L Rivas (1, ground ball); J Bautista (1, ground ball) DP: 1 (F Sanchez-J Wilson-A LaRoche). | ||||||||
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| Z Duke | 5.2 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 116-68 | 3.18 |
| F Osoria | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6-3 | 5.40 |
| J Grabow | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 34-20 | 0.00 |
| T Yates (W, 1-0) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10-7 | 3.37 |
| M Capps (S, 1) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15-11 | 16.20 |
| Totals | 10.0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 181-109 | |
| PITCHING Batters faced: Z Duke 28; F Osoria 1; J Grabow 8; T Yates 3; M Capps 4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Z Duke 9-7; F Osoria 0-0; J Grabow 1-2; T Yates 0-2; M Capps 1-1 Game Scores: Z Duke 39 | |||||||||
| Atlanta Braves | ||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| M Prado 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
| Y Escobar SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .375 |
| C Jones 3B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .444 |
| M Teixeira 1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .105 |
| J Francoeur RF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .278 |
| M Diaz LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .294 |
| R Ring P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| G Blanco LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| M Kotsay CF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .250 |
| C Miller C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 |
| c-B McCann PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 |
| J Bennett P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| B Boyer P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| a-B Pena PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| W Ohman P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| M Acosta P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| b-R Gotay PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| R Soriano P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| C Resop P-LF-P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 43 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 16 | |
| a-reached on error for B Boyer in the 6th b-struck out looking for M Acosta in the 8th c-grounded to first for C Miller in the 10th | ||||||||
| BATTING 2B: M Prado (1, Z Duke) 3B: M Kotsay (1, M Capps) RBI: M Diaz (4), C Miller (1) 2-out RBI: C Miller Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: M Teixeira 1, Y Escobar 3, M Kotsay 1, B McCann 1 Team LOB: 11 | ||||||||
| FIELDING E: M Prado (1, ground ball) PB: C Miller 2. | ||||||||
| Atlanta Braves | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| J Bennett | 4.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 77-49 | 4.50 |
| B Boyer | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23-16 | 6.75 |
| W Ohman (B, 1) | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16-11 | 0.00 |
| M Acosta | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17-9 | 12.00 |
| R Soriano | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11-9 | 0.00 |
| C Resop (L, 0-1) | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20-10 | 9.00 |
| R Ring | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4-4 | 0.00 |
| C Resop | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20-10 | 9.00 |
| Totals | 10.0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 188-118 | |
| PITCHING HBP: X Nady (By J Bennett) Batters faced: J Bennett 19; B Boyer 6; W Ohman 4; M Acosta 5; R Soriano 3; R Ring 1; C Resop 5; C Resop 5 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Bennett 6-3; B Boyer 0-3; W Ohman 1-1; M Acosta 1-2; R Soriano 0-1; R Ring 0-0; C Resop 2-0; C Resop 2-0 Game Scores: J Bennett 47 | |||||||||
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| PIT | ATL | |||
 | 3rd | F Sanchez grounded out to shortstop, N McLouth scored. | 1 | 0 |
| 4th | R Paulino doubled to left, J Bautista scored. | 2 | 0 |
 | 6th | M Diaz singled to left center, C Jones scored, J Francoeur to second. | 2 | 1 |
| 6th | C Miller singled to left center, J Francoeur scored, M Kotsay to third. | 2 | 2 |
| 6th | B Pena safe at first on error by shortstop J Wilson, M Kotsay scored, C Miller to second. | 2 | 3 |
| 7th | J Wilson singled to left, C Gomez scored. | 3 | 3 |
| 10th | X Nady singled to center, N Morgan scored, J Bay to second. | 4 | 3 |
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| Game Notes |
| PITTSBURGH SHORTSTOP JACK WILSON LEFT THE GAME IN THE TOP OF THE SEVENTH INNING WITH A STRAINED LEFT CALF MUSCLE. |
| ATLANTA SCHEDULED STARTER MIKE HAMPTON WAS SCRATCHED FROM HIS START DURING WARMUPS DUE TO A STRAINED LEFT PECTORAL MUSCLE. |
| Game Information | |
| Stadium | Turner Field, Atlanta, GA |
| Attendance | 19,240 (38.7% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:21 |
| Weather | 51 degrees, cloudy |
| Wind | 15 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Ed Hickox, First Base - C.B. Bucknor, Second Base - Joe West, Third Base - Ed Rapuano |
MLB Scores
Thursday, April 3rd 2008
| Chi White Sox | 2 | Final |
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| Kansas City | 4 | Final |
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| Washington | 7 | Final |
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