Gameday Thread, 3-31-08, Pirates @ Braves, 7 PM EST

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Starters:

PIT: Ian Snell
ATL: Tom Glavine

Game Time: 7 PM

I'll post a preview a little later, along with my prediction and stuff.

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Just a warning, the game could be blacked out for me. I'm not in the Pirates viewing area, yet they seem fit to keep me from watching games even if we have free previews. I'll try to keep up, using gametracker if that's so.

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Our starting lineups...

Pirates
CF N. McLouth
2B F. Sanchez
LF J. Bay
1B A. LaRoche
RF X. Nady
CA R. Doumit
3B J. Bautista
SS J. Wilson
SP I. Snell

Braves
2B K. Johnson
SS Y. Escobar
3B C. Jones
1B M. Teixeira
CA B. McCann
RF J. Francouer
CF M. Kotsay
LF M. Diaz
SP T. Glavine

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And...we're underway from Turner field in Atlanta. Tom Glavine's first pitch is a ball outside, to Nate McLouth.

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Top 1, Pirates batting, facing Tom Glavine
N. McLouth walked.
N. McLouth picked off. (B. McCann - M. Teixeira)
F. Sanchez flied to center. (M. Kotsay)
J. Bay grounded to third. (C. Jones - M. Teixeira)

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Bottom 1. Braves batting, facing Ian Snell
K. Johnson flied to left. (J. Bay)
Y. Escobar singled to center.
C. Jones grounded to first. (A. LaRoche - I. Snell)
M. Teixeira flied to center. (N. McLouth)

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Top 2, Pirates batting, facing Tom Glavine
A. LaRoche doubled to right.
X. Nady grounded to third. (C. Jones - M. Teixeira)
R. Doumit singled to center, LaRoche to third.
J. Bautista struck out swinging. (First strikeout by T. Glavine)
J. Wilson reached on 2B K. Johnson's fielding error, Doumit to second, LaRoche scored. Pirates 1, Braves 0
I. Snell grounded to short. (Y. Escobar - K. Johnson)

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Bottom 2. Braves batting, facing Ian Snell
B. McCann grounded to second. (F. Sanchez - A. LaRoche)
J. Francouer struck out swinging. (R. Doumit - A. LaRoche) (First strikeout by I. Snell)
M. Kotsay flied to left. (J. Bay)

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Top 3, Pirates batting, facing Tom Glavine
N. McLouth flied to left. (M. Diaz)
F. Sanchez singled to center.
J. Bay struck out looking (Second strikeout by T. Glavine)
A. LaRoche singled to second, Sanchez to second.
X. Nady struck out looking. (Third strikeout by T. Glavine)

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Bottom 3. Braves batting, facing Ian Snell
M. Diaz grounded to short. (J. Wilson - A. LaRoche)
T. Glavine walked
K. Johnson singled to right, Glavine to second.
Y. Escobar tripled to right, Johnson and Glavine scored. Braves 2, Pirates 1
C. Jones grounded to short, Escobar scored. (J. Wilson - A. LaRoche) Braves 3, Pirates 1
M. Teixeira lined to short. (J. Wilson)

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Top 4, Pirates batting, facing Tom Glavine
R. Doumit flied to right. (J. Francouer)
J. Bautista doubled to right.
J. Wilson walked.
I. Snell bunted to the pitcher, Wilson to second, Bautista to third. (T. Glavine - M. Prado)
N. McLouth singled to center, Bautista scored, Wilson out at home. (M. Kotsay - B. McCann). Braves 3, Pirates 2

Notes
Martin Prado replaces Kelly Johnson at 2B.

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Bottom 4. Braves batting, facing Ian Snell
B. McCann homered to right. Braves 4, Pirates 2
J. Francouer walked
M. Kotsay grounded into a fielder's choice to second, Francouer out at second (F. Sanchez - J. Wilson)
M. Kotsay to second on wild pitch.
M. Diaz grounded to second. (F. Sanchez - A. LaRoche)
T. Glavine struck out swinging. (Second strikeout by I. Snell)

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Top 5, Pirates batting, facing Tom Glavine
F. Sanchez singled to left.
J. Bay grounded into a fielder's choice to third, Sanchez out at second. (C. Jones - M. Prado)
A. LaRoche grounded into a double play to short. (Y. Escobar - M. Teixeira)

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Bottom 5. Braves batting, facing Ian Snell
M. Prado flied to center. (N. McLouth)
Y. Escobar singled to center.
C. Jones singled to third, Escobar to second.
M. Teixeira grounded i