Game Thread- 4/4/05- Pirates v. Brewers

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Bottom 7- Brewers batting facing Ryan Vogelsong
Ryan Vogelsong relieved Rick White
Geoff Jenkins flies to left.(J. Bay)
Jeff Cirillio lined to 2nd.(F. Sanchez)
Chad Moeller grounds to 3rd(T. Wigginton- D. Ward)

Notes:
Freddy Sanchez in at 2nd.
Rick White final stats. 1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

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Bottom 7- Pirates batting facing Ben Sheets
Benito Santiago singled to left.
Freddy Sanchez flied to center.(B. Clark)
Matt Lawton strikes out. (6th strikeout for B. Sheets)
Jack Wilson flied to deep center.(B. Clark)

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Top 8- Brewers batting against Ryan Vogelsong
J.J. Hardy flied to right. (M. Lawton)
Chris Magruder hit for Ben Sheets
Chris Magruder grounded to first. (D. Ward- R. Vogelsong)
Brady Clark flied to left field. (M. Lawton)

Notes:
- Final Line on Ben Sheets: 7 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 0 HR, 0 HBP. Bah.
- Vogelsong has retired every batter he has faced in 2 innings of work.

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Bottom 8- Pirates batting against Tommy Phelps
Tommy Phelps relieved Ben Sheets
Tike Redman flied out to center. (B. Clark)
Jason Bay singled to center.
Craig Wilson pinch hit for Daryle Ward
Craig Wilson grounds into a fielders choice to short. Jason Bay out at second. (J. Hardy- J. Spivey).
Ty Wigginton struck out. (First Strikeout for Tommy Phelps)

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Top 9- Brewers batting against Ryan Vogelsong
Junior Spivey strikes out. (First strike out by Ryan Vogelsong)
Lyle Overbay grounded to second. (F. Sanchez)
Carlos Lee doubled to deep left center.
Geoff Jenkins lined to center. (T. Redman)

Notes:
- Damn Carlos Lee for ruining Ryan's perfect game.

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Bottom 9- Pirates batting against Matt Wise
Bobby Hill hits for Ryan Vogelsong
Bobby Hill grounded to second. (J. Spivey- L. Overbay)
Benito Santiago popped to shortstop. (J.J. Hardy)
Freddy Sanchez flies out to left. (C. Lee).

End of game

Final Score- Milwaukee 9, Pittsburgh 2.

[Witlon]

Final Thoughts: Tough loss to start the year, Perez wasn't at his best today and it showed. Sadly, White blew the game wide open with some below average pitching, I wish the team would've just let him go, and I've said that all along. Sheets was lights out and Cirillo came out of nowhere with a good game. We'll get them back on Wednesday with Kip on the mound.

Pirates Player of the Game: Ryan Vogelsong 3 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Overall Player of the Game: Jeff Cirillo 2-3, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, BB