Official Pittsburgh Pirates @ St. Louis Cardinals Game Thread 4/4/2011

vs.

7:15 Central.

Pirates are 2-1. 2-1 on the road.
Cardinals are 1-2. 1-2 at home.

Charlie Morton (0-0) vs. Kyle Lohse (0-0)

Morton is a right hander. Last year he was 2-12. Pitched 79.2 innings. 112 hits, 79 runs. 15 home runs, 26 walks! 59 Strike outs and 7.57 ERA.

Lohse is a right hander. Last year he was 4-8. Pitched 92 innings. 129 hits and 75 runs. 9 home runs, 35 walks. 54 strike outs and an ERA of 6.55.

 

Cardinals outfielder Lance Berkman is five for six with three doubles and two homers in his only at-bats against Pittsburgh starter Charlie Morton, who goes tonight for the Pirates. ... Morton is 1-3 with a 7.77 ERA in five career appearances against the Cardinals. ... Pittsburgh native and second baseman Neil Walker hit a grand slam on opening day, joining Roberto Clemente as the only two Bucs to accomplish the feat. Walker had 54 RBIs after the All-Star break last season. ... Pirates center fielder Andrew McCutchen and Cardinals center fielder Colby Rasmus were both first-round picks in 2005, and this winter MLB Network rated McCutchen the best center fielder in the NL despite Rasmus leading all NL center fielders in slugging and on-base-percentage-plus-slugging (OPS). McCutchen had an .812 OPS as a center fielder; Rasmus' was .845.

 

Projected Pirates lineup

J. Tabata, LF .455
N. Walker, 2B .308
A. McCutchen, CF .286
L. Overbay, 1B .273
P. Alvarez, 3B .308
R. Doumit, C .143
G. Jones, RF .300
R. Cedeno, SS .200
C. Morton, P

 

Projected Cardinals Lineup

R. Theriot, SS .167
C. Rasmus, CF .333
A. Pujols, 1B .154
L. Berkman, RF .300
A. Craig, LF .200
D. Freese, 3B .222
Y. Molina, C .182
S. Schumaker, 2B .273
K. Lohse, P

 

Lohse looking to turn things around this year. Had a solid spring in exhibition. We really need him to have a good year with Wainwright out.

 

Nice play by Freese to rob Tabata of a hit. Threw him out sitting on the field!

 

Walker .308 1 hr 5 RBI's

strikes out looking.

 

McCutchen .286 1 HR 2 RBI's

Strike out looking

 

Lohse had 15 strike outs during spring training and NO WALKS.

 

Theriot .167 1 RBI

Grounds to short

 

Rasmus .300 grounds to short

 

Pujols .154 1 HR 1 RBI

Grounds to 3rd!

1 inning played 0-0

 

Lohse is 5-1 career vs. Pirates

Overbay .273 1 RBI Was with Toronto last season.

Flies to left center

 

Alvarez .308 4 RBI's

Strikes out!

 

Doumit .125 Strikes out!!

Lohse has struck out 4 already!

 

Berkman .300

Walks!

 

Craig .333 2 RBI

Base hit to right! Berkman runs to third. No one out

 

Freese .222 (2-9)

grounds to third, double play but the run scores

 

Molina .182 2 RBI's

grounds to first.

End of two innings 1-0 Cardinals

 

Jones 1 HR 1 RBI

Base hit to right