Manatee Game 2011

The Pirates won 21-1. That is a relief. This game is interesting because usually the Pirates play people who are on the outside looking in. There will be no Andrew McCutchen in this game. It featured Steven Pearce, who hit two doubles, Garret Atkins, who hit a multi-run homer, and Brian Friday, who hit a homer. Corey Wimberly played as well. Wimberly played at second base. John Bowker played in this game as well, which despite his decent performance, is a bad sign for him.

Aaron Thomson pitched an 11 pitch perfect first inning if you believe in omens. Michael Crotta logged a perfect inning as well. I believe we will see him in the pen this year. Not out of Spring Training, but before all is said and done.

Others who played included Gorkys Hernandez who had three RBIs. D'Arnaud played, which was interesting. Maybe he will not be sent back to AA as everyone else seemed to be destined for AAA. He walked his first time up. I can't find more in-depth stats as this game is not "official". I did manage to find the recently hyped Tyler Yates. He gave up the Pirates only run.

An interesting note is that Pedro Ciraco did not play in this game. Perhaps a good sign for his future.

The Pirates have been racking up injuries so far in camp. It is becoming clear that Hart will not be ready for the start of the season. Ascino had some elbow tightness. Not a good sign. Scott Oleson also has taken a week off of throwing making it more and more likely that Charlie Morton will be allowed to sink the Pirates season just like he did last year.

Looking forward to real games get going.