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Nady, Pirates look to keep Braves winless
Apr 2, 2008 - 1:11 PM Pittsburgh (1-0) at Atlanta (0-2) 7:10 pm EDTATLANTA (Ticker) - Xavier Nady and the Pittsburgh Pirates try to build off their Opening Day win on Wednesday when they visit the Atlanta Braves.
The 29-year-old Nady homered twice, including a three-run blast in the 12th inning, and drove in four runs to lead the Pirates to a 12-11 victory over the Braves in the opener of this three-game series Monday.
It was the ideal beginning to the season for Nady, who is looking to bounce back from a nagging left hamstring injury which limited him to just 125 games in 2007.
Despite missing 37 games, Nady established career-highs of 20 home runs and 72 RBI last season.
Nady also boasted a .290 batting average before a 7-for-40 slump over the final 10 games of the season dropped him to .278 for the entire campaign.
Pittsburgh ace Tom Gorzelanny makes his first start of 2007 on Wednesday. The 25-year-old lefthander was the only starter to post a winning record (14-10) for the club last season.
Righthander Jair Jurrjens, acquired from the Detroit Tigers in exchange for shortstop Edgar Renteria during the offseason, will make his Braves debut.
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FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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PITTSBURGH 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 7 1
ATLANTA 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 7 x 10 13 0 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: PIT - TOM GORZELANNY, JOHN GRABOW (7TH), TYLER YATES (7TH), DAMASO
MARTE (8TH), EVAN MEEK (8TH) AND RYAN DOUMIT
ATL - JAIR JURRJENS, JEFF BENNETT (6TH), MANNY ACOST
Apr 2 10:08 PM - NL
AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY YUNEL ESCOBAR (1) TO CENTER WITH 2
OUT IN THE 8TH OFF EVAN MEEK SCORED MARK KOTSAY AND MARTIN PRADO.
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 2, ATLANTA 10
DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: C JONES (.417, 2-FOR-2, BB, SF, 2 RBI)
Pirates 2, Braves 10 Bot 8, 0 OutsApr 2 10:00 PM - NL
AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY MARTIN PRADO SCORED BRIAN MCCANN.
SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, M PRADO ON FIRST, M KOTSAY ON THIRD, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 2
ATLANTA 7 BOTTOM, 8TH
DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: Y ESCOBAR (.400, 1-FOR-3, BB)
Pirates 2, Braves 7 Bot 8, 0 OutsApr 2 9:59 PM - NL
AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY MATT DIAZ SCORED JEFF FRANCOEUR.
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, M DIAZ ON FIRST, B MCCANN ON SECOND, 0 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 2
ATLANTA 6 BOTTOM, 8TH
DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: M KOTSAY (.200, 0-FOR-3)
Pirates 2, Braves 6 Bot 8, 0 OutsApr 2 9:50 PM - NL
AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY MARK TEIXEIRA (1) TO CENTER WITH 0 OUT
IN THE 8TH OFF DAMASO MARTE SCORED CHIPPER JONES.
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 2, ATLANTA 5
DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: J FRANCOEUR (.250, 1-FOR-3)
Pirates 2, Braves 5 Bot 8, 0 OutsApr 2 9:47 PM - NL
AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY XAVIER NADY SCORED FREDDY SANCHEZ AND JASON BAY.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, X NADY ON FIRST, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 2
ATLANTA 3 TOP, 6TH
DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: R DOUMIT (.444, 1-FOR-2)
Pirates 2, Braves 3 Top 6, 0 OutsApr 2 8:46 PM - NL
AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY MATT DIAZ (1) TO RIGHT WITH 2 OUT IN THE
4TH OFF TOM GORZELANNY.
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 0, ATLANTA 3
DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: M KOTSAY (.250, 0-FOR-1)
Pirates 0, Braves 3 Bot 4, 0 OutsApr 2 8:19 PM - NL
AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
SACRIFICE FLY BY CHIPPER JONES SCORED MARTIN PRADO.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, Y ESCOBAR ON FIRST, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 0
ATLANTA 2 BOTTOM, 3RD
DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: M TEIXEIRA (.091, 0-FOR-1)
Pirates 0, Braves 2 Bot 3, 0 OutsApr 2 8:02 PM - NL
AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY CHIPPER JONES SCORED MARTIN PRADO.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C JONES ON FIRST, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 0
ATLANTA 1 BOTTOM, 1ST
DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: M TEIXEIRA (.100, 0 HR, 0 RBI)
Pirates 0, Braves 1 Bot 1, 0 OutsApr 2 7:25 PM
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