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Operation Shutdown · 10-11-2003, 08:09 PM

Week 14
This week starts a new month for the Pirates, who are currently 40-40, in fourth place in the central just 6.5 games back of the Cardinals. This week they come home for a three game series against the Brewers who are 25-56 and whom the Pirates are 1-2 against this season. They then face the Cardinals who are currently 47-34 and whom the Pirates are 3-5 against.

June Wrapup
The Pirates were red hot this month with a record of 17-8 and are now 40-40. Maddux, 4-1 with a 3.94; Benson, 4-1 with a 3.63; Perez 3-0 with a 1.73 anchored the Pirates starting rotation this month. Nady continued his hot hands, hitting 0.316 with 5 HRs and 19 RBIs. House also had a pretty good month, hitting 0.308 with 2 HRs and 9 RBIs. Cota though, in limited play, hit 0.450 with 4 HRs and 10 RBIs coming mostly off the bench for those hits. Since the Pirates are close enough to the halfway point, I'm just gonna give a quick run down of the stats for all the players.

C JR House 0.275 9 HRs 39 RBIs
1B Craig Wilson 0.299 10 HRs 47 RBIs
2B Bobby Hill 0.267 6 HRs 35 RBIs 18 SB
3B Rob Mackowiak 0.246 11 HRs 49 RBIs 11 SB
SS Marshall McDougall 0.239 6 HRs 28 RBIs 3 SB
LF Xavier Nady 0.311 14 HRs 52 RBIs 1 SB
CF Mark Kotsay 0.286 7 HRs 41 RBIs 15 SB
RF JJ Davis 0.258 11 HRs 46 RBIs 6 SB
C Humberto Cota 0.258 4 HRs 14 RBIs
1B Carlos Rivera 0.214 2 HRs 9 RBIs
SS Jack Wilson 0.268 0 HRs 10 RBIs
3B Dean Palmer 0.202 1 HR 6 RBIs
CF Tony Alvarez 0.271 4 HRs 18 RBIs

SP Greg Maddux 4-5 5.08 ERA
SP Kris Benson 6-6 5.13 ERA
SP Oliver Perez 9-2 2.43 ERA
SP Josh Fogg 5-9 5.05 ERA
SP Dave Williams 4-6 4.29 ERA
SP Sidney Ponson 3-6 3.79 ERA
MR Joe Beimel 2-0 1 SV 4.05 ERA
MR Brian Boehringer 3-1 2 SV 2.97 ERA
MR Mark Corey 2-1 3.52 ERA
MR Scott Sauerbeck 0-0 9.97 ERA
MR Solomon Torres 1-1 1SV 6.60 ERA
MR Ryan Vogelsong 0-1 1SV 5.98 ERA
CL Jim Mann 0-5 14 SV 5.23 ERA

Around the league, Boston with a record of 51-31, leads the Blue Jays by 7 games. In the central, Minnesota is still leading the central with a record of 48-34, just 2.5 games above the Indians. The A's still have the best record in the majors at 51-30, and lead the west by 16 games over the Angels. In the NL, Montreal has surpassed Atlanta by a half a game, to lead the east with a record of 51-31. The Cardinals are currently the team atop the central division with a record of 47-34 and just one game above the Reds and two above the Cubs. In the west, the Padres have shot past the Rockies and Giants and now lead the division by 3.5 games over the Rockies, with a record of 46-36.

Never heard of before, Royals' pitcher Shawn Sedlacek won the AL POM award, going 2-0 with a 0.98 ERA. Padilla won his first POM award, going 5-0 with an ERA of 1.48 for the Phillies this month. White Sox RF Magglio Ordonez was red hot this month, hitting 0.385 with 11 HRs and collecting 21 RBIs to win the BOM award for the AL. In the NL, Pujols outperformed everyone, hitting 0.369 with 9 HRs and 21 RBIs to win the BOM award.

Game 81: Pirates 3 Brewers 1
Maddux continues with the hot arm, giving up just one run in eight innings of work. The score was tied 1-1 until the bottom of the sixth when the Pirates scored two more off of Franklin to take the lead. Franklin gave up a total of three runs in 6 2/3 innings, good enough for a quality start, but also picking up the loss. Mann pitched a scoreless ninth for his 15th save of the year.

Game 82: Pirates 4 Brewers 5
Benson went into the seventh inning with a 4-3 lead but gave up two runs in the inning to pick up the loss. Benson went a total of seven innings, giving up the five runs for his 7th loss of the season. Valdes lasted just six innings, but gave up just four runs for his 7th win. Vizcaino pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning for his 13th save of the year.

Game 83: Pirates 6 Brewers 2
Perez pitched another really good game, giving up just one run in seven innings, but was not able to pick up the win. Neugebauer was not able to pick up the win either, despite giving up just two hits and no runs in 6 1/3 innings. The Pirates were trailing 2-0 heading into the eighth, but managed to score 6 runs off of Foster, Leskanic and Vizcaino, including a grandslam by Dean Palmer off of Vizcaino with two outs that gave the Pirates the lead. Leskanic picked up the loss for the Brewers, and despite giving up one run in the inning that he worked, Sauerbeck got the win for the Pirates.

Series Recap: Well, the Pirates finally managed to win a series against the Brewers in two years worth of play, and evened up the season series at 3-3.

Game 84: Pirates 13 Cardinals 6
The Pirates destroyed the Cardinals pitching staff, scoring 5 runs in 2 1/3 innings off of Ankiel, and then scoring 8 more off of the Cardinals bullpen. Fogg did OK in this outing, giving up four runs in seven innings and picking up his 6th win. Mackowiak hit two homers, while Nady and House each had one.

Game 85: Pirates 0 Cardinals 8
Willaims seems to alternate between good and bad outings, and this was one of his bad one. He gave up all eight runs, seven of them earned, in 7 1/3 innings. Five of those runs came in the eighth innings, four of those coming from a grandslam by Eusebio. Rookie Dan Haren picked up his fifth win, giving up just three hits in six innings of work.

Game 86: Pirates 12 Cardinals 7
Maddux had his first poor outing for a long time with the Pirates, as he got smashed giving up all seven runs, six of which were earned, in 1+ innings. The runs came from homers by JD Drew, Miguel Tejada, and Jim Edmonds. The Pirates offense answered back, scoring six in the third inning, all of those runs were unearned, 2 in the sixth to take the lead, and four more in the seventh to add some insurance. Mackowiak hit two homers, while McDougall and Palmer each had one. The Pirates bullpen pitched eight scoreless innings, giving up just two hits and walking just two. Boehringer got the win for the Pirates, while Kline got the loss for the Cards.

Series Recap: This is a season of firsts for the Pirates, as this is also the first time the Pirates won a series against the Cardinals in two years.

Around the league, on Sunday Blue Jays' Dominic Rich hit for the cycle against the Orioles.

10-11-2003, 08:09 PM	#15
Operation Shutdown All Star Reserve Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Pittsburgh PA Posts: 912	Week 14 This week starts a new month for the Pirates, who are currently 40-40, in fourth place in the central just 6.5 games back of the Cardinals. This week they come home for a three game series against the Brewers who are 25-56 and whom the Pirates are 1-2 against this season. They then face the Cardinals who are currently 47-34 and whom the Pirates are 3-5 against. June Wrapup The Pirates were red hot this month with a record of 17-8 and are now 40-40. Maddux, 4-1 with a 3.94; Benson, 4-1 with a 3.63; Perez 3-0 with a 1.73 anchored the Pirates starting rotation this month. Nady continued his hot hands, hitting 0.316 with 5 HRs and 19 RBIs. House also had a pretty good month, hitting 0.308 with 2 HRs and 9 RBIs. Cota though, in limited play, hit 0.450 with 4 HRs and 10 RBIs coming mostly off the bench for those hits. Since the Pirates are close enough to the halfway point, I'm just gonna give a quick run down of the stats for all the players. C JR House 0.275 9 HRs 39 RBIs 1B Craig Wilson 0.299 10 HRs 47 RBIs 2B Bobby Hill 0.267 6 HRs 35 RBIs 18 SB 3B Rob Mackowiak 0.246 11 HRs 49 RBIs 11 SB SS Marshall McDougall 0.239 6 HRs 28 RBIs 3 SB LF Xavier Nady 0.311 14 HRs 52 RBIs 1 SB CF Mark Kotsay 0.286 7 HRs 41 RBIs 15 SB RF JJ Davis 0.258 11 HRs 46 RBIs 6 SB C Humberto Cota 0.258 4 HRs 14 RBIs 1B Carlos Rivera 0.214 2 HRs 9 RBIs SS Jack Wilson 0.268 0 HRs 10 RBIs 3B Dean Palmer 0.202 1 HR 6 RBIs CF Tony Alvarez 0.271 4 HRs 18 RBIs SP Greg Maddux 4-5 5.08 ERA SP Kris Benson 6-6 5.13 ERA SP Oliver Perez 9-2 2.43 ERA SP Josh Fogg 5-9 5.05 ERA SP Dave Williams 4-6 4.29 ERA SP Sidney Ponson 3-6 3.79 ERA MR Joe Beimel 2-0 1 SV 4.05 ERA MR Brian Boehringer 3-1 2 SV 2.97 ERA MR Mark Corey 2-1 3.52 ERA MR Scott Sauerbeck 0-0 9.97 ERA MR Solomon Torres 1-1 1SV 6.60 ERA MR Ryan Vogelsong 0-1 1SV 5.98 ERA CL Jim Mann 0-5 14 SV 5.23 ERA Around the league, Boston with a record of 51-31, leads the Blue Jays by 7 games. In the central, Minnesota is still leading the central with a record of 48-34, just 2.5 games above the Indians. The A's still have the best record in the majors at 51-30, and lead the west by 16 games over the Angels. In the NL, Montreal has surpassed Atlanta by a half a game, to lead the east with a record of 51-31. The Cardinals are currently the team atop the central division with a record of 47-34 and just one game above the Reds and two above the Cubs. In the west, the Padres have shot past the Rockies and Giants and now lead the division by 3.5 games over the Rockies, with a record of 46-36. Never heard of before, Royals' pitcher Shawn Sedlacek won the AL POM award, going 2-0 with a 0.98 ERA. Padilla won his first POM award, going 5-0 with an ERA of 1.48 for the Phillies this month. White Sox RF Magglio Ordonez was red hot this month, hitting 0.385 with 11 HRs and collecting 21 RBIs to win the BOM award for the AL. In the NL, Pujols outperformed everyone, hitting 0.369 with 9 HRs and 21 RBIs to win the BOM award. Game 81: Pirates 3 Brewers 1 Maddux continues with the hot arm, giving up just one run in eight innings of work. The score was tied 1-1 until the bottom of the sixth when the Pirates scored two more off of Franklin to take the lead. Franklin gave up a total of three runs in 6 2/3 innings, good enough for a quality start, but also picking up the loss. Mann pitched a scoreless ninth for his 15th save of the year. Game 82: Pirates 4 Brewers 5 Benson went into the seventh inning with a 4-3 lead but gave up two runs in the inning to pick up the loss. Benson went a total of seven innings, giving up the five runs for his 7th loss of the season. Valdes lasted just six innings, but gave up just four runs for his 7th win. Vizcaino pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning for his 13th save of the year. Game 83: Pirates 6 Brewers 2 Perez pitched another really good game, giving up just one run in seven innings, but was not able to pick up the win. Neugebauer was not able to pick up the win either, despite giving up just two hits and no runs in 6 1/3 innings. The Pirates were trailing 2-0 heading into the eighth, but managed to score 6 runs off of Foster, Leskanic and Vizcaino, including a grandslam by Dean Palmer off of Vizcaino with two outs that gave the Pirates the lead. Leskanic picked up the loss for the Brewers, and despite giving up one run in the inning that he worked, Sauerbeck got the win for the Pirates. Series Recap: Well, the Pirates finally managed to win a series against the Brewers in two years worth of play, and evened up the season series at 3-3. Game 84: Pirates 13 Cardinals 6 The Pirates destroyed the Cardinals pitching staff, scoring 5 runs in 2 1/3 innings off of Ankiel, and then scoring 8 more off of the Cardinals bullpen. Fogg did OK in this outing, giving up four runs in seven innings and picking up his 6th win. Mackowiak hit two homers, while Nady and House each had one. Game 85: Pirates 0 Cardinals 8 Willaims seems to alternate between good and bad outings, and this was one of his bad one. He gave up all eight runs, seven of them earned, in 7 1/3 innings. Five of those runs came in the eighth innings, four of those coming from a grandslam by Eusebio. Rookie Dan Haren picked up his fifth win, giving up just three hits in six innings of work. Game 86: Pirates 12 Cardinals 7 Maddux had his first poor outing for a long time with the Pirates, as he got smashed giving up all seven runs, six of which were earned, in 1+ innings. The runs came from homers by JD Drew, Miguel Tejada, and Jim Edmonds. The Pirates offense answered back, scoring six in the third inning, all of those runs were unearned, 2 in the sixth to take the lead, and four more in the seventh to add some insurance. Mackowiak hit two homers, while McDougall and Palmer each had one. The Pirates bullpen pitched eight scoreless innings, giving up just two hits and walking just two. Boehringer got the win for the Pirates, while Kline got the loss for the Cards. Series Recap: This is a season of firsts for the Pirates, as this is also the first time the Pirates won a series against the Cardinals in two years. Around the league, on Sunday Blue Jays' Dominic Rich hit for the cycle against the Orioles. __________________ "And Shepherds we shall be, For thee, my Lord, for thee. Power hath descended forth from Thy hand, Our feet may swiftly carry out Thy commands. So we shall flow a river forth to Thee, And teeming with souls shall it ever be. In Nomeni Patri Et Fili Spiritus Sancti."