But I don't wanna be a Pirate! - Pittsburgh Dynasty

[jetsfan287]

Some of those heckles were really uncalled for: "Avast ye matey" - what the heck does that mean? "20 degrees off the starboard side - the Spanish Galleon!" -there's no comeback for that!

Why the Pirates?
I felt like doing a dynasty with a small market team, and for some reason I like the Pirates, so it was a pretty easy choice.

I'm gonna be playing on Manager with 9.40 and default rosters, with default settings, except Injury Frequency at -50% (Injuries are just annoying and piss me off)

So, heres my dynasty, full of sub-par writing and TV/Movie quotes

The Roster
You shouldn't be allowed to touch a baseball. Except for Rodriguez, you're all an insult to the game.

Yeah that pretty much sums it up, except replace "Rodriguez" with "Bay". Let's take a look around. Except for Sean Casey, the entire infield is either inexperienced or inconsisten. Also, I have 4 corner outfielders and no Center fielders. The only proven starter is Kip Wells (5.09 ERA last year!) and I have no idea what to expect from Zach Duke or Oliver Perez, and the two rookies filling out the rotation. Plus, only good can come from the fact that Jeromy Burnitz is going to get regular playing time.

Releases
I've never heard of half of these guys and the ones I do know are way past their prime.
Most of these guys never had a prime.

I started with trimming some of the fat. I released 2B Jeff Reboulet, RP Albie Lopez, RP Kirk Bullinger, RF Orlando Merced, and 1B Jose Hernandez

Trades
One of the first things I noticed was Joe Randa taking up both a roster spot and millions of dollars, so I decide to get rid of him. I head on over to the Trading Block where I get no offers. I guess for some strange reason, other teams don't want a 36 year old Third baseman with one year left on his $4,000,000 contract. What is wrong with everybody? So I throw in a prospect and get offered a prospect in return.

Yankees Get: 3B Joe Randa and 2B J.J. Furmaniak
Pirates Get: CF Kevin Thompson

Thompson probably wont make the lineup, since hes 26 years old and has an 80 peak, but he does have a sexy 89 speed

Lineup and Rotation in next post

[jetsfan287]

Lineup
1. 3B Freddy Sanchez
2. SS Jack Wilson
3. LF Jason Bay
4. 1B Sean Casey
5. CF Jody Gerut
6. RF Jeromy Burnitz
7. C Ryan Doumit
8. 2B Jose Castillo
9. Pitcher

Bench
C Humberto Cota
1B Craig Wilson
3B Yurendell DeCaster
SS Cesar Crespo
CF Rajai Davis
CF Chris Duffy

Rotation
1. Kip Wells
2. Zach Duke
3. Oliver Perez
4. Paul Maholm
5. Cory Stewart

Bullpen
Closer - Mike Gonzalez
Setup - Damaso Marte
Short - Scott Strickland
Short - Salomon Torres
Middle - Victor Santos
Long - Matt Peterson

I'll start the season either today or tommorow

[ChrisJNelson]

Seinfeld quote, w00t!

[jetsfan287]

April 5-6 Cincinnati Reds (0-0) at Pittsburgh Pirates (0-0)

April 5 Jason Bay starts off the season 3 for 4 with 2 RBI. Jeromy Burnitz tries his best not to get traded or released going 2 for 3 with 2 RBI and a stolen base. Kip Wells gives up 5 runs in 6.1 IP. Pittsburgh 8, Cincinnati 7
April 6 Rookie catcher Ryan Doumit gets 3 RBI on 3 hits. Zach Duke goes 7 innings getting 7 strike outs and giving up 1 run. Mike Gonzalez gets his second save. Pittsburgh 4, Cincinnati 1

April 8-10 Chicago Cubs (0-3) at Pittsburgh Pirates (2-0)

April 8 Scott Strickland blows Oliver Perez's gem (8 innings, 1 run) by giving up a ninth inning homer to Derrek Lee, giving the Cubs a one run lead. Ryan Doumit gets 2 more hits. Chicago 2, Pittsburgh 1
April 9 Rookie pitcher Paul Maholm allows 7 hits and 3 runs in his 4 inning debut. Salomon Torres gives up 3 runs in his first inning of the season, and is consequently put on the trade block. Chicago 6, Pittsburgh 3
April 10 Kip Wells totally redeems himself with 8 shutout innings paving the way for Mike Gonzalez's 3rd save of the season to avoid the sweep. Burnitz goes 2 for 4 with an RBI double. Pittsburgh 2, Chicago 0

League News
DET trades 2B Placido Polanco, RF Magglio Ordonez for CHC SS Neifi Perez, C Geovany Soto
(What was Detroit thinking?)

April 11-14 Pittsburgh Pirates (3-2) at Washington Nationals (3-3)

April 11 Zach Duke went scoreless through 8 innings before giving up 2 singles and a homer to Nick Johnson in the bottom of the ninth. Sean Casey hits 2 doubles in 3 at-bats. Washington 3, Pittsburgh 2
April 13 Freddy Sanchez hits two doubles in Oliver Perez's first win of the season. Perez strikes out 8 in 5.2 innings. 6 of the 7 Pirates hits went for extra bases. Pittsburgh 4, Washington 2
April 14 Jeromy Burnitz hits a grand slam in the 8th to give Pittsburgh the lead. Maybe I won't get rid of him after all. Jack Wilson also homers in Pat Maholm's quality start. Pittsburgh 6, Washington 2

April 15-17 Pittsburgh Pirates (5-3) at Chicago Cubs (3-5)

April 15 Jose Castillo's home run and Jody Gerut's 3 RBI aren't enough to cover pitching performances by Kip Wells (5.1 IP, 4 R) and Salomon Torres (1 IP, 4 R). Torres has now given up 7 runs in 2 innings with opponents batting .571 against him. Chicago 8, Pittsburgh 5

TRADE
PIT RP Salomon Torres, 2B Jose Castillo, 2B Victor Mercedes for CHW 2B Tadahito Iguchi, $1 Million
(I like Iguchi and the cash covers his contract)

April 16 Tadahito Iguchi makes his Pirates debut, going 0 for 5. Burnitz gets his second home run, but is batting .222 with a .744 OPS. Ryan Doumit gets 3 hits and Mike Gonzalez gets his 5th save. Pittsburgh 3, Chicago 2
April 17 Iguchi gets hits first hits in Pittsburgh (2 for 3) and Chris Stewart gives up 3 runs in 6.2 innings in his major league debut. Chicago 3, Pittsburgh 2

April 18-19 New York Mets (9-3) at Pittsburgh Pirates (6-5)

April 18 Oliver Perez improves to 2-0 allowing 3 hits and 2 runs in 6 innings. Iguchi went 3 for 5 and was a triple away from the cycle. Mike Gonzalez got his 6th save, tied for the league lead. Pittsburgh 6, New York 3
April 19 Victor Diaz of the Mets hits two homers to pick up 6 RBI. A bad outing by the bullpen didn't help the cause, with Scott Strickland and Damaso Marte combining for 1.2 IP and 7 runs. New York 11, Pittsburgh 3

April 20-21 Houston Astros (6-7) at Pittsburgh Pirates (7-6)

April 20 Roy Oswalt (8.1 IP, 1 R) out-pitched Kip Wells (7.2, 2 R) in this pitchers duel. Ryan Doumit went 3 for 4 with 2 doubles. Sean Casey and Freddy Sanchez also hit doubles. Houston 2, Pittsburgh 1
April 21 Zach Duke's record drops to 0-2 despite a 3.25 ERA. Houston shut down the Pirates offense again, this time at the hands of Andy Pettitte, who gave up 1 run in 8 innings. Houston 5, Pittsburgh 1

April 22-24 Pittsburgh Pirates (7-8) at Cincinnati Reds (7-7)

April 22 In Cory Stewart's second start, he showed that he deserves more than 2 starts. Stewart went 8 shutout innings and Mike Gonzalez got his 7th save. Pittsburgh 2, Cincinnati 0
April 23 Sean Casey and Freddy Sanchez both hit their first home runs, which led to me noticing that Jason Bay hasn't hit a dinger yet. Very disturbing. Oliver Perez gave up 1 run in 6 innings. Pittsburgh 5, Cincinnati 3
April 24 Pittsburgh completes their first 3 game sweep of the season on the wings of an amazing team pitching performance. The Reds compiled only 2 hits, although one was a home run by Austin Kearns. Pittsburgh 4, Cincinnati 1

April 25-27 Pittsburgh Pirates (10-8) at Milwaukee Brewers (9-10)

April 25 Jason Bay goes 3 for 3 with two doubles, but I'm still waiting for that first homer. Jeromy Burnitz and Freddy Sanchez both go yard. Pittsburgh 6, Milwaukee 3
April 26 Milwaukee pitcher Doug Davis pitched a 1-run complete game, giving up only 4 hits against the Pirates. Scott Strickland blew the 1-1 tie in the bottom of the 8th, giving up 4 runs. Milwaukee 5, Pittsburgh 1
April 27 Well, it took 21 games, but Jason Bay finally hit his first home run of the season. That's right, he's on pace for 8 homers this season. And he's the best hitter on the team. Milwaukee 5, Pittsburgh 3

April 29-May 1 St. Louis Cardinals (13-9) at Pittsburgh Pirates (11-10)

April 29 The Cards tore apart my pitching, getting 7 runs in 3.1 innings off Oliver Perez, then 6 runs in 4.1 innings off Bobby Bradley. Jason Bay went 3 for 5. St. Louis 13, Pittsburgh 3
April 30 Jim Edmonds went 4 for 4 with a home run and Chris Carpenter picked up a complete game shutout. St. Louis 5, Pittsburgh 0
May 1 Jack Wilson went 3 for 4, which raises his batting average to...221. This team has serious scoring problems, but the pitching is pretty good. Pittsburgh 5, St. Louis 1

Team Record: 12-12

Well, we finished the first month at .500, which is better than expected I guess. As I said, this team is pretty bad offensively, scoring 3.33 runs a game, good for 2nd worst in the NL.

Hot Players
Jason Bay .365/.455/.506 - 8th in AVG, 7th in OBP
Jody Gerut .338/.414/.468
Zach Duke 2.53 ERA 42.2 IP
Mike Gonzalez 0.00 ERA, 10 Saves - 2nd in Saves

Cold Players
Tadahito Iguchi .188/.246/.313 since joining the team
Jeromy Burnitz .207/.240/.380
Scott Strickland 7.04 ERA 15.1 IP
Damaso Marte 7.15 11.1 IP

On the Block
Jack Wilson
Sean Casey
Jeromy Burnitz

[jetsfan287]

May 2-4 Milwaukee Brewers (13-12) at Pittsburgh Pirates (12-12)

May 2 Brewers closer Derrick Turnbow blew his team's 4-3 lead in the bottom of the ninth. Tadahito Iguchi got the game winning 2 RBI single as part of his 3 for 5 night. Damaso Marte got the win, making him 4-0 and the team leader in wins. Oh, and he has a 7.30 ERA. Pittsburgh 6, Milwaukee 4
May 3 Ryan Doumit has been a pleasant suprise so far, batting .308 on the season, including this 2 double, 1 home run, 4 RBI game. Oliver Perez strikes out 11 in 7 innings of work. Pittsburgh 8, Milwaukee 3
May 4 Pittsburgh got 5 runs on only 4 hits and 3 home runs. Sean Casey, Jack Wilson, and Craig Wilson each went deep. Kip Wells got his fourth win with 8 innings of one run ball. Pittsburgh 5, Milwaukee 1

TRADE
PIT 1B Sean Casey and 3B Jose Bautista for ARZ 1B Conor Jackson
Comments: I'd been looking for a replacement for Casey for a while. He's not a bad player, but he definately doesn't produce enough (.273/.301/.384) to be worth $8.5 million per year. Plus, Conor Jackson is a really good prospect. Craig Wilson will play 1B and Jackson will be sent to AAA, until I can get rid of Jeromy Burnitz.

May 5-8 Pittsburgh Pirates (15-12) at New York Mets (19-8)

May 5 3-RBI performances by Jeromy Burnitz and Ryan Doumit were not enough to top the Mets offense, led by David Wright. Wright was 3 for 5 and was a double away from the cycle. New York 10, Pittsburgh 8
May 6 Zach Duke's ERA dropped to 2.31 with 8 innings and 1 run allowed. Iguchi, Jody Gerut, Craig Wilson, and Freddy Sanchez all had multiple hit games. Pittsburgh 6, New York 1
May 7 Pittsburgh was held to 3 hits on Pedro Martinez, who went 8.1 innings. Carlos Beltran hit 2 home runs, one off of Paul Maholm and one off on Scott Strickland. Jeromy Burnitz hit a homer. New York 8, Pittsburgh 2
May 8 Jason Bay is in a bit of a slump. He is 3 for 32 in May and his batting average has gone from .365 to .289 in that run. Also, he still only has 1 home run, making him on pace for 5 this season. Oh yeah, the game...Pirates only get 2 runs off 13 hits. New York 3, Pittsburgh 2

May 9-11 Pittsburgh Pirates (16-15) at Florida Marlins (12-18)

May 9 Paul Maholm gets rocked (2.1 IP, 6 R) and Ismael Valdez pitches a gem (8 IP, 1 R). Reggie Abercrombie and Rob Mackowiak both have 3 hit games for Florida. Florida 8, Pittsburgh 2
May 10 Craig Wilson has a 3 for 4 game with a double and a home run. Kip Wells gives up 3 runs including a homer to Brad Fullmer, which causes me to see that Brad Fullmer is now leading the league in home runs with 13. Brad Fullmer. Brad Fullmer has 12 more than Jason Bay. I just can't let go of this. Florida 5, Pittsburgh 2
May 11 Long reliever Matt Peterson nearly blows a 6 run lead in the bottom of the 8th, giving up 5 runs, including a grand slam to Miguel Cabrera. Pittsburgh 8, Florida 7

Team Record: 17-17

TRADE
PIT RF Jeromy Burnitz and SS Travis Dawkins for BOS SP Clay Buchholz
Comments: I think I got a pretty good deal. Burnitz was definately not worth $6.7 million with his production (.228/.269/.455). He was leading the team in home runs, though. Oh well. Buchholz is 18 years old with an 87 Peak, which is better than I was hoping I could get.

Craig Wilson will be moving to Right Field, and Conor Jackson will take the starting First Baseman job, after tearing up AAA in 7 games (.417/.548/.583). So those two trades clear up a lot of budget space (Combined they made up over 25% of the payroll), and made way for possibly better players. Now the only other player I'm possibly looking to trade away is Jack Wilson, but I'll give him some more time.

[jetsfan287]

May 12-15 San Fransisco Giants (15-18) at Pittsburgh Pirates (17-17)

May 12 Middle Reliever Matt Peterson gave up 7 runs in 3 innings to raise his ERA to 10.66 on the season. Peterson let 11 San Fransisco batters on base and gave up a home run to Moises Alou in the eigth. Craig Wilson hit his 5th homer of the season and Conor Jackson went 2 for 3 with a walk in his debut. San Fransisco 12, Pittsburgh 4
May 13 Oliver Perez only gave up one unearned run in 7 innings which led the way to the 12th save of Mike Gonzalez's season. Ryan Doumit and Freddy Sanchez both had RBI doubles. Pittsburgh 3, San Fransisco 2
May 14 Pittsburgh got 13 hits in the 10 inning game, including 4 players with multiple hits. Conor Jackson hit a double and a triple and Ryan Doumit went 3 for 5. San Fransisco 6, Pittsburgh 5
May 15 Closer Mike Gonzalez gave up his first run of the season in the top of 10th inning, making his ERA 0.47. San Fransisco takes 3 games of the 4 game series that included three 1-run games. San Fransisco 3, Pittsburgh 2

May 17-19 Colorado Rockies (16-23) at Pittsburgh Pirates (18-20)

May 17 Todd Helton went 3 for 5 with a home run off Zach Duke, who gave up 10 hits in 5 innings. Jason Jennings only lasted 2.2 innings and allowed 5 runs, but his bullpen saved him, however, giving up 0 runs in 6.1 innings of relief. Colorado 7, Pittsburgh 6
May 18 Conor Jackson is batting .429 as a Pirate in 6 games. Oliver Perez struck out 12 batters in 6.2 innings and only allowed 2 hits. Pittsburgh 3, Colorado 2
May 19 In the longest game for Pittsburgh so far this season, Mike Gonzalez blew his first save and Jack Wilson went 3 for 6 through 14 innings. The Rockies bullpen came through again, going 8 scoreless innings and giving up 1 hit. Colorado 4, Pittsburgh 3

May 20-22 Pittsburgh Pirates (19-22) at Oakland Athletics (26-15)

May 20
Just when I thought you couldn't get any dumber, you go and do something like this... and totally redeem yourself!
Finally Jason Bay has a game that shows he really is my best player. Bay had 2 homers (He's now on pace for 12!) and a single that gave Pittsburgh the lead in the top of 10th of their first interleague game of the season. Pittsburgh 5, Oakland 4
May 21 This time it was Craig Wilson with 2 home runs in this 13 run Pittsburgh game. Kip Wells gave up 2 runs on 2 Bobby Kielty solo homers in 7 innings. Pittsburgh 13, Oakland 2
May 22 Jody Gerut had 3 RBI and Zach Duke lasted 7 innings, giving up 2 runs. Pittsburgh completed the sweep of 2nd best AL team to get back to a .500 record. Mike Gonzalez got his 14th save. Pittsburgh 5, Oakland 2

Team Record: 22-22

On May 13, Carl Pavano pitched a perfect game for the Yankees against the Angels. Dave Roberts has the highest batting average, Brad Fullmer is tied for the most home runs, Carl Pavano is pitching perfect games. Something is seriously wrong with this league.

[jetsfan287]

May 23-25 Pittsburgh Pirates (22-22) at St. Louis Cardinals (24-18)

May 23 Jason Bay had 3 RBI and hit another home run, giving him 4 on the season. Oliver Perez improved his record to 6-2 with a great pitching performance (8 IP, 1 R, 7 K). Pittsburgh 5, St. Louis 1
May 24 In this 18 inning game, St. Louis won it on a walkoff home run by David Eckstein. The home run was given up by starter Kip Wells, who was being used in relief. Tadahito Iguchi, Conor Jackson, and Freddy Sanchez each had 3 hits. St. Louis 8, Pittsburgh 6
May 25 Rookie pitcher Tom Gorzelanny, filling in for injured 5th starter Cory Stewart gave up only 1 run in 7 innings. Ryan Doumit homered to lead off the 9th inning, giving the Pirates the one run lead. Pittsburgh 2, St. Louis 1

May 27-29 Pittsburgh Pirates (24-23) at Houston Astros (22-24)

May 27 Jody Gerut had two doubles in his 3 for 5 game, and Iguchi also contributed 3 hits, but Pittsburgh still did not give enough run support after Zach Duke's 4.2 inning, 4 run start. Houston 4, Pittsburgh 3
Note: Oliver Perez is hurt for 11 days. Bobby Bradley will take his spot in the rotation until he returns.
May 28 Kip Wells came back from his loss on the 24th with a 7.2 IP, 2 R performance. Freddy Sanchez had a double and a triple. Pittsburgh 3, Houston 2
May 29 Tadahito Iguchi had a 5 for 5 game in this 10 inning offensive battle. Conor Jackson had 3 RBI and a double. Mike Gonzalez got the win in 2 innings of relief. Pittsburgh 10, Houston 8

May 30-June 1 Chicago Cubs (30-20) at Pittsburgh Pirates (26-24)

May 30 Pittsburgh plays in yet another extra inning game, this time 15 innings. Pat Maholm gave up 1 run in 6 innings, but Scott Strickland let up 3 runs in the next inning, which led to extras. Ryan Doumit got a walk-off walk in the bottom of the 15th. Pittsburgh 5, Chicago 4
May 31 Tom Gorzellany got the loss in his second start despite only giving up 3 runs. Mark Prior and Kerry Wood combined to strike out 11 Pirates batters. Chicago 6, Pittsburgh 3
June 1 Once again, a Pittsburgh game goes to extra innings. The starters for both teams gave up no runs. Conor Jackson got the game winning RBI single in the bottom of the 14th. Pittsburgh 2, Chicago 1

Team Record: 28-25
May Record: 16-13

AL East: Boston (31-23)
AL Central: Chicago (29-23)
AL West: Los Angeles (36-16)
AL Wild Card: Oakland (31-21)
NL East: New York (34-18)
NL Central: Chicago (31-22)
Pittsburgh (28-25) 3.0 GB
NL West: Los Angeles (31-21)
NL Wild Card: St. Louis (30-22)

[jetsfan287]

Batting Stats through May


2006 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP
Iguchi, Tadahito PIT 51 .296 223 66 18 2 5 23 35 5 2 38 16 .462 .367
Doumit, Ryan PIT 53 .263 217 57 16 2 4 16 39 2 1 14 30 .410 .316
Wilson, Jack PIT 53 .250 208 52 11 3 4 16 15 2 1 25 15 .389 .310
Sanchez, Freddy PIT 53 .217 207 45 11 1 2 12 18 0 1 16 20 .309 .270
Bay, Jason PIT 53 .287 202 58 16 0 4 33 53 6 2 34 25 .426 .403
Gerut, Jody PIT 52 .302 192 58 22 1 0 17 18 2 0 25 21 .427 .358
Wilson, Craig PIT 52 .259 135 35 6 1 7 19 41 2 0 24 21 .474 .351
Jackson, Conor PIT 16 .333 69 23 5 1 0 7 10 1 0 8 13 .435 .390
Duffy, Chris PIT 34 .260 50 13 3 1 0 2 9 0 1 2 4 .360 .283
Eldred, Brad PIT 19 .231 26 6 1 0 0 4 5 0 0 5 1 .269 .333
Stansberry, Craig PIT 12 .118 17 2 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 1 .176 .167
Cortes, Jorge PIT 13 .417 12 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 .500 .462
Davis, Rajai PIT 12 .300 10 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .300


Pitching Stats through May

2006 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9
Duke, Zach PIT 82.1 2.84 12 12 4 3 0 47 14 8.31
Wells, Kip PIT 78.0 3.35 12 11 5 5 0 50 26 11.77
Perez, Oliver PIT 65.1 3.03 10 10 6 2 0 63 35 11.02
Maholm, Paul PIT 59.0 5.19 11 11 1 4 0 40 14 11.90
Gonzalez, Mike PIT 33.0 0.55 29 0 1 1 16 40 11 7.64
Strickland, Scott PIT 30.1 7.42 28 0 3 2 0 31 24 17.51
Stewart, Cory PIT 27.0 5.67 5 5 1 4 0 17 14 17.00
Bradley, Bobby PIT 24.2 4.74 8 1 1 1 0 19 12 13.86
Santos, Victor PIT 24.0 0.00 17 0 0 0 0 18 3 4.88
Marte, Damaso PIT 23.2 6.08 22 0 5 1 0 23 19 14.83
Gorzelanny, Tom PIT 18.0 3.50 3 3 0 1 0 11 4 11.50
Peterson, Matt PIT 12.2 10.66 8 0 0 0 0 4 8 18.47
Crudale, Mike PIT 10.1 0.00 7 0 0 1 0 2 7 12.19
Grabow, John PIT 4.2 5.79 2 0 1 0 0 4 1 9.64



Leaders
Jody Gerut - 1st in Doubles
Tadahito Iguchi - 6th in At Bats, Hits
Zach Duke - 5th in Innings Pitched
Mike Gonzalez - 3rd in Saves
Oliver Perez - 10th in Strikeouts

[jetsfan287]

June 3-5 Cincinnati Reds (27-26) at Pittsburgh Pirates (28-25)

June 3 Richie Gardner and the Reds held the Pirates to 2 runs on 9 hits. Kip Wells' record goes to 5-6 despite his above average 3.43 ERA. Cincinnati 4, Pittsburgh 2
Note: Paul Maholm severed a knee ligament and will be out 7 months
June 4 Bill Bradley only allowed 7 baserunners and 2 unearned runs in 6 innings, but Mike Crudale and Victor Santos combined to give up 3 runs in 4 innings of relief. Santos got the loss after the 14 inning game. Cincinnati 5, Pittsburgh 3
Note: Jody Gerut is out 2 weeks with a finger stress fracture.
June 5 Down 4 to 1 headed into the bottom of the ninth, Pittsburgh put up a fight and ended up winning on a bases loaded pinch hit triple by Humberto Cota. Tadahito Iguchi hit a solo homer in the 1st. Pittsburgh 5, Cincinnati 4

June 7-9 Pittsburgh Pirates (29-27) at Washington Nationals (20-37)

June 7 Craig Wilson and Tadahito Iguchi each hit a homer, and center fielder Chris Duffy, filling in for Jody Gerut, went 3 for 4 with 3 runs. Ryan Church homered twice. Pittsburgh 5, Washington 4
June 8 Pittsburgh had 8 runs on 12 hits, 8 of which were extra base hits. Jack Wilson had 2 doubles and 3 RBI on his 3 for 5 night. Kip Wells got his 6th win, giving up 4 runs in 5 innings. Pittsburgh 8, Washington 4
June 9 Nationals rookie pitcher Wilton Chavez pitched a 6 hit shutout to avoid the sweep and Zach Duke got his fourth loss of the season. Washington 3, Pittsburgh 0

June 10-12 Tampa Bay Devil Rays (25-35) at Pittsburgh Pirates (31-28)

June 10 The Pirates scored 7 runs on 7 hits in Oliver Perez's first start back from being injured, including a 4-run bottom of the 8th which gave them a 3 run lead. Freddy Sanchez had 2 RBI and a home run. Pittsburgh 7, Tampa Bay 4
June 11 Pittsburgh held the D-Rays to only 6 hits, but still gave up 3 runs. Ryan Doumit, Chris Duffy, and Tadahito Iguchi all homered and Brad Eldred had 2 RBI on 2 hits. Pittsburgh 5, Tampa Bay 3
June 12 Tampa ace Scott Kazmir struck out 8 batters in 6.2 innings and gave up 1 run. Pittsburgh had 6 hits, including Freddy Sanchez's 3 for 4 game. Tampa Bay 5, Pittsburgh 1

Team Record: 33-29

[Sanji Watsuki]

I'd just like to mention that in one game I got Zach Duke to get 480-490 wins. I'll have to check it later. Mostly it was due to a bug that made people... not become old.

[jetsfan287]

June 13-15 Pittsburgh Pirates (33-29) at Toronto Blue Jays (32-30)

June 13 Kip Wells only lasted 2 innings and gave up 7 runs, leading to a Pittsburgh loss. Chris Duffy had 3 doubles, and Jason Bay and Tadahito Iguchi each had a double and a homer. Toronto 10, Pittsburgh 7
June 14 Iguchi went 3 for 5 with 2 RBI and DH Brad Eldred went 3 for 4 with 3 RBI as Zach Duke helped shutout the Blue Jays. Toronto starter Seung Song gave up 5 runs, but none of them were earned. Pittsburgh 8, Toronto 0
June 15 Jason Bay and Brad Eldred each had 3 hits, a double, and an RBI. Eldred is 13 for his last 23 and has 10 hits in 6 interleague games. Victor Santos went 5 innings in relief to get the win. Pittsburgh 5, Toronto 4

June 17-19 Pittsburgh Pirates (35-30) at Kansas City Royals (27-37)

June 17 Tadahito Iguchi was 3 for 5 with 2 RBI and was a home run away from hitting for the cycle. Conor Jackson was also 3 for 5 with 2 RBI. Bobby Bradley gave up 4 runs in 5 innings. Kansas City 7, Pittsburgh 5
June 18 Jorge Cortes hit a home run and Conor Jackson was 2 for 3 with a double. Tom Gorzelanny went 5.1 innings and gave up 5 runs, but still got the win. Pittsburgh 6, Kansas City 5
June 19 Brad Eldred continues his hot streak with a home run and 2 RBI. Jody Gerut went 0 for 5 in his return from the DL, and Craig Wilson went 2 for 2 in his. Jason Bay hit his 6th home run. Kansas City 7, Pittsburgh 4

TRADE
PIT RP Roberto Hernandez, RP Ryan Vogelsong for ATL SP Jake Stevens
Comments: Both Hernandez and Vogelsong were just wasting away in AAA. Plus, Hernandez was making over $2 million and is 41 years old, so I really had no use for him.

PIT SS Jack Wilson for MIL SS JJ Hardy
Comments: Wilson was doing pretty bad for me (.225/.278/.351) and was making nearly $6 million. Hardy is a slightly worse fielder, but hopefully can make up for it at the plate. Hardy is only 23 compared to Wilson at 28.

June 20-22 Arizona Diamondbacks (36-33) at Pittsburgh Pirates (36-32)

June 20 Pittsburgh got their only two runs on a Conor Jackson single in the 5th inning, but it was enough with Zach Duke's pitching performance (7.2 IP, 1 R, 7 K). Pittsburgh 2, Arizona 1
June 21 Another strong pitching performance, this time by Oliver Perez (6 IP, 2 R, 5 K), helped lead to a Pittsburgh win. The Pirates had 9 hits, including 5 doubles, and a home run by Jody Gerut, his first. Pittsburgh 9, Arizona 5
June 22 Mike Gonzalez gave up 3 runs in 7th inning, raising his ERA to 1.13. Jason Bay hit a 3 run home run in the bottom of the 7th inning. Damaso Marte improves to 7-1 with the win. Pittsburgh 6, Arizona 4

Team Record: 39-32

TRADE
PIT RP Damaso Marte, SP Ian Snell, SP Victor Santos for PHI SP Cole Hamels
Comments: I'd been looking for another starter for some time, and I like this deal a lot. Marte had a 5.59 ERA and walked 19 batters in 29 innings, but he still has talent. Santos was actually doing very well for me in long relief (44.2 IP, 0.81 ERA), but I have a feeling that wouldn't have lasted.

[jetsfan287]

June 24-26 Oakland Athletics (42-29) at Pittsburgh Pirates (39-32)

June 24 Cole Hamels started his first game as a Pirate and did pretty well. Hamels gave up 1 run in 6.2 innings. Conor Jackson had a double and an RBI in his 2 for 4 game. Oakland 3, Pittsburgh 2
June 25 Kip Wells went 8.1 innings without giving up a run and hit a double at the plate. Conor Jackson went 3 for 4 with 2 RBI. Barry Zito only lasted 1.1 innings and gave up 5 runs. Pittsburgh 5, Oakland 1
June 26 Zach Duke (8 IP, 2 H, 0 R) got more run support than he needed, as the offense scored 10 runs on 18 hits. 6 players had multi-hit games and Ryan Doumit had 4 RBI on 2 doubles. Pittsburgh 10, Oakland 3

June 27-29 Pittsburgh Pirates (41-33) at Arizona Diamondbacks (38-37)

June 27 Conor Jackson hit his first home run as a Pirate and is batting .514 in his last 10 games. JJ Hardy went 2 for 4 and had an RBI. Oliver Perez gave up 5 runs in 5 innings and struck out 8 batters. Arizona 5, Pittsburgh 3
June 28 Tadahito Iguchi was 3 for 5 with a home run and 2 RBI. Jody Gerut and Craig Wilson also had multi-hit games, but it was not enough to cover for Tom Gorzelanny's 5 runs allowed in 5.2 IP. Arizona 6, Pittsburgh 3
June 29 Cole Hamels' second Pirates start wasn't nearly as impressive as his first, giving up 6 runs in 5 innings. Craig Wilson was 2 for 5 with a homer and 3 RBI. Arizona 6, Pittsburgh 5

Team Record: 41-36
June Record: 13-11

AL East: Boston (48-31)
AL Central: Chicago (42-35)
AL West: Los Angeles (53-23)
AL Wild Card: Oakland (45-32)
NL East: New York (50-28)
NL Central: St. Louis (46-31)
Pittsburgh (41-36) 5.0 GB
NL West: Los Angeles (49-29)
NL Wild Card: Chicago (45-32)

[jetsfan287]

Batting Stats Through June


2006 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP
Iguchi, Tadahito PIT 75 .294 323 95 25 3 10 37 51 11 2 55 33 .483 .372
Doumit, Ryan PIT 77 .227 308 70 22 2 5 24 58 2 1 23 44 .360 .287
Bay, Jason PIT 77 .279 297 83 24 1 7 45 80 8 3 48 35 .438 .394
Sanchez, Freddy PIT 77 .222 288 64 16 1 3 25 27 1 1 23 29 .316 .293
Gerut, Jody PIT 62 .304 230 70 24 1 1 21 23 2 0 33 24 .430 .362
Wilson, Craig PIT 69 .263 194 51 11 2 9 25 57 3 0 36 33 .479 .353
Jackson, Conor PIT 37 .345 148 51 13 1 1 20 22 1 0 19 29 .466 .420
Duffy, Chris PIT 51 .315 111 35 10 2 1 10 20 4 2 14 12 .468 .376
Eldred, Brad PIT 38 .348 66 23 5 0 1 9 12 0 0 11 10 .470 .434
Cortes, Jorge PIT 29 .269 52 14 2 0 1 7 13 0 0 10 7 .365 .356
Hardy, J.J. PIT 14 .289 45 13 3 0 0 9 9 2 0 4 7 .356 .407
Duke, Zach PIT 14 .030 33 1 0 0 0 2 13 0 0 2 0 .030 .086
Wells, Kip PIT 13 .067 30 2 1 0 0 2 12 0 0 0 0 .100 .125
Perez, Oliver PIT 13 .074 27 2 0 0 0 4 9 0 0 2 2 .074 .194
Stansberry, Craig PIT 23 .154 26 4 1 0 0 1 7 0 0 4 1 .192 .214
Maholm, Paul PIT 11 .056 18 1 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 .056 .150
Cota, Humberto PIT 14 .250 12 3 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 2 6 .667 .231
Bradley, Bobby PIT 3 .091 11 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .091 .091
Davis, Rajai PIT 12 .300 10 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .300
Gorzelanny, Tom PIT 5 .000 9 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Stewart, Cory PIT 5 .000 9 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Hamels, Cole PIT 4 .143 7 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .143 .143
Peterson, Matt PIT 1 .200 5 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .200 .200
DeCaster, Yurendell PIT 6 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Gonzalez, Mike PIT 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Strickland, Scott PIT 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1.000 1.000
Crudale, Mike PIT 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000


Pitching Stats Through June


2006 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9
Duke, Zach PIT 111.2 2.42 16 16 7 4 0 70 22 8.38
Wells, Kip PIT 104.0 4.24 17 16 7 8 0 64 37 12.63
Perez, Oliver PIT 87.2 3.49 14 14 7 3 0 81 48 12.22
Maholm, Paul PIT 59.0 5.19 11 11 1 4 0 40 14 11.90
Strickland, Scott PIT 46.1 5.83 39 0 4 3 1 47 32 15.93
Gonzalez, Mike PIT 43.1 1.25 39 0 1 2 21 52 18 8.93
Bradley, Bobby PIT 42.2 4.22 11 4 1 1 0 32 14 12.66
Gorzelanny, Tom PIT 40.1 5.13 7 7 2 3 0 23 12 13.17
Crudale, Mike PIT 31.0 1.45 25 0 1 1 0 21 17 12.48
Stewart, Cory PIT 27.0 5.67 5 5 1 4 0 17 14 17.00
Hamels, Cole PIT 23.2 6.85 5 5 1 3 0 8 12 19.01
Peterson, Matt PIT 20.0 8.55 9 1 0 0 0 10 13 16.20
Grabow, John PIT 9.1 7.71 6 0 1 0 0 7 2 10.61
Adams, Terry PIT 0.1 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

Leaders
Tadahito Iguchi - 6th in AB, 2nd in Doubles, 8th in Hits
Jason Bay - t-3rd in Doubles
Jody Gerut - t-3rd in Doubles
Zach Duke - 7th in ERA
Mike Gonzalez - t-5th in Saves

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June 30-July 3 Pittsburgh Pirates (41-36) at Chicago Cubs (45-32)

June 30 Pittsburgh was done 5-3 going into the ninth, but thanks to a grand slam by Brad Eldred, the Pirates came away with a win. Jody Gerut was 2 for 4 with a home run and Jason Bay was 3 for 5 with an RBI. Pittsburgh 7, Chicago 6
July 1 Mark Prior struck out 11 in 7.1 innings, and Kip Wells struck out 8 in 8 innings, and both gave up 3 runs each. Pittsburgh won in 10 innings after getting two runs off reliever Ryan Dempster. Pittsburgh 5, Chicago 3
July 2 Freddy Sanchez went 3 for 4 with 2 doubles, and Jody Gerut went 2 for 4, but it wasn't enough as Pittsburgh gave up 8 runs. Aramis Ramirez was 2 for 3 with a double and a homer. Chicago 8, Pittsburgh 3
July 3 Jody Gerut was 3 for 5 with a homer and 2 RBI, and Tadahito Iguchi went 2 for 5. Oliver Perez gave up 3 runs in 7 innings, and Terry Adams got the loss, giving up a run in the 10th inning. Chicago 4, Pittsburgh 3

July 4-7 San Diego Padres (37-45) at Pittsburgh Pirates (43-38)

July 4 Cole Hamels has his second straight bad start, giving up 7 runs in 5 innings. Pittsburgh had only 1 run on 14 hits, and 5 players had multi-hit games. San Diego 9, Pittsburgh 1
July 5 Again the Padres blow out the Pirates, this time 8-2. Pittsburgh starter Bobby Bradley gave up 7 runs in 3 innings. Conor Jackson hit his second home run. San Diego 8, Pittsburgh 2
July 6 The Pirates simply can not get any runs against the Padres pitching, scoring 4 runs over the last 3 games. Pittsburgh only had 4 hits, including 2 by Freddy Sanchez. San Diego 5, Pittsburgh 1
July 7 Pittsburgh avoids the sweep because of Zach Duke's pitching performance (8 IP, 0 ER, 7 K), and because of a bases loaded triple by Javier Guzman in the 2nd inning. Pittsburgh 6, San Diego 2

July 8-10 Los Angeles Dodgers (52-33) at Pittsburgh Pirates (44-41)

July 8 Pittsburgh got 10 runs on 12 hits off Los Angeles, including 3 home runs. Ryan Doumit, Craig Wilson, and Jody Gerut each had a homer. Oliver Perez struck out 7 Dodgers batters in 7 innings, giving up just 1 run. Pittsburgh 10, Los Angeles 4
July 9 Cole Hamels (8 IP, 1 R) comes back from two straight bad starts with a gem. Jody Gerut went 3 for 4 with 4 runs and 4 RBI. Conor Jackson also had 4 RBI in his 2 for 3 game. Pittsburgh 13, Los Angeles 1
July 10 Los Angeles avoided getting swept by shuting out the Pittsburgh offense after 23 runs in 2 games. Jason Bay was 2 for 3 with a double, the only extra base hit for the Pirates. Los Angeles 7, Pittsburgh 0

Team Record: 46-42

Team Leaders at the All-Star Break
ERA: Zach Duke (2.47)
Wins: Zach Duke (8)
Saves: Mike Gonzalez (22)
Avg: Jody Gerut (.308)
HR: Craig Wilson (10)
SB: Tadahito Iguchi (13)

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All-Star Weekend


2006 Home Run Showdown

FIRST ROUND (10 Outs)

PLAYER HOMERS
Adam Dunn (CIN) 10
Alex Rodriguez (NYY) 9
Austin Kearns (CIN) 7
Miguel Cabrera (FLA) 7
Trot Nixon (BOS) 6
David Ortiz (BOS) 6
Todd Helton (COL) 6
Barry Bonds (SFG) 6
Mark Teixeira (TEX) 5
Paul Konerko (CHW) 2

SECOND ROUND (5 Outs)

PLAYER HOMERS
Alex Rodriguez (NYY) 5
Adam Dunn (CIN) 4
Austin Kearns (CIN) 3
Miguel Cabrera (FLA) 2

FINAL ROUND (5 Outs)

PLAYER HOMERS
ALEX RODRIGUEZ (NYY) 3
Adam Dunn (CIN) 1

WINNER: Alex Rodriguez


American League All Stars at National League All Stars
July 12, 2006

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E
All Stars (AL) 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 6 8 0
All Stars (NL) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 13 0

AMERICAN LEAGUE ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
B. Roberts (2B) 4 1 1 2 1 1 3 0 .321
V. Guerrero (RF) 5 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 .287
A. Rodriguez (3B) 5 2 0 2 1 2 1 0 .284
J. Peralta (SS) 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 .306
M. Teixeira (1B) 4 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 .288
T. Nixon (CF) 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 .361
J. Varitek (C) 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .260
R. Sanders (LF) 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .294
D. Ortiz (PH) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .297
J. Kubel (PH) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .315
P. Konerko (PH) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .301
M. Tejada (PH) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .288
TOTALS 35 8 3 6 2 6 14 0

2B: A. Rodriguez, M. Teixeira
HR: B. Roberts, A. Rodriguez

ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
B. Zito 1.0 2 0 0 1 0 0 23 2.56
J. Weaver 4.1 9 1 1 1 1 2 87 2.50
R. Clemens 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 38 3.20
F. Rodriguez 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.56
R. Johnson 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 13 3.06
TOTALS 9.0 13 1 1 2 1 6 163

NATIONAL LEAGUE ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
R. Furcal (SS) 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .292
L. Berkman (1B) 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .323
R. Weeks (2B) 5 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .295
A. Dunn (LF) 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .284
M. Cabrera (RF) 4 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 .298
A. Kearns (CF) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .316
S. Rolen (3B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275
T. Greene (C) 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .315
B. Bonds (PH) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261
T. Helton (PH) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .290
D. Lee (PH) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .350
R. Durham (PH) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .305
TOTALS 39 13 1 2 1 2 6 0

2B: R. Furcal, R. Weeks 2
HR: M. Cabrera

ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
J. Smoltz 2.0 4 2 1 2 2 2 50 1.67
J. Peavy 3.0 3 1 0 3 3 4 51 2.35
Z. Duke 2.0 1 0 1 1 1 3 24 2.47
M. Gonzalez 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 1.75
E. Gagne 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14 1.25
TOTALS 9.0 8 3 2 6 6 14 150

WP: R. Clemens
LP: J. Smoltz

Temperature: 71F
Wind: Calm
Attendance: 43,000
Time: 3:24

Zach Duke and Mike Gonzalez made the All-Star team for me. Gonzalez struck out the side in his 1 innings appearance.

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July 15-17 Pittsburgh Pirates (46-42) at Cincinnati Reds (47-41)

July 15 Zach Duke comes back well rested from the All-Star break with a 8 inning shutout appearance. Mike Gonzalez gets his 23rd save, but has a 7.50 ERA in his last 5 appearances. Pittsburgh 3, Cincinnati 2
July 16 Eric Milton and the Reds held the Pirates to one run on 7 hits. Conor Jackson went 2 for 4. Austin Kearns hit his 26th home run of the season off of Oliver Perez. Cincinnati 7, Pittsburgh 1
July 17 Cincinnati held back the Pittsburgh offense again, this time on a complete game shutout by Aaron Harang. Austin Kearns hit another homer, this time off Kip Wells. Cincinnati 4, Pittsburgh 0

July 18-20 Pittsburgh Pirates (47-44) at Milwaukee Brewers (37-55)

July 18 Cole Hamels pitched a gem (8 IP, 0 R, 11 K) in his first start since the break. Tadahito Iguchi and Jody Gerut provided the run support by providing a home run each. Conor Jackson went 3 for 5. Pittsburgh 4, Milwaukee 0
July 19 Milwaukee outdueled Pittsburgh in 10 innings as the two teams combined for 19 runs and 30 hits. The Brewers hit 6 team home runs, including 4 off Pirates starter Bobby Bradley. Milwaukee 10, Pittsburgh 9
July 20 Jody Gerut and Jason Bay each hit their second home runs of the series, but it was not enough to beat Milwaukee, who scored 4 runs in 5.2 innings off Zach Duke. Pittsburgh only had 3 hits on the night. Milwaukee 4, Pittsburgh 3

July 21-24 Pittsburgh Pirates (48-46) at Atlanta Braves (59-36)

July 21 Craig Wilson had 2 doubles in his 3 for 5 game, and Brad Eldred had a pinch hit 3 run homer in the top of the 9th. Tom Gorzelanny gave up 3 hits and 1 run in 6.2 innings. Pittsburgh 6, Atlanta 3
July 22 Kip Wells went 8 innings and struck out 7 while giving up 2 runs, but got no run support as John Smoltz and the Braves shut out the Pirates. Iguchi went 2 for 3 with 2 steals. Atlanta 2, Pittsburgh 0
July 23 Jody Gerut had a 5 for 7 game with 3 RBI, and he was one of the main reasons Pittsburgh came out with a win after 13 innings. Cole Hamels gave up 3 runs in 6 innings, and the bullpen combined for 7 scoreless innings as Mike Gonzalez got the win. Pittsburgh 4, Atlanta 3
July 24 Pittsburgh was losing 7 to 3 going into the ninth inning, but thanks to a 7 run inning, including a grand slam by Humberto Cota, Pittsburgh won and took the series 3 to 1. Jason Bay and Ryan Doumit also hit home runs. Pittsburgh 10, Atlanta 7

Team Record: 51-47

TRADE
3B Freddy Sanchez, CF Rajai Davis, RP DJ Carrasco, RP Wills Roberts for 3B Morgan Ensberg

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July 25-27 Philadelphia Phillies (53-46) at Pittsburgh Pirates (51-47)

July 25 Morgan Ensberg showed up big in his Pirates debut, going 2 for 4 with a double and home run. Zach Duke got his 10th win in an 8 inning scoreless performance. Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia 0
July 26 Jon Lieber pitched a gem for the Phillies, going 8 innings and giving up 1 run. Oliver Perez got the loss, despite only giving up 2 runs in 5 innings. Philadelphia 8, Pittsburgh 2
July 27 Jason Bay hit a home run and 2 doubles with 3 RBI in this Pittsburgh win. Kip Wells pitched 8 innings without giving up a run. Conor Jackson went 2 for 3 with a double. Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia 1

July 28-31 Washington Nationals (37-64) at Pittsburgh Pirates (53-48)

July 28 Cole Hamels gave up 6 runs in the 6th inning, leading to a Pirates loss. Morgan Ensberg hit his second homer as a Pirate in his 1 for 3 game. Richard Hidalgo went 3 for 5 with 4 RBI for Washington. Washinton 9, Pittsburgh 5
July 29 Pittsburgh was held to only 3 hits as Livan Hernandez struck out 12 Pirates batters in 8 innings. Tom Gorzelanny gave up 4 runs, including 2 Alfonso Soriano home runs in 6.2 innings. Washinton 7, Pittsburgh 0
July 30 Washington starter John Patterson only lasted 1.2 innings, as he gave up 6 runs, none of which were earned. Conor Jackson had 3 RBI, and Jody Gerut went 3 for 4. Pittsburgh 7, Washington 4
July 31 The Pirates ended up winning the last 2 games of this 4 game series in this extra inning game. Jason Bay and Conor Jackson each went 3 for 7 as Terry Adams got the win in 13 innings. Pittsburgh 5, Washington 4

Team Record: 55-50
July Record: 14-14

AL East: Boston (63-43)
AL Central: Minnesota (61-45)
AL West: Los Angeles (68-36)
AL Wild Card: Oakland (60-45)
NL East: Atlanta (65-40)
NL Central: St. Louis (63-42)
Pittsburgh (55-50) 8.0 GB
NL West: Los Angeles (63-42)
NL Wild Card: New York (64-41)

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Batting Stats through July


2006 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP
Iguchi, Tadahito PIT 103 .275 444 122 30 4 11 51 73 16 2 73 42 .435 .355
Bay, Jason PIT 105 .287 404 116 30 2 11 64 104 12 3 66 49 .453 .404
Doumit, Ryan PIT 102 .216 393 85 26 2 8 35 65 2 1 35 52 .354 .286
Gerut, Jody PIT 90 .312 343 107 27 2 7 30 40 3 1 51 45 .464 .367
Ensberg, Morgan PIT 101 .277 332 92 21 3 18 50 70 4 2 53 49 .521 .376
Wilson, Craig PIT 97 .245 306 75 17 4 10 37 90 4 0 47 42 .425 .333
Jackson, Conor PIT 65 .307 254 78 18 2 3 37 42 2 0 26 43 .429 .391
Hardy, J.J. PIT 42 .215 149 32 6 0 0 15 34 4 0 8 13 .255 .285
Duffy, Chris PIT 62 .325 123 40 10 2 1 11 22 4 2 16 13 .463 .384
Eldred, Brad PIT 53 .333 78 26 6 0 3 12 14 0 0 13 17 .526 .429
Cortes, Jorge PIT 51 .306 72 22 3 1 1 9 14 0 0 13 12 .417 .383
Duke, Zach PIT 20 .061 49 3 0 0 0 2 20 0 0 3 0 .061 .098
Wells, Kip PIT 18 .098 41 4 1 0 0 3 18 0 0 1 0 .122 .159
Cota, Humberto PIT 24 .243 37 9 0 2 2 3 11 0 0 5 11 .514 .293
Perez, Oliver PIT 18 .135 37 5 0 0 0 6 12 0 0 3 4 .135 .256
Stansberry, Craig PIT 26 .143 28 4 1 0 0 1 7 0 0 4 1 .179 .200
Hamels, Cole PIT 9 .095 21 2 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 1 0 .095 .095
Bradley, Bobby PIT 8 .143 21 3 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 1 .143 .143
Guzman, Javier PIT 10 .200 20 4 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 5 .300 .200
Maholm, Paul PIT 11 .056 18 1 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 .056 .150
Gorzelanny, Tom PIT 7 .125 16 2 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 .188 .125
Stewart, Cory PIT 5 .000 9 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Peterson, Matt PIT 1 .200 5 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .200 .200
DeCaster, Yurendell PIT 6 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Crudale, Mike PIT 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Gonzalez, Mike PIT 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Strickland, Scott PIT 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1.000 1.000
Grabow, John PIT 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Adams, Terry PIT 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000

Pitching Stats through July


2006 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9
Duke, Zach PIT 151.1 2.38 22 22 11 6 0 104 30 8.98
Wells, Kip PIT 142.2 3.85 22 21 8 10 0 98 50 11.67
Perez, Oliver PIT 119.1 3.54 19 19 8 5 0 113 62 11.46
Bradley, Bobby PIT 67.0 6.58 16 9 1 3 0 51 26 15.58
Gorzelanny, Tom PIT 61.0 4.28 12 9 3 4 0 38 20 12.54
Strickland, Scott PIT 60.0 5.25 49 0 5 4 1 63 38 15.00
Gonzalez, Mike PIT 59.1 1.82 53 0 2 3 24 68 21 8.95
Maholm, Paul PIT 59.0 5.19 11 11 1 4 0 40 14 11.90
Hamels, Cole PIT 56.1 5.75 10 10 3 5 0 36 22 15.34
Crudale, Mike PIT 46.1 3.11 36 0 3 1 1 29 24 12.82
Stewart, Cory PIT 27.0 5.67 5 5 1 4 0 17 14 17.00
Grabow, John PIT 22.0 7.36 18 0 1 0 2 19 9 13.91
Peterson, Matt PIT 20.0 8.55 9 1 0 0 0 10 13 16.20
Adams, Terry PIT 12.2 4.26 10 0 1 1 0 12 7 16.34

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August 2-4 Pittsburgh Pirates (55-50) at Colorado Rockies (41-66)

August 2 Kip Wells got his 9th win by giving up no runs in 7 innings and striking out 7 batters. Morgan Ensberg went 2 for 5 with a double, a home run, and 3 RBI. Humberto Cota had 2 RBI and a home run, and Craig Wilson also had 2 RBI. Pittsburgh 7, Colorado 1
August 3 Cole Hamels gave up 5 runs in 3 innings while giving up 3 home runs, and ended up with the loss. Morgan Ensberg and Jody Gerut each hit solo home runs. Colorado 8, Pittsburgh 3
August 4 JJ Hardy had a 3 for 4 game, with 2 home runs and 4 RBI, and Jody Gerut was 3 for 5 with a double, a home run, and 3 RBI. Pittsburgh takes the series despite the bullpen giving up 7 runs in 5 innings this game. Pittsburgh 9, Colorado 8

August 5-7 Pittsburgh Pirates (57-51) at San Fransisco Giants (52-55)

August 5 Pittsburgh came out the victor in this pitcher's duel. Zach Duke went 6 innings, giving up 2 runs, and Matt Morris gave up 3 runs in 7 innings. Tadahito Iguchi was 3 for 4 with a double. Pittsburgh 3, San Fransisco 2
Note: Jason Bay is out 19 days with a chipped knee cap
August 6 Pittsburgh scored 8 runs on 13 hits including 5 doubles. Oliver Perez went 4 innings and gave up 5 runs. 4 Pirates players had multi-hit games. Pittbsurgh 8, San Fransisco 7
August 7 Cole Hamels gave up 6 runs in 4 innings, but Terry Adams, who gave up a run in the bottom of the 10th inning, got the loss. Jody Gerut had a double and 3 RBI, and Morgan Ensberg had 2 doubles. San Fransisco 8, Pittsburgh 7

August 9-11 Atlanta Braves (68-43) at Pittsburgh Pirates (59-52)

August 9 Pittsburgh only scored 2 runs as John Smoltz and the Braves bullpen help the Pirates to 8 hits. Iguchi went 3 for 5 and Chris Duffy was 2 for 3 with an RBI. Atlanta 5, Pittsburgh 2
August 10 Iguchi went 3 for 4 with a double and 2 home runs, and Jody Gerut hit a 3 run home run in the 8th inning to carry Pittsburgh to a win. Kip Wells (8 IP, 4 R) is now 10-10. Pittsburgh 5, Atlanta 4
August 11 Zach Duke gave up 6 runs and only lasted 4.1 innings. Bobby Bradley gave up 7 runs in 2.2 innings give Atlanta an even bigger lead. Braves rookie Daniel Curtis gave up 4 hits in 8 innings of scoreless pitching. Atlanta 13, Pittsburgh 0

Team Record: 60-54

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August 12-14 Milwaukee Brewers (49-66) at Pittsburgh Pirates (60-54)

August 12 Oliver Perez only gave up 2 runs in 7 innings while striking 9 batters, but it was not enough as Chris Capuano gave up 1 run in 7.1 innings. Jody Gerut with 2 steals and an RBI. Milwaukee 3, Pittsburgh 1
August 13 JJ Hardy was 3 for 4 and had a double and home run in his 5 RBI game. Craig Wilson had 3 RBI and a triple, and Humberto Cota hit a home run. Cole Hamels (7 IP, 2 R) got the win. Pittsburgh 12, Milwaukee 2
August 14 Craig Wilson had a 2 for 5 game, with 2 home runs and 5 RBI. Tom Gorzelanny went 6 innings and gave up 1 run to get his 4th win. Pittsburgh had 11 runs on 10 hits. Pittsburgh 11, Milwaukee 3

August 15-17 St. Louis Cardinals (72-46) at Pittsburgh Pirates (62-55)

August 15 St. Louis takes the first game in what is a crucial series for the Pirates. Cardinals starter Chris Carpenter pitched a complete game, only giving up 2 runs, while Pirates starter Kip Wells gave up 7 runs in 4.1 innings. St. Louis 7, Pittsburgh 2
August 16 Zach Duke gave up no runs in 7.2 innings as Pittsburgh shut out St. Louis, who only allowed 1 run. The only scoring came on a 7th inning RBI single by JJ Hardy. Mike Gonzalez got the save. Pittsburgh 1, St. Louis 0
August 17 Oliver Perez struck out 9 batters in 6 innings on his way to a key victory for Pittsburgh. Morgan Ensberg had a 2 RBI double, and Chris Duffy went 3 for 4. Pittsburgh 4, St. Louis 3

August 18-21 Houston Astros (56-65) at Pittsburgh Pirates (64-56)

August 18 Cole Hamels gave up 5 runs in 6.1 innings, but John Van Benschoten got the loss, giving up 2 runs in the 9th inning. Morgan Ensberg was 2 for 4 with a double and a home run. Houston 7, Pittsburgh 5
August 19 Pittsburgh scored 14 runs on 17 hits, despite only getting 3 hits for extra bases. Ryan Doumit was 2 for 2 with 3 RBI, and 5 other players had 2 RBI, including Craig Stansberry, who hit a 2 run home run. Pittsburgh 14, Houston 8
August 20 Kip Wells went 7 innings while only giving up 2 runs, but that performance was ruined by closer Mike Gonzalez, who blew his 3rd save, giving up 4 runs in the 9th inning. Houston 6, Pittsburgh 5
August 21 Morgan Ensberg had a 3 for 3 game with a home run and 3 RBI. Conor Jackson also had 3 RBI and a double. Zach Duke (8 IP, 3 R) got his 14th win of the season. Pittsburgh 8, Houston 3

Team Record: 66-58

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August 22-24 Pittsburgh Pirates (66-58) at San Diego Padres (54-69)

August 22 Morgan Ensberg was 2 for 3 with a home run, and Chris Duffy was 2 for 4 with 2 doubles. Oliver Perez only gave up 1 run in 6 innings, but reliever Scott Strickland blew the tie game giving up 3 runs in the 9th inning. San Diego 4, Pittsburgh 1
August 23 Tadahito Iguchi, Jorge Cortes, and Ryan Doumit each had 2-hit games. Cole Hamels only pitched 4 innings and gave up 6 runs, but none of those runs were earned. San Diego 6, Pittsburgh 5
August 24 Pittsburgh avoided the sweep by scoring 9 runs on 18 hits, including a grand slam by Brad Eldred in the 4th inning. Tom Gorzelanny pitched just 3 innings, giving up 2 runs. Pittsburgh 9, San Diego 6

August 26-28 Pittsburgh Pirates (67-60) at Los Angeles Dodgers (74-52)

August 26 Jorge Cortes had 2 doubles and 3 RBI in his 3 for 5 game, and Jody Gerut hit a 2-run home run, as Pittsburgh scored 7 runs on the Dodgers. Kip Wells struck out 11 batters in 7.2 innings. Pittsburgh 7, Los Angeles 3
August 27 Zach Duke's 7 inning, 2 run performance was wasted by closer Mike Gonzalez, who blew his 4th save, giving up 3 runs in the 9th. Ryan Doumit had a double and a home run. Los Angeles 6, Pittsburgh 5
August 28 Morgan Ensberg continues to impress, homering twice and getting 4 RBI. Oliver Perez gave up 4 runs in 6 innings, and Mike Gonzalez got his 30th save of the season. Pittsburgh 7, Los Angeles 4

August 30-September 1 Chicago Cubs (70-61) at Pittsburgh Pirates (69-61)

August 30 Cole Hamels pitched 8 innings and let in 3 runs to get his 5 win of the season. Jason Bay was 1 for 3 with a home run, and Morgan Ensberg had 2 RBI and a double. Pittsburgh 7, Chicago 3
August 31 Mark Prior struck out 10 Pirates batters and only gave up 1 run in 7 innings. Morgan Ensberg hit his 9th home run in August, and Jason Bay was 2 for 3 with a double. Chicago 6, Pittsburgh 3
September 1 Zach Duke let up 2 runs in 8 innings, but again he does not get the win, as John Van Benschoten gave up the winning run in the top of the 9th inning. Morgan Ensberg was 2 for 4 with 2 doubles. Chicago 3, Pittsburgh 2

Team Record: 70-63
August Record: 15-13

AL East: Boston (73-62)
AL Central: Minnesota (76-58)
AL West: Los Angeles (85-48)
AL Wild Card: Oakland (79-55)
NL East: Atlanta (84-50)
NL Central: St. Louis (80-53)
Pittsburgh (70-63) 10.0 GB
NL West: Los Angeles (77-56)
NL Wild Card: New York (80-54)

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Pitching Stats through July


2006 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP
Iguchi, Tadahito PIT 131 .281 563 158 38 6 13 60 93 22 2 97 47 .439 .355
Gerut, Jody PIT 118 .308 455 140 33 2 12 44 57 6 2 75 64 .468 .369
Doumit, Ryan PIT 125 .226 443 100 30 2 11 39 78 2 1 46 65 .377 .295
Ensberg, Morgan PIT 129 .299 441 132 32 3 27 66 85 4 2 73 76 .569 .395
Bay, Jason PIT 114 .283 434 123 31 3 12 74 112 13 3 74 54 .452 .405
Wilson, Craig PIT 119 .255 388 99 19 5 12 45 114 5 0 56 55 .423 .338
Jackson, Conor PIT 93 .294 354 104 24 2 3 52 58 2 0 41 57 .398 .384
Hardy, J.J. PIT 70 .230 244 56 7 0 3 24 52 4 0 16 25 .295 .300
Duffy, Chris PIT 86 .294 204 60 14 2 2 17 38 6 2 28 18 .412 .351
Cortes, Jorge PIT 66 .345 110 38 6 1 2 10 20 0 0 16 25 .473 .402
Eldred, Brad PIT 79 .327 101 33 8 0 4 15 20 0 0 19 25 .525 .419
Cota, Humberto PIT 42 .218 101 22 5 2 4 6 32 0 0 11 20 .426 .259
Duke, Zach PIT 26 .117 60 7 1 0 0 4 22 0 0 4 1 .133 .172
Wells, Kip PIT 23 .100 50 5 2 0 0 4 22 0 0 1 1 .140 .167
Perez, Oliver PIT 23 .149 47 7 0 0 0 6 17 0 0 4 4 .149 .245
Stansberry, Craig PIT 39 .184 38 7 1 0 1 2 9 1 0 7 3 .289 .244
Hamels, Cole PIT 15 .114 35 4 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 2 0 .114 .114
Guzman, Javier PIT 21 .185 27 5 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 5 .259 .185
Gorzelanny, Tom PIT 13 .160 25 4 1 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 1 .200 .160
Bradley, Bobby PIT 8 .125 24 3 0 0 0 1 8 0 0 1 1 .125 .160
Maholm, Paul PIT 11 .056 18 1 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 .056 .150
Stewart, Cory PIT 5 .000 9 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Peterson, Matt PIT 1 .200 5 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .200 .200
DeCaster, Yurendell PIT 6 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Strickland, Scott PIT 0 .667 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 .667 .750
Crudale, Mike PIT 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .333
Adams, Terry PIT 0 .500 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500
Gonzalez, Mike PIT 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Grabow, John PIT 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000


Pitching Stats through August


2006 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9
Duke, Zach PIT 193.0 2.56 28 28 14 7 0 134 44 9.37
Wells, Kip PIT 176.2 3.92 27 26 11 11 0 128 63 11.56
Perez, Oliver PIT 148.1 3.70 24 24 9 6 0 146 77 12.07
Hamels, Cole PIT 88.2 5.79 16 16 5 7 0 58 36 15.73
Gorzelanny, Tom PIT 87.1 4.84 18 15 4 6 0 53 38 13.29
Strickland, Scott PIT 82.1 4.48 66 0 5 5 3 88 47 14.21
Bradley, Bobby PIT 78.2 6.64 20 9 1 3 0 62 32 16.70
Gonzalez, Mike PIT 69.2 2.58 64 0 4 4 30 78 31 10.46
Crudale, Mike PIT 61.0 2.66 47 0 5 2 1 41 29 12.10
Maholm, Paul PIT 59.0 5.19 11 11 1 4 0 40 14 11.90
Stewart, Cory PIT 27.0 5.67 5 5 1 4 0 17 14 17.00
Adams, Terry PIT 25.2 4.56 19 0 2 2 0 23 15 16.48
Grabow, John PIT 22.2 8.34 19 0 1 0 2 19 11 15.88
Peterson, Matt PIT 20.0 8.55 9 1 0 0 0 10 13 16.20
Van Benschoten, John PIT 15.0 4.80 13 0 0 2 0 9 6 10.80

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September 2-4 Cincinnati Reds (59-75) at Pittsburgh Pirates (70-63)

September 2 Kip Wells got rocked for 7 runs in 2 innings, but it was Mike Gonzalez who got the loss, giving up a home run in the 9th inning. Jason Bay hit 2 home runs for 3 RBI. Cincinnati 9, Pittsburgh 8
September 3 Pittsburgh was held to 2 runs on only 6 hits. Morgan Ensberg hit a home run while going 2 for 4. Oliver Perez gave up 3 runs in 7 innings as he got his 7th loss. Cincinnati 5, Pittsburgh 2
September 4 Cincinnati completed the sweep on the Pirates in this 3-2 game. Cole Hamels struck out 8 batters in 8.1 innings, giving up 3 runs. Morgan Ensberg was 2 for 3 with a triple and a home run. Cincinnati 3, Pittsburgh 2

September 5-7 Pittsburgh Pirates (70-66) at Philadelphia Phillies (73-64)

September 5 Tom Gorzelanny gave up 5 runs in 5 innings and gave up 3 home runs. Jason Bay was 2 for 4 with 2 doubles, and Ryan Doumit was 1 for 4 with a home run. Pittsburgh 6, Philadelphia 5
September 6 Jody Gerut and Brad Eldred both had 3 for 4 games with a home run each. Kip Wells pitched 7.2 innings and gave up 5 runs to get his 12th loss of the season. Philadelphia 6, Pittsburgh 3
September 7 Zach Duke pitched 7 innings, only giving up 2 runs in this 13 inning game. Jason Bay hit his 15th home run while going 1 for 5. Pittsburgh 3, Philadelphia 2

September 9-11 Pittsburgh Pirates (72-67) at Houston Astros (69-71)

September 9 Brad Eldred hit a home run, Morgan Ensberg was 2 for 4 with 2 doubles, and Conor Jackson had 3 RBI and a double. Oliver Perez struck out 6 batters in 6 innings as he gave up 4 runs. Pittsburgh 6, Houston 5
September 10 Pittsburgh scored 8 runs on 13 hits, including 6 doubles. Cole Hamels gave up 4 runs in 6 innings and John Van Benschoten got the win in this 12 inning game. Pittsburgh 8, Houston 7
September 11 Kip Wells gave up 3 runs in 6 innings as he lost another game. Jody Gerut was 2 for 4 with a home run, and Morgan Ensberg was 2 for 4 with a double. Houston 4, Pittsburgh 2

Team Record: 74-68

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September 12-15 Florida Marlins (64-79) at Pittsburgh Pirates (74-68)

September 12 Morgan Ensberg hit his 14th home run as a Pirate, and his 30th overall in this 8-7 game. Zach Duke only pitched 4 innings and gave up 4 runs, 2 of which were unearned. Pittsburgh 8, Florida 7
September 13 Tom Gorzelanny and Bobby Bradley combined to pitch 6 innings and give up 10 runs in this Pittsburgh loss. Ryan Doumit hit 2 home runs and had 3 RBI in his 2 for 4 game. Florida 10, Pittsburgh 3
September 14 Oliver Perez struck out 9 batters in 7 innings as he gave up 3 runs to get a win. Ryan Doumit hit another home run, his 15th, in another 3 RBI, 2 for 4 game. JJ Hardy was 3 for 3 with 2 doubles. Pittsburgh 8, Florida 4
September 15 Cole Hamels let up 7 runs in 6.1 innings to get his 9th loss of the season. Pittsburgh had 6 runs on 14 hits, including a 3 for 4 game by Ryan Doumit and a home run by Andrew McCutchen. Florida 7, Pittsburgh 6

September 16-18 Houston Astros (73-73) at Pittsburgh Pirates (76-70)

September 16 Kip Wells pitched 8.2 shutout innings while only giving up 5 hits to improve his record to 12-13. JJ Hardy and Jody Gerut each had 3 for 4 games, while Gerut hit a home run. Pittsburgh 5, Houston 0
September 17 Zach Duke gave up 1 run in 8.2 innings and only gave up 3 hits. Jason Bay had an amazing game, with 3 home runs, a double, and 6 RBI. Brad Eldred and Ryan Doumit also hit home runs. Pittsburgh 8, Houston 1
September 18 The Astros avoided a sweep, scoring 8 runs off Bobby Bradley and the Pittsbrugh bullpen. Ryan Doumit hit a grand slam in the 8th inning, and Brad Eldred had 2 RBI. Houston 8, Pittsburgh 6

September 19-22 Pittsburgh Pirates (78-71) at Milwaukee Brewers (73-76)

September 19 Ben Sheets held Pittsburgh to only 5 hits and 2 runs, off solo home runs by Jason Bay and Jorge Cortes. Oliver Perez gave up 3 runs while striking out 7 in 6.2 innings. Milwaukee 4, Pittsburgh 2
September 20 Brad Eldred had 2 RBI and a home run, and JJ Hardy had 3 RBI and a home run, but it was not enough as Milwaukee rocked the Pirates for 11 runs. Cole Hamels gave up 5 runs in 3 innings. Milwaukee 11, Pittsburgh 5
September 21 Kip Wells allowed 5 earned runs in just 2 innings in another loss to the Brewers. Jason Bay hit his 5th home run in just as many games. Milwaukee 10, Pittsburgh 3
September 22 Milwauke completed the 4 game sweep of Pittsburgh, and outscored the Pirates 32-15 in the series. Jason Bay hit 2 more home runs in a 4 for 4 game. Jody Gerut also went 4 for 4. Milwaukee 7, Pittsburgh 5

Team Record: 78-75

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September 23-25 Pittsburgh Pirates (78-75) at St. Louis Cardinals (86-67)

September 23 Bobby Bradley gave up 10 runs in 3.1 innings in this blowout loss. The only Pirates run came on a Brad Eldred solo home run in the 7th inning. Pittsburgh is now offically out of the playoff race. St. Louis 11, Pittsburgh 1
September 24 Oliver Perez struck out 11 batters in 6.2 innings while giving up 3 runs. Jason Bay was 3 for 5 with 2 RBI, and Morgan Ensberg hit his 31st home run of the season. Pittsburgh 7, St. Louis 5
September 25 Kip Wells allowed 3 runs in 6 innings, but John Grabow gave up 2 runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to lose the game. Jason Bay hit his 23rd home run while going 2 for 4. St. Louis 8, Pittsburgh 6

September 27-28 Pittsburgh Pirates (79-77) at Cincinnati Reds (69-88)

September 27 Cole Hamels struck out 9 batters in 7.1 innings and only gave up 1 run, but that performance was wasted by a blown save by Mike Gonzalez, and a run in the 12th by Matt Peterson to lose the game. Cincinnati 3, Pittsburgh 2
September 28 Brad Eldred and JJ Hardy each hit home runs, but Bobby Bradley gave up 7 runs in 5.1 innings. John Van Benschoten allowed 4 runs in 2 innings. Cincinnati 11, Pittsburgh 6

September 29-October 2 St. Louis Cardinals (88-70) at Pittsburgh Pirates (79-79)

September 29 Morgan Ensberg hit a 3 RBI home run, and Jason Bay had 2 doubles in his 2 for 3 night. Oliver Perez allowed 7 runs in 4.1 innings to get his 9th loss. St. Louis 9, Pittsburgh 4
September 30 Zach Duke made his first start after a 10 day injury and pitched 4 innings, letting in 5 runs. Jody Gerut was 2 for 4 with a double and a triple. St. Louis 7, Pittsburgh 2
October 1 Conor Jackson and Morgan Ensberg hit home runs, and Ensberg had a 3 for 3 game. Kip Wells gave up 1 earned run in 6 innings. Matt Peterson got the loss, giving up 3 runs in the 11th inning. St. Louis 8, Pittsburgh 5
October 2 Pittsburgh scored 9 runs on 12 hits, including 7 home runs. Brad Eldred and Jason Bay each homered twice. Ensberg, Jody Gerut, and Craig Stansberry also hit home runs. Pittsburgh 9, St. Louis 3

Team Record: 80-82
September Record: 10-19

AL East: New York (89-74)
AL Central: Minnesota (95-67)
AL West: Los Angeles (99-63)
AL Wild Card: Oakland (90-72)
NL East: Atlanta (105-57)
NL Central: St. Louis (91-71)
Pittsburgh (80-82) 11.0 GB
NL West: Los Angeles (93-69)
NL Wild Card: New York (98-64)

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Final Batting Stats


2006 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP
Iguchi, Tadahito PIT 132 .280 568 159 38 6 13 60 94 23 2 98 47 .437 .354
Doumit, Ryan PIT 154 .225 555 125 35 2 18 48 101 4 2 59 84 .393 .293
Bay, Jason PIT 143 .286 555 159 39 3 25 91 142 14 5 93 80 .503 .402
Ensberg, Morgan PIT 158 .296 554 164 37 4 34 74 105 4 2 89 92 .561 .382
Gerut, Jody PIT 142 .313 543 170 40 4 16 54 68 7 4 94 73 .490 .376
Jackson, Conor PIT 122 .289 454 131 28 2 4 72 80 2 0 56 69 .385 .386
Wilson, Craig PIT 138 .256 410 105 19 6 12 49 121 5 0 59 58 .420 .341
Hardy, J.J. PIT 99 .228 338 77 13 0 5 31 64 4 0 29 36 .311 .296
Duffy, Chris PIT 92 .298 205 61 14 2 2 17 38 6 2 28 18 .415 .354
Eldred, Brad PIT 107 .322 202 65 13 0 12 22 39 0 1 33 45 .564 .391
Stansberry, Craig PIT 67 .224 152 34 5 1 2 12 39 3 1 17 8 .309 .292
Cortes, Jorge PIT 86 .326 129 42 8 1 3 11 27 0 0 19 28 .473 .380
Cota, Humberto PIT 43 .216 102 22 5 2 4 6 32 0 0 11 20 .422 .257
Duke, Zach PIT 30 .118 68 8 1 0 0 4 23 0 0 4 1 .132 .167
Wells, Kip PIT 30 .097 62 6 2 0 0 4 28 0 0 1 2 .129 .149
Perez, Oliver PIT 29 .150 60 9 0 0 0 6 23 0 0 5 4 .150 .227
Hamels, Cole PIT 21 .160 50 8 1 0 0 0 16 0 0 2 0 .180 .160
McCutchen, Andrew PIT 22 .326 43 14 3 0 2 9 5 1 0 6 5 .535 .442
Guzman, Javier PIT 35 .154 39 6 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 5 .205 .154
Bradley, Bobby PIT 11 .094 32 3 0 0 0 1 13 0 0 1 1 .094 .121
Gorzelanny, Tom PIT 15 .148 27 4 1 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 1 .185 .148
DeCaster, Yurendell PIT 20 .045 22 1 0 0 0 2 9 1 0 1 0 .045 .125
Maholm, Paul PIT 11 .056 18 1 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 .056 .150
Walker, Neil PIT 21 .400 15 6 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 2 .400 .526
Thompson, Kevin PIT 10 .200 10 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 1 .500 .200
Thompson, Rich PIT 12 .500 10 5 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 3 1.000 .545
Stewart, Cory PIT 5 .000 9 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Peterson, Matt PIT 1 .125 8 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .125 .125
Strickland, Scott PIT 0 .500 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .600
McLouth, Nate PIT 5 .667 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .667 .667
Adams, Terry PIT 0 .667 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .667
Crudale, Mike PIT 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .333
Alfaro, Jason PIT 3 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000
Gonzalez, Mike PIT 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Grabow, John PIT 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Van Benschoten, John PIT 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000

Final Pitching Stats


2006 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9
Duke, Zach PIT 216.2 2.70 32 32 15 8 0 149 50 9.47
Wells, Kip PIT 215.0 4.23 34 33 12 14 0 156 77 12.06
Perez, Oliver PIT 186.0 4.06 30 30 10 9 0 184 93 12.10
Hamels, Cole PIT 125.2 5.73 22 22 6 10 0 90 50 15.18
Bradley, Bobby PIT 104.0 7.44 26 12 2 5 0 80 44 17.22
Strickland, Scott PIT 96.0 5.16 79 0 5 7 3 97 58 15.09
Gorzelanny, Tom PIT 95.1 5.38 20 17 4 7 0 55 41 13.88
Gonzalez, Mike PIT 81.1 2.77 76 0 6 5 32 90 36 10.62
Crudale, Mike PIT 81.0 2.44 63 0 6 2 1 58 42 11.89
Maholm, Paul PIT 59.0 5.19 11 11 1 4 0 40 14 11.90
Adams, Terry PIT 43.0 3.77 31 0 2 2 4 44 24 14.86
Peterson, Matt PIT 34.0 6.09 16 1 1 2 0 26 21 14.29
Van Benschoten, John PIT 30.1 5.04 23 0 1 2 0 19 10 12.16
Grabow, John PIT 30.0 8.70 27 1 1 1 2 27 16 15.90
Stewart, Cory PIT 27.0 5.67 5 5 1 4 0 17 14 17.00
Vasquez, Jorge PIT 2.0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 22.50

League Leaders
AVG: Derrek Lee (CHC) and Lance Berkman (HOU) - .333
HR: Andruw Jones (ATL) - 54
RBI: Mark Teixeira (TEX) - 139
SB: Jose Reyes (NYM) - 59
ERA: John Smoltz (ATL) - 1.93
Wins: John Smoltz (ATL) - 23
Saves: Fransisco Rodriguez (LAA) - 43
K: Chris Carpenter (STL) - 226

Team Leaders
AVG: Jody Gerut - .313 (7th ML)
HR: Morgan Ensberg - 34 (t8th NL)
RBI: Morgan Ensberg - 92
SB: Tadahito Iguchi - 23 (8th NL)
ERA: Zach Duke - 2.70 (3rd ML)
Wins: Zach Duke - 15
Saves: Mike Gonzalez - 32 (8th NL)
K: Oliver Perez - 184 (6th NL)

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