| Breaking News |  | Saturday, May 24th, 2008: Rodriguez Torches Pirates for 5 Hits
5 hits in 5 at-bats. It doesn't happen every day and when it does, it's exciting. Today Ivan Rodriguez of the Chicago White Sox had a sensational 5-5 game against Pittsburgh at U.S. Cellular Field. He rifled base hits all over the ballpark, but it didn't pay off in a victory. The Pirates took the game 10-3.
In the postgame press conference Rodriguez joked, "Heck, that's a week's worth of hitting for me and I did it all in one day. I guess I can take the rest of the week off... Right, Skip?" His manager retorted half-smilingly, "Only if we win the game, son... only if we win the ballgame. That's what they pay us to do, you know."
I. Rodriguez singled in the 1st, singled in the 3rd, singled in the 5th, singled in the 7th and hit an RBI single in the 8th.
This season Rodriguez is hitting at a .248 pace with 6 home runs, 18 RBIs and has scored 14 times. |
 | Tuesday, May 6th, 2008: Philadelphia's Washburn Stands out in Shutout
After his 2-0 shutout win against the Pirates, Jarrod Washburn said, "I went out there to try and eat up innings and help out our bullpen. I felt I had my good stuff... and it turned out my command was solid and my breaking balls were good."
They were better than good as the Phillies pitcher put up 5 strikeouts, surrendered 1 walk, allowed 2 hits and kept the bullpen phone quiet all day long.
In pitching stats this season Washburn has rung up 5 wins and no losses in 5 games. He has an ERA of 2.39 and has fanned 18 batters in 37.2 innings. |
 | Saturday, April 19th, 2008: Pirates SP Out
The Pittsburgh Pirates will lose the services of starting pitcher Ian Snell after he sustained back spasms while throwing the ball in today's game against the Philadelphia Phillies. "I'll get through it," Snell said. "The key now is to stay positive." His trainer said he is expected to be sidelined for the next 5 weeks.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 22-27, .449 PCT | | Position in Division | 6th, 11.0 GB | | Record at home | 10-15, .400 PCT | | Record on the road | 12-12, .500 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 1-2, .333 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 3-2, .600 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 3-6, .333 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 19-21, .475 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 8-2, .800 PCT | | Record in April | 9-12, .429 PCT | | Record in May | 13-15, .464 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .266 - 9th in NL | | On-Base Percentage | .319 - 15th in NL | | Slugging Percentage | .398 - 13th in NL | | On-Base + Slugging | .717 - 13th in NL | | Runs Scored | 219 - 13th in NL | | Hits | 450 - 10th in NL | | Extra-Base Hits | 151 - tied for 8th in NL | | Home Runs | 31 - 14th in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 123 - 16th in NL | | Strikeouts | 334 - 12th in NL | | Stolen Bases | 44 - tied for 4th in NL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 4.25 - 4th in NL | | Starters' ERA | 4.53 - 7th in NL | | Bullpen ERA | 3.76 - 1st in NL | | Runs allowed | 228 - 6th in NL | | Hits allowed | 443 - 6th in NL | | Opponents AVG | .267 - 6th in NL | | BABIP | .314 - 9th in NL | | Home Runs allowed | 36 - 3rd in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 181 - tied for 13th in NL | | Strikeouts | 326 - 9th in NL |
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