Opening Day North of the Border
Pittsburgh Pirates
by "Shakey" McGuiness
Legends League correspondent
Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball
Opening Day for the Pittsburgh and Montreal base ball clubs comes
in cozy Parc Jarry. The temp is a decidedly un-baseball weather like
42, but things were sure to heat up when Pittsburgh's Big Unit takes
the mound for the first time. Popular and productive right fielder
Marvelous Melvin Ott was traded away for the big guy, so expectations
were even bigger than Johnson's imposing 6-10" frame.
True
to those expectations, after the Bucs go down quietly in the top of the
first to Fergie Jenkins' mix of fastballs and curves, things get mighty
interesting. Big Dave Winfield, all 6-6' of him, strides to the plate
to lead off the inning and wastes no time in welcoming the Unit to the
ATL. One swing, one run. Hello, Randy! See ya, baseball!
Johnson settled down after that and the game became a pitching duel
between the two aces. The Bucs were down 3-2 in the top of the ninth
when The Big Cat, Johnny Mize goes deep off Fergie to knot it at three,
taking Randy off the hook in the process. The game eventually goes 14
innings, with the gritty Royales starter remaining on the hill for 10
of them. But A-Rod, the slugging Royales shortstop, ends things quite
nicely for the hometowners when he goes deeeep off Dave Stieb to
lead off the bottom of the 14th. Quite an opening for baseball north of
the border!
4/5/2004,
PIT05-MNR05, Parc Jarry (1970-75)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13
14 R H E LOB DP
2005
Pirates
0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
0 1 0 0
0 4 9 3
8 1
2005
Royales
1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
0 1 0 0
1 5 12 2 12 1
Pirates
AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH
SF AVG PO A E PB
Francis
3b 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
.000 0 3 1 0
Lloyd
ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 0
1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
.200 2 4 0 0
Hornsby
2b 5 1 2 0 1 0 0
1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
.400 3 3 2 0
Mize
1b 5 1 1 1 0 0 1
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.200 10 0 0 0
Smith,C
lf 6 0 2 0 1 0 0
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
.333 3 0 0 0
Brown,W
rf 6 1 1 1 0 1 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.167 3 0 0 0
Kimbro
cf 6 1 2 2 0 0 1
0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
.333 3 0 0 0
Mackey
c 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
.000 15 1 0 0
Johnson,R
p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
.000 0 0 0 0
Taylor,B
ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.000 0 0 0 0
Nelson
p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.000 0 0 0 0
Oliver
ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.000 0 0 0 0
Ward
p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.000 0 0 0 0
Percival
p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.000 0 0 0 0
Clarke
ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.000 0 0 0 0
Stieb
p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.000 0 1 0 0
50 4 9 4 2 1 2 4
8 1 1 0 0 0
0 39 12 3 0
Royales
AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH
SF AVG PO A E PB
Winfield
lf 7 1 2 1 0 0 1
0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
.286 3 0 0 0
Rodriguez,A
ss 7 1 2 1 0 0 1
0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
.286 3 5 1 0
Jackson,R
rf 5 1 2 2 0 0 1
1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
.400 4 1 0 0
Schmidt
3b 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
.000 0 4 0 0
McGwire
1b 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
.000 18 2 0 0
Piazza
c 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
.000 6 0 0 0
Wilson,W
cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
.000 0 0 0 0
Gordon,J
2b 6 1 4 1 1 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.667 3 5 1 0
DiMaggio
cf 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.500 0 0 0 0
Clark,Wi
ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.000 0 0 0 0
Mori
c 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.000 4 1 0 0
Jenkins
p 4 0 1 0 0 0 0
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
.250 1 2 0 0
Jones,D
p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.000 0 0 0 0
Wells,D
p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.000 0 0 0 0
Malarcher
ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.000 0 0 0 0
Burke
p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.000 0 1 0 0
Thomas,R
ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.000 0 0 0 0
Quisenberry
p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.000 0 1 0 0
52 5 12 5 1 0 4 4 15 0
1 0 0 0
0 42 22 2 0
Pirates
INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP
DP ERA
Johnson,R
7.0 8 3 3 3 9 114 71
32 2 0 0 0 1 3.86
Nelson
2.0 1 0 0 0 3 26
17 7 0 0 0 0 0
0.00
Ward
1.0 0 0 0 0 2 13
8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Percival
BS 1
1.0 1 1 1 0 1 24
15 4 1 0 0 0 0
9.00
Stieb
L 0-1
2.0 2 1 1 1 0 26
15 10 1 0 0 0 0 4.50
13.0 12 5 5 4 15 203 126 56 4
0 0 0 1
Royales
INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP
DP ERA
Jenkins
10.0 7 4 4 1 7 120 87
38 2 0 0 0 0 3.60
Jones,D
0.0 0 0 0 1 0 7
3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Wells,D
1.0 0 0 0 1 0 13
7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Burke
2.0 1 0 0 1 1 38
20 8 0 0 0 0 0
0.00
Quisenberry
W 1-0
1.0 1 0 0 0 0 5
4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
14.0 9 4 4 4 8 183 121
54 2 0 0 0 0
PIT: Taylor,B
batted for Johnson,R in the 8th
Oliver batted for Nelson in the 10th
Clarke batted for Percival in the 12th
MNR: Clark,Wi
batted for DiMaggio in the 8th
Wilson,W inserted at cf in the 9th
Mori inserted at c in the 9th
Malarcher batted for Wells,D in the 11th
Thomas,R batted for Burke in the 13th
GWRBI:
Rodriguez,A
Temperature:
46, Sky: clear, Wind: in from left at 18 MPH.
4/5/2004,
PIT05-MNR05, Parc Jarry (1970-75)
