Atlanta (18-17) at Pittsburgh (17-19)

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Johnson losing at-bats to Infante

Mark Bowman / MLB.com
Because Sunday afternoon's game was postponed due to rain, the Braves and Pirates will play a doubleheader beginning at 12:35 p.m. ET on Monday. Kelly Johnson and Omar Infante may each start a game at second base.
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Braves probable pitcher

Jair Jurrjens

  • RHP
  • (4-2) 2.84 ERA
Braves: While allowing one run and seven hits in six innings against the Padres on Tuesday, Jurrjens arguably had his least impressive outing in three weeks. In his four previous outings, he had limited opponents to a .124 batting average. The 22-year-old right-hander has been one of the game's top rookies. But now that there are more enhanced scouting reports of him, he'll have to show his ability to make quick adjustments.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 7-3 3.60 75.0 25 49 .212
Season 4-2 2.84 44.1 14 36 .206
May 1-0 1.50 6.0 1 8 .280
Vs. Pittsburgh 1-0 3.38 5.1 1 5 .304

Series at a Glance

Standings - 05/12/2008 W L PCT GB Home Away
Atlanta Braves (NL East) 18 17 .514 4.0 14-4 4-13
Pittsburgh Pirates (NL Central) 17 19 .472 4.5 11-7 6-12
Stats - 05/12/2008 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
ATL .283 173 36 165 15 185 3.54 310.1 268 121 248
PIT .255 179 34 168 12 248 4.98 327.1 365 148 195
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Pirates face Braves in twin bill

George Von Benko / Special to MLB.com
After a rainout on Sunday, the Pirates will take on the Braves with a doubleheader on Monday at PNC Park. Left-hander Zach Duke will start in Game 1 of the twin bill and right-hander John Van Benschoten will make a spot start in Game 2.
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Pirates probable pitcher

Zach Duke

  • LHP
  • (1-2) 4.60 ERA
Pirates: Duke will take the mound after making back-to-back quality starts that appear to have the left-hander on some sort of early-season roll. He has now finished at least seven innings in half of his starts this season, and his sinker has been consistently down in the zone again, something that wasn't so much the case a year ago. Duke will get his second chance of the season against Atlanta on Sunday. He pitched 5 2/3 innings against the Braves in his first start of the season and allowed two earned runs on 10 hits.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 22-27 4.24 450.1 129 229 .309
Season 1-2 4.60 43.0 13 13 .315
May 1-0 3.14 14.1 5 4 .245
Vs. Atlanta 0-0 3.18 5.2 1 1 .370

Braves hitters vs Zach Duke

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Blanco, Gregor - - - - 1.000 1 0 0
Canizares, Barbaro - - - - - - - -
Church, Ryan - - - - .000 3 0 1
Conrad, Brooks - - - - - - - -
Diaz, Matt .667 3 0 1 .333 12 0 1
Escobar, Yunel .333 3 0 0 .167 6 0 0
Hernandez, Diory - - - - - - - -
Infante, Omar - - - - .000 4 0 0
Johnson, Kelly - - - - .333 6 0 0
Jones, Brandon - - - - - - - -
Jones, Chipper 1.000 3 0 0 .500 16 0 0
McCann, Brian - - - - .333 6 0 0
McLouth, Nate - - - - - - - -
Prado, Martin .333 3 0 0 .500 6 0 2
Ross, David - - - - .250 4 0 0
Sammons, Clint - - - - - - - -
Schafer, Jordan - - - - - - - -

Pirates hitters vs Jair Jurrjens

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Alvarez, Pedro - - - - - - - -
Bixler, Brian - - - - .000 3 0 0
Cedeno, Ronny - - - - - - - -
Clement, Jeff - - - - 1.000 1 0 0
Cruz, Luis - - - - - - - -
Diaz, Argenis - - - - - - - -
Doumit, Ryan .667 3 0 0 .600 5 0 0
Hernandez, Gorkys - - - - - - - -
Iwamura, Akinori - - - - - - - -
Jaramillo, Jason - - - - .000 3 0 0
Jones, Garrett - - - - - - - -
LaRoche, Andy - - - - - - - -
McCutchen, Andrew - - - - .000 3 0 1
Milledge, Lastings .000 3 0 0 .000 3 0 0
Moss, Brandon - - - - .667 3 1 1
Pearce, Steve - - - - .000 3 0 0
Tabata, Jose - - - - - - - -
Vazquez, Ramon - - - - - - - -
Walker, Neil - - - - .333 3 0 0
Young, Delwyn - - - - - - - -

Bucs take first of two (18-18) (18-19)

Pirates 5, Braves 0

Braves' skid continues

Mark Bowman / MLB.com
Jair Jurrjens pitched well enough to win in the first game of Monday's doubleheader with the Pirates, but sometimes one pitch can haunt you. That pitch came in the fifth, when Jurrjens allowed a two-out, bases-loaded double to Freddy Sanchez.

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Freddy at the ready

Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com
Freddy Sanchez's two-out, bases-clearing double in the fifth inning was just what the Pirates needed, and, it turns out, all they would need. Zach Duke held the Braves scoreless in six sharp innings in the first game of the doubleheader.
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Pirates 5, Braves 0

AtlantaABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Infante, 2B5000013.333
  Acosta, P0000000.000
Escobar, SS5010010.313
Jones, C, 3B4030110.410
Teixeira, 1B2000002.261
  Norton, 1B2000102.409
Francoeur, RF5020014.262
Diaz, LF5000015.269
Miller, C3000110.067
Blanco, G, CF2020200.333
Jurrjens, P2000014.133
  a-Gotay, PH0000100.250
  Bennett, P0000000.000
  b-Johnson, PH-2B1000001.254
Totals360806721 

a-Walked for Jurrjens in the 6th. b-Grounded into a forceout for Bennett in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Jones, C (8, Duke).
TB: Escobar; Jones, C 4; Francoeur 2; Blanco, G 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Teixeira; Jurrjens 2; Francoeur; Infante; Diaz 2.
Team LOB: 15.

FIELDING
PB: Miller (3).
DP: 2 (Infante-Escobar-Teixeira 2).
 
PittsburghABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Sanchez, F, 2B3013100.255
McLouth, CF3000112.308
Bay, LF4000021.277
Doumit, C3120100.350
Michaels, RF2100102.231
LaRoche, Ad, 1B3222102.212
Bautista, J, 3B1000111.225
  Marte, P0000000.000
  a-Mientkiewicz, PH1000010.200
  Burnett, P0000000.000
Bixler, SS3100003.180
Duke, P2000023.118
  Gomez, 3B1000000.271
Totals265556714 

a-Struck out for Marte in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Sanchez, F (9, Jurrjens), Doumit (8, Acosta).
HR: LaRoche, Ad (4, 8th inning off Acosta, 1 on, 1 out).
TB: Sanchez, F 2; Doumit 3; LaRoche, Ad 5.
RBI: Sanchez, F 3 (19), LaRoche, Ad 2 (13).
2-out RBI: Sanchez, F 3.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: McLouth; Bixler 2.
S: Bautista, J.
GIDP: McLouth; Michaels.
Team LOB: 6.

FIELDING
E: Sanchez, F (6, throw), Bautista, J (6, fielding), Michaels (2, fielding), Gomez (3, fielding).
DP: (LaRoche, Ad).
 
AtlantaIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Jurrjens (L, 4-3)5.03333503.10
Bennett 2.00003103.69
Acosta 1.02220114.24
 
PittsburghIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Duke (W, 2-2)6.05005304.04
Marte (H, 6)2.02000304.82
Burnett 1.010011010.80

HBP: Bixler (by Jurrjens), Michaels (by Bennett).
Pitches-strikes: Jurrjens 69-38, Bennett 44-25, Acosta 16-11, Duke 102-54, Marte 33-25, Burnett 23-13.
Groundouts-flyouts: Jurrjens 7-3, Bennett 4-1, Acosta 1-1, Duke 8-6, Marte 2-1, Burnett 1-1.
Batters faced: Jurrjens 20, Bennett 10, Acosta 5, Duke 28, Marte 9, Burnett 5.
Umpires: HP: Mike Estabrook. 1B: Kevin Causey. 2B: Greg Gibson. 3B: Charlie Reliford.
Weather: 47 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 7 mph, In from LF.
May 12, 2008

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