Pirates Starting Lineup For Home Opener
Pittsburgh (KDKA): Here's Clint Hurdle's starting lineup for today's Home Opener vs. the Colorado Rockies.
STARTING LINEUP
Jose Tabata, LF
Neil Walker, 2B
Andrew McCutchen, CF
Lyle Overbay, 1B
Pedro Alvarez, 3B
Ryan Doumit, C
Garrett Jones, RF
Ronny Cedeno, SS
Paul Maholm, P
Game Day Notes:
*Jose Tabata has hit safely in each of the first six games...Since the All-Star break last season, Tabata's 101 hits are tied with Colorado's Carlos Gonzalez for first amoung National League players...Ichiro leads all MLB players with 102 hits in that time
*The Pirates pitching staff has been charged with 15 earned runs in 52 innings of work in the first six games (2.60 ERA)
*The Pirates rank second in the National League ERA (2.60) behind Atlanta (2.47)
*The Pirates began the season winning back-to-back series on the road; the first time the club has posted consecutive winning road series since August 2007.
