Today the Pirates will start a six game road trip and a three game set with the Brewers at Miller Park in Milwaukee, a stadium that has seemed to haunt the Pirates in the past. The Pirates are just 4-38 in their last 22 games at Miller Park and just 1-8 at that stadium last year. The Brewers however are just coming off of a seven game west coast swing and a four game series sweep of the previously hot Dodgers.
The Pirates will be throwing one of their weaker guys tonight in Kevin Correia who is just a mere 1-5 this season with a 4.30 ERA. The Pirates will most likely just be looking to get 5 or 6 innings with just 2 or 3 runs out of Correia. Fortunately for the Pirates the Brewers are not throwing their ace either. The Brew Crew will be giving the ball to Randy Wolf tonight who is 2-4 on the year posting a 5.73 ERA, however in the past 10 years against the Pirates Wolf has a 9 and 3 win loss total.
Lastly a guy I think you should keep an eye on for tonight's game is Pedro Alvarez. Pedro has 2 home runs and another hit against Wolf in just six career AB's. I would not be surprised if Pedro has a solid game tonight.
An Update
Just an update in case you are wondering we will not be starting full coverage of the Team until This upcoming weekend starting with the series against the Brewers (June 1st) -Tyler
About Us
Welcome to the Left-field Loonies blog, yes another Pittsburgh Pirates blog. This one is a bit different though, it is written by two high school kids with a passion for the Pirates.. I know what you are thinking, we can not possibly know anything about baseball, especially at a high enough level to write reasonable blog posts that would be worth your time reading. To this I would like to say that you are wrong. I myself Tyler, have played baseball since the age of five and have been hooked ever since. I can still remember that first time that I attended a Pirates game with my Dad back at Three Rivers, even though that's about all I can tell you. You're just going to have to trust me and know that I am very educated about the game.
Now for a little about us, as I mentioned earlier I am high school student at Fox Chapel Area High School in Pittsburgh. I play three sports at Fox Chapel those sports being football, wrestling, and lastly and most importantly baseball. Baseball has always been apart of my life since a very young age and I look forward to sharing that passion with you through this blog.
Lastly I can not really say that, with a sound mind, I think this blog is going much of anywhere at all but we are not writing it to be successful. I am writing this blog because of the tremendous respect we have for the game, and it gives us a chance to express our love for Pirates Baseball. You can also follow us on twitter at @TLFLB. Thanks to any readers out there and share this with your friends!
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