Pirates and Brewers first inning

Bottom of the first and I'm ready to turn this one off already. First Lawton actually gets on base, only to be thrown out on a pointless hit and run attempt, which is immediately followed by the Pirates stringing some hits together and loading the bases for Daryle Ward's weak pop-up to shortstop (it should be mentioned the bases were only loaded because Gary Glover knew he could pitch around Craig Wilson to get to Ward).

The bottom of the inning then sees an "Ole!" from Ward on a routine grounder to first, and a deep fly ball turned into triple because Matt Lawton is certainly not going to risk injuring himself for the Pirates.

For some reason Tike Redman, one of our three consistent hitters to this point in the year, is on the bench in favor of Daryle "0-for-13 and counting" Ward, who is offering some awesome protection for Craig Wilson, the second of our three consistent hitters thus far. The third hitter? Why Jason Bay, protected by the mighty Rob Mackowiak. Even Little League managers know that if your best hitters don't bat together, runs don't get scored.