Gallardo beats Buccos with Arm and Bat!

Youvani Gallardo pitched 7 strong innings for the Milwaukee Brewers,but his bat was the difference in the Brewers 3-2 win over Pittsburgh.
Gallardo smacked a solo homer off Tony Armas in the 4th inning and the run was the Milwaukee margin of victory.
Tony Armas gave up all 3 runs in his 6 inning work shift and grabbed the loss in dropping his record to 2 wins against 5 losses,but overall did not pitch poorly.
Adam LaRoche hit a solo homer in the 4th for his 20th bomb of the year,while "Hustling" Ronny Paulino had the other Pirate RBI.
The series continues tonight in Beer Town at 7;05

Pitching Matchup

Pittsburgh: Shane Youman (3-4) at Milwaukee: David Bush (10-9) 7:05

Bullpen Notes

The Pirates announced 3 callups from Indianapolis.
The most noteworthy was Steven Pearce,who is the one that most fans want to see.
Now lets hope that Pearce can get some legitimate playing time and not just garbage time!

The Nationals are doing a Winter instructional league and therefore will not be sending any players to the Hawaii Winter league.
That is too bad for the Suns fans that will not be able to follow players there,as HWB games are occasionally televised.
Most notably of the former Suns participating are Chris Marrero,Mike Daniel,Cory Van Allen and Marco Estrada,while 4 current members are going as well in Jhonny Nunez,Jonathan Solano, Jeff Mandel and Marcos Cabral.
Thanks to Nationals Farm Authority for the info.

The Ashland Arrows improved to 2-0 on the season with a 31-21 win over the visiting Bellevue Redmen.
The Arrows raced to an early 17-0 lead before a Redmen comeback enabled Bellevue to get as close as 3 pts at 24-21.
Taylor Housewright's 4th TD pass of the night finally put the Redmen down for good.
The Arrows finish their non-conference sked next week vs the Shelby Whippets.

Until tomorrow with Pirates-Brewers,Ohio State-Youngstown State and the final on the signing front from Hagerstown for the season.