Saturday, March 1, 2008

McLouth scratched from lineup

Pirates center fielder Nate McLouth has been scratched from the starting lineup for today's game against Cincinnati with tightness in his hamstring, according to a team source. Nyjer Morgan, who is competing with McLouth for the regular-season job, will play center and lead off.
Here is the revised starting lineup for both teams (someone tell me how National League pitchers are supposed to be effective with the bat when teams are using the designated hitter in spring training):
Pirates
Nyjer Morgan, CF
Andrew McCutchen, LF
Freddy Sanchez, DH
Adam LaRoche, 1B
Xavier Nady, RF
Jose Bautista, 3B
Ronny Paulino, C
Brian Bixler, SS
Josh Wilson, 2B
Starting pitcher: Zach Duke; also scheduled to pitch: Ty Taubenheim, Dave Davidson, Jesse Chavez, Josh Sharpless, Daniel Moskos, Marino Salas

Reds
Ryan Freel, CF
Juan Castro, SS
Ken Griffey Jr., RF
Brandon Phillips, 2B
Adam Dunn, LF
Edwin Encarnacion, 3B
Andy Phillips, 1B
Javier Valentin, C
Ryan Hanigan, DH
Starting pitcher: Aaron Harang

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