Pitching match-ups set for Atlanta

By MIKE HENRY
mhenry@bradenton.com

BRADENTON -- The scheduled starting pitchers in Monday night's season-opening game between the Pirates and Braves in Atlanta have combined for 327 career victories.
Pittsburgh right-hander Ian Snell, who has 24 of that total, goes up against 303-game winner Tom Glavine at 7:10 p.m. on Monday.
Snell was 9-12 last season with a 3.76 ERA. Glavine, who returned to Atlanta via free agency, was 13-8 for the Mets with a 4.45 ERA.
Snell, who signed a three-year contract recently with a club option for two additional seasons, is 2-3 with a 4.01 ERA and 16 strikeouts in 24 2/3 innings this spring.
The teams have an off day Tuesday. On Wednesday, 2007 14-game winner Tom Gorzelanny will start for Pittsburgh against Jair Jurrjens. The following night, Zach Duke starts for the Pirates against Mike Hampton.
Matt Morris and Paul Maholm will start the Pirates' first two games at Florida on Friday and Saturday, assuming Maholm rebounds from the lower-back stiffness that caused him to be scratched from his scheduled start Friday in Fort Myers.
Snell gets the start at Florida on April 6, with Gorzelanny pitching the home opener at PNC Park on April 7 against the Cubs.