Hooray for the G-20 summit! It took me about 15 minutes this morning to breeze down the unusually empty Parkway East and into the parking garage across from PNC Park. All of the players I talked to this morning in the Pirates’ clubhouse said the same thing: easy access from the North Hills and North Shore.
The Pirates said about 12,000 tickets have been sold for this afternoon’s game. However, folks I spoke with here this morning said they expect to see 2,000 fans or fewer in the seats.
Lineups for this afternoon’s game:
REDS (71-81)
- Willie Tavares cf
- Drew Sutton ss
- Joey Votto 1b
- Brandon Phillips 2b
- Scott Rolen 3b
- Jonny Gomes rf
- Wladimir Balentien lf
- Ryan Hanigan c
- Bronson Arroyo (13-13, 4.04) rhp
PIRATES (56-93)
- Andrew McCutchen cf
- Delwyn Young 2b
- Garrett Jones 1b
- Lastings Milledge lf
- Brandon Moss rf
- Andy LaRoche 3b
- Jason Jaramillo c
- Luis Cruz ss
- Charlie Morton (4-8, 5.00) rhp
