It's Alive! ALIVE!

The bird, that is, which Pirate centerfielder Nate McLouth bumped into while fielding a double during the second inning at McKechnie Field. We all thought it was dead...but after laying motionless, it took off and flew into the Bradenton air.
Yeah, I cried.
Well, it's 1-0 Twins here in the fourth. That aforementioned double off the bat of Wilson Ramos plated Brian Buscher, and that is where we stand thus far.
Buccos Tom Gorzelanny had control proble,s walking two and hitting one in two innings. But he wiggled out of a jam thanks to a first-inning double play.
Ouside of a Craig Monroe double, the Pirates didn't do much against Francisco Liriano. But third baseman Matt Macri saved a run when he made a diving stab of Andy LaRoche's grounder to keep Monroe on third in the second inning.