Big fly day

The win was blowing out. And the ball has followed suit thus far at McKechnie Field.

The Pirates lead the Astros 7-4 in bottom of the eighth on the strength of three home runs - a towering shot by Freddy Sanchez that is still sitting on the roof of the Boys & Girls Club, a blast over the scoreboard by Craig Monroe and a no-doubter in right field from Garrett Jones.
Monroe and Jones hit two-run shots.
The announced crowd is 3,959, and it is a pretty vocal bunch. Fans have been stomping on the bleachers and thus far during Jones' eighth-inning at-bat, disagreeing with the balls and strikes.
They want to see a grand slam from Jones, a big lefty who has worked the count full.
He walks. 8-4 Pirates.
The Astros have kicked the ball around to the tune of three errors, and pitcher Tyler Lumsden has fallen behind 2-0 to Andy LaRoche.
3-0. And he is a pitch away from walking in a run for the third time this inning.
He does. 9-4.
Dude, throw a STRIKE. It's spring training. Cookie one over. Let's go home.
Be back when it's over...or by the year 2525 - whichever comes first.