Ninth

Well, I almost got my mugged mangled by a foul ball off the bat of Craig Tatum. It missed by a hair and bounced off the hand of Ogden Newspaper scribe John Perrotto, currently icing his bruised paw with a cold can of Sprite.

We got to the 10th here at Ed Smith with the score tied at 5. The Buccos came back in the ninth when Luis Cruz singled in Garrett Jones in the ninth. Pirate starter Jason Davis got out of a jam in the ninth, leaving runners on second and third.

Typically, tied spring-training games end after 10 innings. We'll see if this puppy follows suit.