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Article: Brewers, Pirates Rained Out
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- April 7, 2003
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Dateline: PITTSBURGH
The Pittsburgh Pirates certainly didn't want to do this: call off
a game against the Milwaukee Brewers.
A persistent rain and a wind-chill factor that was expected to drop
into the 20s by game time caused the Pirates to postpone their home
opener until Tuesday night. Game time will again be 6:05 p.m. EDT,
one hour earlier that most Pirates' night games at home.
The starting pitchers remain the same, with Brewers left-hander Glendon
Rusch (0-1) opposing Kip Wells (0-0). The right-handed Wells was 3-
1 with a 3.13 ERA against Milwaukee last season.
The Pirates thus started their 2003 home schedule the way they ended
last season's. Rain wiped out ...