PNC Park -

PNC PARK -- REVIEWS

TOTAL GAMES AT PNC PARK: 4 GAMES

ADDRESS:
115 Federal Street
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212

FACTS:
Broke ground: April 7, 1999
Opened: March 31, 2001
Construction cost: $ 216 million
Capacity: 38,496

Left Field – 325 feet
Left-Center – 383 feet
Deep Left-Center Field – 410 feet
Center Field – 399 feet
Right-Center – 375 feet
Right Field – 320 feet
Backstop – 51 feet

FIRST GAME:
- April 9, 2001
- Pirates 8, Reds 2

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1ST GAME AT PNC PARK

We had stayed 10 minutes away from PNC Park. The downtown area was wonderful. Pittsburgh is very hilly when driving through the city. We got tickets for the "all you can eat" section. They were $30 a piece. It was a feast! They served nachos, popcorn, peanuts, ice cream sandwiches. drinks, and hot dogs. The aisles were littered with empty wrappers, peanut shells, containers, drink holders and cups. It was a good game with the Reds hitting 2 homeruns by Brandon Phillips and Javier Valentin. Volquez picked up the win vs Karstens.

Reds 5 Pirates 1 Tuesday, August 12th 2008
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=280812123

2ND GAME AT PNC PARK

We arrived in Carnegie, PA at about midnight after driving from the Phillies game. The Cardinals just kept getting RBI base hits to score everyone. Adam Wainwright pitched pretty well, 6 innings pitched allowing 2 runs and 7 strikeouts. Paul Maholm could not find the strike zone, 53-95 ball to strike ratio. It was chilly at the start of the game until the sun came out. MOTHER'S DAY!

Cardinals 11 Pirates 4 May 9th, 2010

http://espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=300509123

3RD GAME AT PNC PARK

This game started off with Shaun Marcum & Kevin Correia pitching no hitter's going into the 5th inning. The Brewers emerged in the 6th inning by attacking the Pirates. Prince Fielder hit an off speed pitch into the cold Pittsburgh air to the deepest part of the park for a home run to break this game open. Marcum pitched 7 innings by not giving up a run. The crowd there in Pittsburgh was the smallest crowd I had ever been to a Major League game. It was also the seventh-smallest crowd in PNC Park history( not hard to believe). I do not believe there was 8,755 there either. It looked like there was 2,000 people there at the game. Also the fans here in Pittsburgh yell at their players all the time, and it makes the players feel like garbage. I felt like I was at a minor league game( Beloit Snappers). The Pirates better get back on track, this stadium is amazing and for a bad team to lose year after year is a shame.

FROM BREWERS JOURNALIST-
Haudricourt: The Brewers and Pirates play in about 20 minutes and I'd say there are about 100 people in PNC Park. Plenty of good decks available.
Pirates announced attendance tonight at PNC Park is 8,755. Subtract about 6,000 and you'll be a lot closer to actual attendance.

Brewers 6 Pirates 0 April 13th, 2011
http://espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=310413123

Pirates fans behind us heckling Fielder-- Prince nailed a home run and as he rounded third base he looked towards our section.

4TH GAME AT PNC PARK

Randy Wolf pitched one of his best games as a Milwaukee Brewer. Wolf went 6.2 IP and 10 Strikeouts. Fielder stayed hot by hitting a RBI single in the first off Paul Maholm as he was hitting .142 against him in his career. This game was pretty much all pitching. Wolf 6.2 IP 0 ER 3 Hits 2 BB 10 Strikeouts- Maholm 7.0 IP 4 Hits 2 ER 3 BB 6 Strikeouts.

Brewers 4 Pirates 1 April 14th, 2011
http://espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=310414123