Posted: May 11, 2008 9:01 p.m.
PITTSBURGH — The Atlanta Braves and Pittsburgh Pirates will play a doubleheader today after their game Sunday was postponed by rain.
The doubleheader will begin at 12:35 p.m. Jair Jurrjens will start the first game for Atlanta against Zach Duke, and Pittsburgh’s John Van Benschoten will face Tim Hudson in the nightcap.
Duke and Jurrjens had been the scheduled starters Sunday.
The game was called after a delay of 40 minutes. Light rain in the morning developed into a thunderstorm just before the scheduled 1:35 p.m. start. The tarp was never taken off the field.
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