They beat Atlanta when no one else had and overwhelmed Charlotte in their season opener.
After beating Atlanta last night, Orlando has the best record (10-4) in the conference.
They went on to beat Atlanta for the championship.
"But we sure in heck want to beat Atlanta."
It's like we beat Atlanta, so this game we'll just let go of the rope and it doesn't matter.
New Orleans has beaten Atlanta in six straight games, including a 20-13 victory this season.
Brown, who struck out 11, has beaten Atlanta six straight times.
The 17 runs were the most for the Pirates since May 9, 1979, when they beat Atlanta, 17-9.
The 49ers had beaten Atlanta by 37-30 in Week 3.
They beat Atlanta, 5-2, Thursday to improve to 4-1 in exhibition games.