GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NL: SAN DIEGO (29-22) at PITTSBURGH (23-28)

Young pitches Padres over Pirates

<h3>SAN DIEGO 9, PITTSBURGH 0</h3>PITTSBURGH (Ticker) -- Chris Young came back to haunt hisformer employer again.

Young, a third-round draft pick of the Pittsburgh Pirates in2000 who never played for the club, tossed seven scorelessinnings and had an RBI single to help his San Diego Padres to a9-0 victory over the Pirates on Wednesday in the second of athree-game set.

Khalil Greene had a grand slam and scored twice for the Padres,who blew the game open with seven runs in the final two innings.

Young (6-3), traded by Pittsburgh in December 2002 to the TexasRangers, gave up four hits and one walk while striking out sevento improve his career record against Pittsburgh to 3-0.

In three career starts against the Pirates, Young has allowedjust two earned runs in 23 2/3 innings pitched. In those threestarts, he has given up just seven hits while holding thePirates to a .093 average.

The 6-10 righthander got into one jam in the sixth, when hesurrendered a one-out single to his counterpart, Paul Maholm,and then a double to Jose Bautista. But Young got Chris Duffyto foul out and Freddy Sanchez to fly out to center to end thethreat.

The Padres opened the scoring in the third, when Greene and PaulMcAnulty led off the third with back-to-back singles. After asacrifice bunt by Young advanced both runners, Marcus Gilesgrounded out to shortstop, scoring Greene to put the Padresahead, 1-0.

In the fifth, rookie Kevin Kouzmanoff led off with a single,Greene followed with a walk. Both runners advanced on a wildpitch by Maholm. After McAnulty struck out, Young knocked asingle to center field, scoring Greene to make it 2-0. It wasjust Young's second hit of the season in 17 at-bats.

The Padres blew it open in the eighth when Giles led off with awalk, advanced to second on a sacrifice by Jose Cruz, Jr., andwas singled home two batters later by Mike Cameron. AfterCameron's single, Maholm was relieved by Jonah Bayliss.

Bayliss intentionally walked Josh Bard, walked Kouzmanoff andthen gave up a grand slam to Greene, the second of his career.Damaso Marte relieved Bayliss and retired the side.

Maholm (2-7) went 7 2/3 innings, giving up six hits and fourearned runs while striking out five.

 

NL: SAN DIEGO at PITTSBURGH

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SAN DIEGO (9) AT PITTSBURGH (0) - EVENT LOG
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San Diego Starting Lineups -- M Giles 2B, J Cruz Jr RF, A Gonzalez 1B,
M Cameron CF, J Bard C, K Kouzmanoff 3B, K Greene SS, P McAnulty LF, C Young RHP.

Pittsburgh Starting Lineups -- J Bautista 3B, C Duffy CF, F Sanchez 2B,
A LaRoche 1B, J Bay LF, R Doumit RF, R Paulino C, J Wilson SS, P Maholm LHP.

Umpires -- Joe West (HP), Ed Rapuano (1B), Ed Hickox (2B), C.B. Bucknor (3B).


Gametime Weather: 85 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind in from right at 3 mph.


SAN DIEGO 1ST: M Giles grounded out to pitcher. J Cruz Jr struck out
swinging. A Gonzalez grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
SAN DIEGO 0, PITTSBURGH 0.

PITTSBURGH 1ST: J Bautista struck out swinging. C Duffy grounded out to
second. F Sanchez struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 0,
PITTSBURGH 0.

SAN DIEGO 2ND: M Cameron singled to center. J Bard grounded into double
play, shortstop to second to first, M Cameron out at second. K Kouzmanoff
grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 0, PITTSBURGH 0.

PITTSBURGH 2ND: A LaRoche struck out swinging. J Bay doubled to deep
right. R Doumit lined out to right. R Paulino lined out to right. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 0, PITTSBURGH 0.

SAN DIEGO 3RD: K Greene singled to center. P McAnulty singled to center,
K Greene to second. C Young sacrificed to third, K Greene to third, P McAnulty
to second. M Giles grounded out to shortstop, K Greene scored. J Cruz Jr
struck out looking. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 1, PITTSBURGH 0.

PITTSBURGH 3RD: J Wilson struck out swinging. P Maholm grounded out to
second. J Bautista struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 1,
PITTSBURGH 0.

SAN DIEGO 4TH: A Gonzalez flied out to center. M Cameron grounded out to
shortstop. J Bard grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 1, PITTSBURGH 0.

PITTSBURGH 4TH: C Duffy singled to center. C Duffy picked off first.
F Sanchez grounded out to shortstop. A LaRoche struck out swinging. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 1, PITTSBURGH 0.

SAN DIEGO 5TH: K Kouzmanoff singled to left. K Greene walked, K Kouzmanoff
to second. K Kouzmanoff to third, K Greene to second on wild pitch by
P Maholm. P McAnulty struck out swinging. C Young singled to center,
K Kouzmanoff scored, K Greene to third. M Giles safe at first on error by third
baseman J Bautista, C Young to second. J Cruz Jr struck out swinging.
A Gonzalez grounded out to second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error) SAN DIEGO 2,
PITTSBURGH 0.

PITTSBURGH 5TH: J Bay flied out to right. R Doumit flied out to left.
R Paulino grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 2,
PITTSBURGH 0.

SAN DIEGO 6TH: M Cameron hit by pitch. J Bard grounded into double play,
shortstop to second to first, M Cameron out at second. K Kouzmanoff flied out
to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 2, PITTSBURGH 0.

PITTSBURGH 6TH: J Wilson grounded out to third. P Maholm singled to right.
J Bautista doubled to deep center, P Maholm to third. C Duffy fouled out to
shortstop. F Sanchez flied out to center. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
SAN DIEGO 2, PITTSBURGH 0.

SAN DIEGO 7TH: K Greene grounded out to shortstop. P McAnulty popped out
to shortstop. C Young grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
SAN DIEGO 2, PITTSBURGH 0.

PITTSBURGH 7TH: A LaRoche fouled out to catcher. J Bay walked. J Bay
stole second. R Doumit struck out swinging. R Paulino grounded out to
shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 2, PITTSBURGH 0.

SAN DIEGO 8TH: M Giles walked. J Cruz Jr sacrificed to catcher, M Giles to
second. A Gonzalez struck out swinging. M Cameron singled to center, M Giles
scored. J Bayliss relieved P Maholm. M Cameron stole second. J Bard
intentionally walked. K Kouzmanoff walked, M Cameron to third, J Bard to
second. K Greene homered to center, M Cameron, J Bard and K Kouzmanoff scored.
D Marte relieved J Bayliss. P McAnulty flied out to left. (5 Runs, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 7, PITTSBURGH 0.

PITTSBURGH 8TH: D Brocail relieved C Young. J Wilson flied out to right.
N McLouth hit for D Marte. N McLouth fouled out to third. J Bautista grounded
out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 7, PITTSBURGH 0.

SAN DIEGO 9TH: J Sharpless relieved D Marte. R Branyan hit for D Brocail.
R Branyan struck out swinging. M Giles flied out to left. J Cruz Jr walked.
A Gonzalez singled to right, J Cruz Jr to second. M Cameron doubled to deep
left, J Cruz Jr and A Gonzalez scored. J Bard flied out to center. (2 Runs,
2 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 9, PITTSBURGH 0.

PITTSBURGH 9TH: J Hampson relieved D Brocail. C Duffy singled to left.
F Sanchez lined out to center. A LaRoche struck out looking. J Bay flied out to
right. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 9, PITTSBURGH 0.</div>

 

Young pitches Padres over Pirates

<h3>SAN DIEGO 9, PITTSBURGH 0</h3>PITTSBURGH (Ticker) -- Chris Young came back to haunt hisformer employer again.

Young, a third-round draft pick of the Pittsburgh Pirates in2000 who never played for the club, tossed seven scorelessinnings and had an RBI single to help his San Diego Padres to a9-0 victory over the Pirates on Wednesday in the second of athree-game set.

Khalil Greene had a grand slam and scored twice for the Padres,who blew the game open with seven runs in the final two innings.

Young (6-3), traded by Pittsburgh in December 2002 to the TexasRangers, gave up four hits and one walk while striking out sevento improve his career record against Pittsburgh to 3-0.

"I'm past that; I've been traded three times now," Young said."I'm just trying to help my team win, it doesn't matter to mewho I'm facing, my job is to go out and give the team a chanceto win and make good pitches and keep us in the game."

In three career starts against the Pirates, Young has allowedjust two earned runs in 23 2/3 innings pitched. In those threestarts, he has given up just seven hits while holding thePirates to a .093 average.

The 6-10 righthander got into one jamin the sixth, when he surrendered a one-out single to hiscounterpart, Paul Maholm, and then a double to Jose Bautista.But Young got Chris Duffy to foul out and Freddy Sanchez to flyout to center to end the threat.

"For the most part, I was able to execute my pitches prettywell," Young said. "I had decent fastball command and for methat's my bread and butter. On nights when I'm able to put myfastball where I want, I'll take my chances."

"Chris threw the ball very well again," San Diego manager BudBlack said. "I think he's on a nice roll. His mechanics, hisconfidence and his stuff is all coming together and I thinkwe're seeing the results of that in his performance. He'sthrowing the ball great."

The Padres opened the scoring in the third, when Greene and PaulMcAnulty led off the inning with back-to-back singles. After asacrifice bunt by Young advanced both runners, Marcus Gilesgrounded out to shortstop, scoring Greene to put the Padresahead, 1-0.

In the fifth, rookie Kevin Kouzmanoff led off with a single,Greene followed with a walk. Both runners advanced on a wildpitch by Maholm. After McAnulty struck out, Young knocked asingle to center field, scoring Greene to make it 2-0. It wasjust Young's second hit of the season in 17 at-bats.

"It was luck; it hit my bat," Young said, laughing. "Sometimesit finds a hole. It's just a situation where you're trying toput the ball in play, trying to hit it hard somewhere and itworked out."

The Padres blew it open in the eighth when Giles led off with awalk, advanced to second on a sacrifice by Jose Cruz, Jr., andwas singled home two batters later by Mike Cameron. AfterCameron's single, Maholm was relieved by Jonah Bayliss.

Bayliss intentionally walked Josh Bard, walked Kouzmanoff andthen gave up a grand slam to Greene, the second of his career.Damaso Marte relieved Bayliss and retired the side.

Greene had been hitless in his previous five games entering<div class="pre">Wednesday hit previous hit coming May 20 but he had two hits</div>against the Pirates.

"It's definitely frustrating at times and it's always nice to doanything when you really feel like you're struggling," Greenesaid. "To be able to drive in some runs and to be able tocontribute in that way is nice."

Maholm (2-7) went 7 2/3 innings, giving up six hits and fourearned runs while striking out five.

"Of course I'm pleased with how I threw, but in losing there'sno consolation in saying, 'Hey I threw a good game but welost,'" Maholm said. "It's tough, but there's a lot of seasonleft. As long as I can get rolling on a decent amount of startsand everyone else gets rolling like they have been, then we'regoing to go on a nice little streak."

Cameron reached base four times and drove in three for SanDiego, which scored its most runs since plating 10 on April 24.

"(Before tonight) we hadn't had the most quality at-bats withrunners in scoring position," Cameron said. "We swing atpitchers' pitches and put ourselves in a bad position. Buttonight, collectively, we were pretty good. Everybody was upthere giving their best and making their guy throw a pitch thatthey can put a good swing on."