GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NL: PITTSBURGH (19-27) at CINCINNATI (18-30)

NL: PITTSBURGH at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">NL AT CINCINNATI - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: C Moeller catching.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 2
CINCINNATI 2 TOP, 10TH

DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: J Wilson (.247, 0-FOR-2)</div>

 

NL: PITTSBURGH at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">NL AT CINCINNATI - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: N McLouth hit for J Bayliss.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, J WILSON ON FIRST, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 2
CINCINNATI 2 TOP, 10TH

DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: N McLouth (.239, 1 HR, 2 RBI)</div>

 

NL: PITTSBURGH at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">NL AT CINCINNATI - SCORING UPDATE
SACRIFICE FLY BY CHRIS DUFFY SCORED JACK WILSON.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J BAUTISTA ON FIRST, N MCLOUTH ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 3
CINCINNATI 2 TOP, 10TH

DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: F SANCHEZ (.278, 0-FOR-4)</div>

 

NL: PITTSBURGH at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">NL AT CINCINNATI - SCORING UPDATE
GROUND RULE DOUBLE BY FREDDY SANCHEZ SCORED NATE MCLOUTH.

SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, F SANCHEZ ON SECOND, J BAUTISTA ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 4
CINCINNATI 2 TOP, 10TH

DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: A LAROCHE (.191, 0-FOR-4)</div>

 

NL: PITTSBURGH at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">NL AT CINCINNATI - SCORING UPDATE
JASON BAY HIT BY DAVID WEATHERS PITCH WITH BASES LOADED
SCORED JOSE BAUTISTA.
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, J BAY ON FIRST, A LAROCHE ON SECOND, F
SANCHEZ ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 5
CINCINNATI 2 TOP, 10TH

DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: R PAULINO (.217, 0-FOR-2)</div>

 

NL: PITTSBURGH at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">NL AT CINCINNATI - PITCHING CHANGE
CIN: BRAD SALMON (0-1, 2.45) IN THE 10TH
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, J BAY ON FIRST, A LAROCHE ON SECOND, F
SANCHEZ ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 5, CINCINNATI 2

DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: R PAULINO (.217, 0-FOR-2)</div>

 

NL: PITTSBURGH at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">NL AT CINCINNATI - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: B Salmon relieved D Weathers.
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, J BAY ON FIRST, A LAROCHE ON SECOND, F
SANCHEZ ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 5
CINCINNATI 2 TOP, 10TH

DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: R Paulino (.217, 0-FOR-2)</div>

 

NL: PITTSBURGH at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">NL AT CINCINNATI - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY RONNY PAULINO SCORED FREDDY SANCHEZ AND ADAM
LAROCHE.
SITUATION: 5 RUNS IN, R PAULINO ON SECOND, J BAY ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 7
CINCINNATI 2 TOP, 10TH

DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: X NADY (.273, 1-FOR-4, HR, RBI)</div>

 

NL: PITTSBURGH at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">NL AT CINCINNATI - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY XAVIER NADY SCORED JASON BAY. ERROR BY RYAN FREEL
ALLOWED RONNY PAULINO TO SCORE.
SITUATION: 7 RUNS IN, X NADY ON FIRST, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 9
CINCINNATI 2 TOP, 10TH

DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: J WILSON (.251, 1-FOR-3, HBP)</div>

 

NL: PITTSBURGH at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">NL AT CINCINNATI - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY JACK WILSON SCORED XAVIER NADY.
SITUATION: 8 RUNS IN, J WILSON ON FIRST, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 10
CINCINNATI 2 TOP, 10TH

DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: N MCLOUTH (.239, 0-FOR-0, SAC)</div>

 

NL: PITTSBURGH at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
- - - - - - - - -
PITTSBURGH 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CINCINNATI 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0

10 R H E
-- - - -
PITTSBURGH 8 10 11 1
CINCINNATI 2 9 1 (BOT 10)

CURRENT PITCHERS: PIT - JONAH BAYLISS (OUT)
CIN - BRAD SALMON

DUE UP FOR CINCINNATI: K GRIFFEY JR (.301, 2-FOR-4, HR, RBI)
B PHILLIPS (.289, 1-FOR-4, HR, RBI)
B SALMON (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)</div>

 

NL: PITTSBURGH at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">PITTSBURGH (10) VS CINCINNATI (2) - MID 10TH - IN PROGRESS

PITTSBURGH ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Bautista 3b 4 1 1 0 1 2 1 .266
C Duffy cf 4 0 2 1 0 1 2 .236
F Sanchez 2b 5 1 1 1 0 1 3 .282
A LaRoche 1b 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 .191
J Bay lf 3 2 2 2 1 1 0 .285
R Doumit c 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333
R Paulino c 3 1 1 2 0 0 1 .223
X Nady rf 5 2 2 2 0 0 1 .278
J Wilson ss 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .256
P Maholm p 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .105
a-J Castillo ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .254
M Capps p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
D Marte p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Bayliss p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-N McLouth ph 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .234

Totals 37 10 11 9 4 6 12

a-walked for P Maholm in the 8th; b-safe on batter's fielder's choice,
credited with a sacrifice for J Bayliss in the 10th.

BATTING: 2B - C Duffy (7, A Harang); F Sanchez (8, D Weathers); R Paulino (7, B
Salmon). HR - J Bay (6, 2nd inning off A Harang 0 on, 0 Out), X Nady (6, 2nd
inning off A Harang 0 on, 1 Out). S - N McLouth. SF - C Duffy. RBI - J Bay 2
(31), X Nady 2 (24), C Duffy (14), F Sanchez (11), R Paulino 2 (19), J Wilson
(10). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A LaRoche 1, F Sanchez 2. GIDP
- R Doumit. Team LOB - 6.

BASERUNNING: CS - J Wilson (3, 2nd base by A Harang/D Ross), J Bautista (1,
2nd base by A Harang/D Ross).

FIELDING: E - J Bautista (3, throw). DP: 1 (A LaRoche-J Wilson-A LaRoche).


CINCINNATI ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Freel cf 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 .257
N Hopper lf 5 0 1 0 0 0 3 .268
K Griffey Jr rf 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 .301
B Phillips 2b 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 .289
J Conine 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .277
D Weathers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Salmon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
A Gonzalez ss 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 .255
E Encarnacion 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 .217
D Ross c 3 0 1 0 0 2 4 .214
a-J Valentin ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250
J Castro pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .163
C Moeller c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188
A Harang p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .182
S Hatteberg 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .302

Totals 35 2 9 2 2 7 15

a-singled to center for D Ross in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B - J Conine (6, P Maholm); N Hopper (2, P Maholm); A Gonzalez (10, M
Capps). HR - K Griffey Jr (11, 6th inning off P Maholm 0 on, 0 Out), B Phillips
(9, 6th inning off P Maholm 0 on, 0 Out). S - A Harang. RBI - K Griffey Jr
(30), B Phillips (28). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Ross 2, K
Griffey Jr 1, E Encarnacion 2, N Hopper 1. GIDP - N Hopper. Team LOB - 9.

FIELDING: E - R Freel (4, throw). DP: 2 (D Ross-A Gonzalez, J Conine-A
Gonzalez-J Conine).


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PITTSBURGH - 020 000 000 8 -- 10
CINCINNATI - 000 002 000 -- 2
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PITTSBURGH ip h r er bb so hr era
P Maholm 7 7 2 2 2 6 2 5.43
M Capps 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.12
D Marte 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.57
J Bayliss 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.47

CINCINNATI ip h r er bb so hr era
A Harang 8 5 2 2 2 5 2 4.50
D Weathers 1 1/3 3 6 6 2 0 0 4.30
B Salmon 2/3 3 2 2 0 1 0 4.50

IBB - A LaRoche (by D Weathers). HBP - J Wilson (by A Harang); J Bautista (by
A Harang); J Bay (by D Weathers). Pitches-strikes: P Maholm 99-66; M Capps
11-10; D Marte 3-3; J Bayliss 6-4; A Harang 112-67; D Weathers 36-18; B Salmon
14-11. Ground balls-fly balls: P Maholm 12-3; M Capps 0-2; D Marte 1-0; J
Bayliss 0-2; A Harang 9-8; D Weathers 2-3; B Salmon 0-1. Batters faced: P
Maholm 30; M Capps 4; D Marte 2; J Bayliss 2; A Harang 30; D Weathers 11; B
Salmon 5.

UMPIRES: HP--Randy Marsh. 1B--Bob Davidson. 2B--Sam Holbrook. 3B--Hunter
Wendelstedt.

Weather: 85 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 8 mph, in from right.</div>

 

NL: PITTSBURGH at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">NL AT CINCINNATI - PITCHING CHANGE
PIT: SALOMON TORRES (0-1, 4.26) STARTING THE 10TH
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 10, CINCINNATI 2

DUE UP FOR CINCINNATI: K GRIFFEY JR (.301, 2-FOR-4, HR, RBI)</div>

 

NL: PITTSBURGH at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">NL AT CINCINNATI - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: S Torres relieved J Bayliss.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 10
CINCINNATI 2 BOTTOM, 10TH

DUE UP FOR CINCINNATI: K Griffey Jr (.301, 2-FOR-4, HR, RBI)</div>

 

NL: PITTSBURGH at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">NL AT CINCINNATI - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: A Dunn hit for B Salmon.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 10
CINCINNATI 2 BOTTOM, 10TH

DUE UP FOR CINCINNATI: A Dunn (.257, 12 HR, 27 RBI)</div>

 

Bucs score eight in 10th to down Reds

<h3>PITTSBURGH 10, CINCINNATI 4 (10 INNINGS)</h3>CINCINNATI (Ticker) -- Aaron Harang put the Cincinnati Reds ina position to win, but poor execution on bunt plays kept themfrom ending their skid.

David Weathers and Brad Salmon were tagged for eight runs in the10th inning after a botched bunt as the Reds dropped theirfourth straight contest, 10-4, to the Pittsburgh Pirates in theopener of a four-game series on Fireworks Night on Friday.

Jason Bay and Xavier Nady homered for the Pirates, who snapped afive-game losing streak.

After Cincinnati's Scott Hatteberg failed to sacrifice JuanCastro to second with no outs in the ninth inning, Jack Wilsonled off the 10th against Weathers (1-3) with a ground singlebetween third base and shortstop. Nate McLouth then laid down abunt and catcher David Ross tried to throw out Wilson at secondbase, but his throw was late.

Jose Bautista followed with a bloop single to left field to loadthe bases and Chris Duffy lined a hard sacrifice fly to right.Freddy Sanchez drilled a ground-rule RBI double to left-centerfield for a 4-2 edge. After an intentional walk, Bay was hit bya pitch, forcing in a run and bringing on Salmon.

Ronny Paulino doubled in two runs, Nady plated another with asecond run scoring on a throwing error by center fielder RyanFreel before Wilson capped the scoring with an RBI single.

Damaso Marte (1-0) worked a scoreless ninth to pick up the win.

Prior to the Pirates ruining the mood for the postgame fireworksdisplay, Harang gave the Reds enough to provide the club with asixth win in 23 games.

Despite winning his two previous starts against Pittsburgh thisseason, Harang was tagged for 10 runs and 18 hits in 13 2/3innings, and the righthander got off to a shaky start Friday.

Bay opened the second inning with his sixth homer of the seasonand Nady followed one batter later with a blast to left field -his sixth of the campaign. Bay entered the contest 12-for-34with with three homers and Nady 7-for-16 against Harang.

But the 2006 National League strikeout leader settled in,retiring the side in order the next two frames with the aid of adouble play before pitching perfect frames in the fifth throughseven frames.

The Pirates threatened to break a 2-2 tie in the eighth afterloading the bases on a walk, hit by pitch and infield single,but Ross fielded a swinging bunt by Sanchez and threw him out atfirst to escape.

Harang left after the eighth, allowing two runs and five hitswith two walks and five strikeouts.

Even with Harang mowing down the opposition, the strugglingReds, who lost to obscure starters Matt Chico, Jason Simontacchiand Mike Bacsik in their past three games to the WashingtonNationals, looked on their way to another loss to a strugglinghurler.

Pittsburgh starter Paul Maholm, who entered 1-3 with a 6.55 ERAin May and a loser to Cincinnati on April 6, carried a three-hitshutout into the sixth.

However, the Reds showed their power bats, as Ken Griffey Jr.blasted career homer No. 574 and major league-leading 10th blastthis month into the right-field bullpen to lead off the frame.Brandon Phillips followed with his ninth homer of the season totie the game at 2-2.

With Griffey's blast, he moved past Harmon Killebrew for solepossession of eighth place - nine behind Mark McGwire forseventh. The lefthanded hitter is batting .349 (29-for-83) with21 RBI this month.

Maholm last seven innings, yielding the two runs and seven hits.

 

NL: PITTSBURGH at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">NL AT CINCINNATI - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY ALEX GONZALEZ SCORED ADAM DUNN.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A GONZALEZ ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 10
CINCINNATI 3 BOTTOM, 10TH

DUE UP FOR CINCINNATI: E ENCARNACION (.217, 1-FOR-3, BB)</div>

 

NL: PITTSBURGH at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">NL AT CINCINNATI - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY EDWIN ENCARNACION SCORED ALEX GONZALEZ.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, E ENCARNACION ON FIRST, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 10
CINCINNATI 4 BOTTOM, 10TH

DUE UP FOR CINCINNATI: C MOELLER (.188, 0 HR, 0 RBI)</div>

 

NL: PITTSBURGH at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">NL FINAL 10
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
- - - - - - - - -
PITTSBURGH 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CINCINNATI 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0

10 R H E
-- - - -
PITTSBURGH 8 10 11 1
CINCINNATI 2 4 11 1 (FINAL 10)

BATTERIES: PIT - PAUL MAHOLM, MATT CAPPS (8TH), DAMASO MARTE (9TH), JONAH
BAYLISS (9TH), SALOMON TORRES (10TH) AND RYAN DOUMIT, RONNY
PAULINO (4TH)

CIN - AARON HARANG, DAVID WEATHERS (9TH), BRAD SALMON
(10TH) AND DAVID ROSS, CHAD MOELLER (10TH)

HOME RUNS: PIT - JASON BAY (6) OFF AARON HARANG IN THE 2ND, 0 ON
XAVIER NADY (6) OFF AARON HARANG IN THE 2ND, 0 ON

CIN - KEN GRIFFEY JR (11) OFF PAUL MAHOLM IN THE 6TH, 0 ON
BRANDON PHILLIPS (9) OFF PAUL MAHOLM IN THE 6TH, 0 ON</div>

 

NL: PITTSBURGH at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">NL FINAL 10
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
- - - - - - - - -
PITTSBURGH 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CINCINNATI 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0

10 R H E
-- - - -
PITTSBURGH 8 10 11 1
CINCINNATI 2 4 11 1 (FINAL 10)

BATTERIES: PIT - PAUL MAHOLM, MATT CAPPS (8TH), DAMASO MARTE (9TH), JONAH
BAYLISS (9TH), SALOMON TORRES (10TH) AND RYAN DOUMIT, RONNY
PAULINO (4TH)

CIN - AARON HARANG, DAVID WEATHERS (9TH), BRAD SALMON
(10TH) AND DAVID ROSS, CHAD MOELLER (10TH)


WP - JONAH BAYLISS (4-2)
LP - DAVID WEATHERS (1-3)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: PIT - JASON BAY (6) OFF AARON HARANG IN THE 2ND, 0 ON
XAVIER NADY (6) OFF AARON HARANG IN THE 2ND, 0 ON

CIN - KEN GRIFFEY JR (11) OFF PAUL MAHOLM IN THE 6TH, 0 ON
BRANDON PHILLIPS (9) OFF PAUL MAHOLM IN THE 6TH, 0 ON


TIME: 3:06 ATT: 36,455

PROBABLES: PIT - SHAWN CHACON (1-0, 3.48)
CIN - BRONSON ARROYO (2-4, 3.41)</div>