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

NL: PITTSBURGH at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">PITTSBURGH (10) VS CINCINNATI (4) - FINAL IN 10 INNINGS

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
S Torres p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

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 5 1 2 1 0 2 1 .299
B Phillips 2b 5 1 1 1 0 2 0 .288
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
b-A Dunn ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .257
A Gonzalez ss 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 .259
E Encarnacion 3b 4 0 2 1 1 0 2 .224
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 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .176
A Harang p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .182
S Hatteberg 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .302

Totals 40 4 11 4 3 10 16

a-singled to center for D Ross in the 9th; b-walked for B Salmon in the
10th.

BATTING: 2B - J Conine (6, P Maholm); N Hopper (2, P Maholm); A Gonzalez 2 (11,
M Capps, S Torres). 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), A Gonzalez (20), E Encarnacion (17). 2-out
RBI - A Gonzalez, E Encarnacion. 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
- 10.

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 -- 4
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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 (W, 4-2) 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.47
S Torres 1 2 2 2 1 3 0 4.95

CINCINNATI ip h r er bb so hr era
A Harang 8 5 2 2 2 5 2 4.50
D Weathers (L, 1-3) 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; S Torres 31-20; 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; S Torres 0-0; 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; S Torres 6;
A Harang 30; D Weathers 11; B Salmon 5.

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

T--3:06. Att--36,455.
Weather: 85 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 8 mph, in
from right.</div>

 

NL: PITTSBURGH at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NL
PITTSBURGH 10
CINCINNATI 4 FINAL</div>

 

NL: PITTSBURGH at CINCINNATI

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PITTSBURGH (10) AT CINCINNATI (4) - HOW THEY SCORED
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PITTSBURGH 2ND: J Bay homered to right. R Doumit fouled out to third.
X Nady homered to left. J Wilson hit by pitch. J Wilson caught stealing second,
catcher to shortstop. P Maholm struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
PITTSBURGH 2, CINCINNATI 0.

CINCINNATI 6TH: K Griffey Jr homered to right. B Phillips homered to left.
J Conine grounded out to shortstop. A Gonzalez struck out swinging.
E Encarnacion singled to left. D Ross struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 3 Hits,
0 Errors) PITTSBURGH 2, CINCINNATI 2.

PITTSBURGH 10TH: C Moeller catching. J Wilson singled to left. N McLouth
hit for J Bayliss. N McLouth sacrificed into fielder's choice to catcher,
J Wilson to second. J Bautista singled to left, J Wilson to third, N McLouth to
second. C Duffy hit sacrifice fly to right, J Wilson scored, N McLouth to
third. F Sanchez hit a ground rule double to deep center, N McLouth scored,
J Bautista to third. A LaRoche intentionally walked. J Bay hit by pitch,
J Bautista scored, F Sanchez to third, A LaRoche to second. B Salmon relieved
D Weathers. R Paulino doubled to left, F Sanchez and A LaRoche scored, J Bay to
third. X Nady singled to center, J Bay scored, R Paulino scored, X Nady to
second on throwing error by center fielder R Freel. J Wilson singled to center,
X Nady scored. N McLouth flied out to center. J Bautista struck out looking.
(8 Runs, 6 Hits, 1 Error) PITTSBURGH 10, CINCINNATI 2.

CINCINNATI 10TH: S Torres relieved J Bayliss. K Griffey Jr struck out
swinging. B Phillips struck out swinging. A Dunn hit for B Salmon. A Dunn
walked. A Gonzalez doubled to left, A Dunn scored. E Encarnacion singled to
left, A Gonzalez scored. C Moeller struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) PITTSBURGH 10, CINCINNATI 4.</div>

 

NL: PITTSBURGH at CINCINNATI

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PITTSBURGH (10) AT CINCINNATI (4) - EVENT LOG
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Pittsburgh Starting Lineups -- J Bautista 3B, C Duffy CF, F Sanchez 2B,
A LaRoche 1B, J Bay LF, R Doumit C, X Nady RF, J Wilson SS, P Maholm LHP.

Cincinnati Starting Lineups -- R Freel CF, N Hopper LF, K Griffey Jr RF,
B Phillips 2B, J Conine 1B, A Gonzalez SS, E Encarnacion 3B, D Ross C, A Harang RHP.

Umpires -- Randy Marsh (HP), Bob Davidson (1B), Sam Holbrook (2B),
Hunter Wendelstedt (3B).

Gametime Weather: 85 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind in from right at 8 mph.


PITTSBURGH 1ST: J Bautista struck out swinging. C Duffy doubled to deep
center. F Sanchez flied out to right, C Duffy to third. A LaRoche flied out
to left. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) PITTSBURGH 0, CINCINNATI 0.

CINCINNATI 1ST: R Freel safe at first on throwing error by third baseman
J Bautista. N Hopper grounded into double play, first to shortstop to first,
R Freel out at second. K Griffey Jr struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
1 Error) PITTSBURGH 0, CINCINNATI 0.

PITTSBURGH 2ND: J Bay homered to right. R Doumit fouled out to third.
X Nady homered to left. J Wilson hit by pitch. J Wilson caught stealing second,
catcher to shortstop. P Maholm struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
PITTSBURGH 2, CINCINNATI 0.

CINCINNATI 2ND: B Phillips grounded out to shortstop. J Conine doubled to
left. A Gonzalez lined out to left. E Encarnacion flied out to right.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) PITTSBURGH 2, CINCINNATI 0.

PITTSBURGH 3RD: J Bautista walked. C Duffy struck out swinging. J Bautista
caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop. F Sanchez lined out to center.
(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) PITTSBURGH 2, CINCINNATI 0.

CINCINNATI 3RD: D Ross singled to left. A Harang sacrificed to pitcher,
D Ross to second. R Freel grounded out to shortstop. N Hopper flied out to
center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) PITTSBURGH 2, CINCINNATI 0.

PITTSBURGH 4TH: A LaRoche flied out to center. J Bay singled to left
center. R Doumit grounded into double play, first to shortstop to first, J Bay
out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) PITTSBURGH 2, CINCINNATI 0.

CINCINNATI 4TH: R Paulino catching. K Griffey Jr singled to center.
B Phillips grounded out to third, K Griffey Jr to second. J Conine grounded out
to shortstop. A Gonzalez walked. E Encarnacion walked, K Griffey Jr to third,
A Gonzalez to second. D Ross struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
PITTSBURGH 2, CINCINNATI 0.

PITTSBURGH 5TH: X Nady lined out to left. J Wilson grounded out to
shortstop. P Maholm grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
PITTSBURGH 2, CINCINNATI 0.

CINCINNATI 5TH: A Harang grounded out to second. R Freel grounded out to
second. N Hopper grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
PITTSBURGH 2, CINCINNATI 0.

PITTSBURGH 6TH: J Bautista lined out to left. C Duffy flied out to center.
F Sanchez struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) PITTSBURGH 2,
CINCINNATI 0.

CINCINNATI 6TH: K Griffey Jr homered to right. B Phillips homered to left.
J Conine grounded out to shortstop. A Gonzalez struck out swinging.
E Encarnacion singled to left. D Ross struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 3 Hits,
0 Errors) PITTSBURGH 2, CINCINNATI 2.

PITTSBURGH 7TH: A LaRoche grounded out to second. J Bay struck out
swinging. R Paulino grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
PITTSBURGH 2, CINCINNATI 2.

CINCINNATI 7TH: A Harang struck out swinging. R Freel struck out swinging.
N Hopper doubled to deep right. K Griffey Jr grounded out to second. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) PITTSBURGH 2, CINCINNATI 2.

PITTSBURGH 8TH: X Nady grounded out to third. J Wilson grounded out to
shortstop. J Castillo hit for P Maholm. J Castillo walked. J Bautista hit by
pitch, J Castillo to second. C Duffy reached on infield single to second,
J Castillo to third, J Bautista to second. F Sanchez grounded out to catcher.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) PITTSBURGH 2, CINCINNATI 2.

CINCINNATI 8TH: M Capps relieved P Maholm. B Phillips struck out swinging.
J Conine fouled out to first. A Gonzalez doubled to deep right center.
E Encarnacion lined out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) PITTSBURGH 2,
CINCINNATI 2.

PITTSBURGH 9TH: D Weathers relieved A Harang. S Hatteberg at first base.
A LaRoche grounded out to second. J Bay walked. R Paulino fouled out to
catcher. X Nady popped out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) PITTSBURGH 2,
CINCINNATI 2.

CINCINNATI 9TH: J Valentin hit for D Ross. D Marte relieved M Capps.
J Valentin singled to center. J Castro ran for J Valentin. S Hatteberg bunted
into fielder's choice to pitcher, J Castro out at second. J Bayliss relieved
D Marte. R Freel flied out to left. N Hopper flied out to center. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) PITTSBURGH 2, CINCINNATI 2.

PITTSBURGH 10TH: C Moeller catching. J Wilson singled to left. N McLouth
hit for J Bayliss. N McLouth sacrificed into fielder's choice to catcher,
J Wilson to second. J Bautista singled to left, J Wilson to third, N McLouth to
second. C Duffy hit sacrifice fly to right, J Wilson scored, N McLouth to
third. F Sanchez hit a ground rule double to deep center, N McLouth scored,
J Bautista to third. A LaRoche intentionally walked. J Bay hit by pitch,
J Bautista scored, F Sanchez to third, A LaRoche to second. B Salmon relieved
D Weathers. R Paulino doubled to left, F Sanchez and A LaRoche scored, J Bay to
third. X Nady singled to center, J Bay scored, R Paulino scored, X Nady to
second on throwing error by center fielder R Freel. J Wilson singled to center,
X Nady scored. N McLouth flied out to center. J Bautista struck out looking.
(8 Runs, 6 Hits, 1 Error) PITTSBURGH 10, CINCINNATI 2.

CINCINNATI 10TH: S Torres relieved J Bayliss. K Griffey Jr struck out
swinging. B Phillips struck out swinging. A Dunn hit for B Salmon. A Dunn
walked. A Gonzalez doubled to left, A Dunn scored. E Encarnacion singled to
left, A Gonzalez scored. C Moeller struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) PITTSBURGH 10, CINCINNATI 4.</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 Chad Moeller tried to throw out Wilson atsecond base, but his throw was late.

"If they're going to give you an out, you need to take it,"frustrated Cincinnati manager Jerry Narron said. "We didn't getit. Giving up that many runs there is hard to believe, but overthe last couple of weeks, I've seen a lot of things that I<div class="pre">couldn't believe and I've been in this game a long time."</div>

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.

"We played a very good ballgame," Pittsburgh manager Jim Tracysaid. "We had good at-bats once we got some runners on."

The inning was a direct contrast to Pittsburgh series with St.Louis.

"We had a lot of chances. We were swinging at everything,"Paulino said. "In the eighth inning with the bases loaded wedidn't have good swings. Once Duffy hit the sacrifice fly werelaxed and kept swinging."

"It's a strange game," Nady said. "We started to have some goodat-bats. It's encouraging to know that we're capable of doingthis. Duffy had a good at-bat then everything fell into place."

Damaso Marte allowed a pinch hit single to Javier Valentin butHatteberg bunted right back to Marte who forced pinch runnerJuan Castro at second. Jonah Bayless (4-2) earned the win bystranding Hatteberg, the 18th stranded runner among the 20 he'sinherited by getting Ryan Freel and Norris Hopper to fly out.

"Marte and Bayless did a real nice job to get us to the 10th,"Tracy said.

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.

"It's collective, it's gaining speed and it snowballs. We'redoing things I've never seen a team do," Hatteberg said. "Ourhopes were pretty high, especially coming out of springtraining. We're definitely not playing to our potential. It'sa long season, but we've got to turn it around."

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.

"We've gone through some bad stretches, but it likes in this,just when it looks like we're turning the page, something badhappens," Harang said. "If you overdwell on it, you make itworse. We have to go out and do the small things and hopesomebody finds a horseshoe in the clubhouse."

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.

"It is a tell-tale sign with Maholm if he can get outs early inthe count and limit his pitch count by commanding the strikezone, he'll get into the seventh or eighth inning and have achance to win," Tracy said.