GAME THREAD: NL: MILWAUKEE (48-35) at PITTSBURGH (36-47)

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">MILWAUKEE (3) VS PITTSBURGH (5) - END 7TH - IN PROGRESS

MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Hart rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .312
C Counsell ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .244
R Braun 3b 3 1 2 3 0 0 0 .349
P Fielder 1b 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 .279
J Estrada c 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 .289
G Jenkins lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .269
G Gross cf 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .213
R Weeks 2b 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 .231
C Vargas p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .087
a-T Graffanino ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255
M Wise p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 27 3 9 3 1 4 9

a-grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop for C Vargas in the 7th.

BATTING: 2B - P Fielder (21, I Snell). HR - R Braun (8, 1st inning off I Snell
2 on, 0 Out). RBI - R Braun 3 (29). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R
Weeks 1, C Hart 1. GIDP - J Estrada, G Jenkins. Team LOB - 4.

BASERUNNING: CS - R Braun (1, 2nd base by I Snell/R Paulino).


PITTSBURGH ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
N McLouth cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .245
J Bautista 3b 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 .262
F Sanchez 2b 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 .296
A LaRoche 1b 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 .236
R Doumit rf 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 .303
X Nady lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .278
R Paulino c 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .228
J Wilson ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261
I Snell p 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .103

Totals 25 5 6 5 2 4 4

BATTING: 3B - N McLouth (2, C Vargas). HR - R Doumit (5, 4th inning off C
Vargas 1 on, 0 Out), A Laroche (11, 6th inning off C Vargas 1 on, 0 Out). SF -
J Bautista. RBI - J Bautista (31), R Doumit 2 (19), A LaRoche 2 (48). Runners
left in scoring position, 2 out - I Snell 1. Team LOB - 2.

BASERUNNING: CS - R Doumit (1, 2nd base by C Vargas).

FIELDING: DP: 2 (A LaRoche-J Wilson-A LaRoche, F Sanchez-J Wilson-A LaRoche).



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MILWAUKEE - 300 000 0 -- 3
PITTSBURGH - 100 202 0 -- 5
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MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era
C Vargas 6 6 5 5 2 4 2 4.52
M Wise 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.00

PITTSBURGH ip h r er bb so hr era
I Snell 7 9 3 3 1 4 1 2.96

WP - I Snell 2. Pitches-strikes: C Vargas 96-60; M Wise 11-8; I Snell 89-63.
Ground balls-fly balls: C Vargas 3-10; M Wise 1-2; I Snell 10-6. Batters faced:
C Vargas 25; M Wise 3; I Snell 28.

UMPIRES: HP--Jim Wolf. 1B--Rob Drake. 2B--Jim Joyce. 3B--Mike Everitt.

Weather: 78 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 11 mph, right to left.</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
MILWAUKEE 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 0
PITTSBURGH 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 5 6 0 (BOT 8)

CURRENT PITCHERS: MIL - MATT WISE
PIT - IAN SNELL

DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: J BAUTISTA (.262, 0-FOR-2, SF, RBI)
F SANCHEZ (.296, 1-FOR-3)
A LAROCHE (.236, 2-FOR-2, BB, HR, 2 RBI)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">MILWAUKEE (3) VS PITTSBURGH (5) - MID 8TH - IN PROGRESS

MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Hart rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .312
C Counsell ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .243
R Braun 3b 4 1 2 3 0 0 0 .347
P Fielder 1b 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 .278
J Estrada c 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 .289
G Jenkins lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .269
G Gross cf 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .213
R Weeks 2b 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 .231
C Vargas p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .087
a-T Graffanino ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255
M Wise p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 30 3 9 3 1 5 9

a-grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop for C Vargas in the 7th.

BATTING: 2B - P Fielder (21, I Snell). HR - R Braun (8, 1st inning off I Snell
2 on, 0 Out). RBI - R Braun 3 (29). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R
Weeks 1, C Hart 1. GIDP - J Estrada, G Jenkins. Team LOB - 4.

BASERUNNING: CS - R Braun (1, 2nd base by I Snell/R Paulino).


PITTSBURGH ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
N McLouth cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .245
J Bautista 3b 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 .262
F Sanchez 2b 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 .296
A LaRoche 1b 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 .236
R Doumit rf 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 .303
X Nady lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .278
R Paulino c 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .228
J Wilson ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261
I Snell p 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .103

Totals 25 5 6 5 2 4 4

BATTING: 3B - N McLouth (2, C Vargas). HR - R Doumit (5, 4th inning off C
Vargas 1 on, 0 Out), A Laroche (11, 6th inning off C Vargas 1 on, 0 Out). SF -
J Bautista. RBI - J Bautista (31), R Doumit 2 (19), A LaRoche 2 (48). Runners
left in scoring position, 2 out - I Snell 1. Team LOB - 2.

BASERUNNING: CS - R Doumit (1, 2nd base by C Vargas).

FIELDING: DP: 2 (A LaRoche-J Wilson-A LaRoche, F Sanchez-J Wilson-A LaRoche).



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MILWAUKEE - 300 000 00 -- 3
PITTSBURGH - 100 202 0 -- 5
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MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era
C Vargas 6 6 5 5 2 4 2 4.52
M Wise 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.00

PITTSBURGH ip h r er bb so hr era
I Snell 8 9 3 3 1 5 1 2.93

WP - I Snell 2. Pitches-strikes: C Vargas 96-60; M Wise 11-8; I Snell 106-74.
Ground balls-fly balls: C Vargas 3-10; M Wise 1-2; I Snell 11-7. Batters faced:
C Vargas 25; M Wise 3; I Snell 31.

UMPIRES: HP--Jim Wolf. 1B--Rob Drake. 2B--Jim Joyce. 3B--Mike Everitt.

Weather: 78 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 11 mph, right to left.</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
MILWAUKEE 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 0
PITTSBURGH 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 5 6 0 (TOP 9)

CURRENT PITCHERS: MIL - MATT WISE
PIT - IAN SNELL

DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: J ESTRADA (.289, 1-FOR-3)
G JENKINS (.269, 0-FOR-3)
G GROSS (.213, 2-FOR-3)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">MILWAUKEE (3) VS PITTSBURGH (5) - END 8TH - IN PROGRESS

MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Hart rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .312
C Counsell ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .243
R Braun 3b 4 1 2 3 0 0 0 .347
P Fielder 1b 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 .278
J Estrada c 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 .289
G Jenkins lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .269
G Gross cf 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .213
R Weeks 2b 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 .231
C Vargas p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .087
a-T Graffanino ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255
M Wise p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 30 3 9 3 1 5 9

a-grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop for C Vargas in the 7th.

BATTING: 2B - P Fielder (21, I Snell). HR - R Braun (8, 1st inning off I Snell
2 on, 0 Out). RBI - R Braun 3 (29). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R
Weeks 1, C Hart 1. GIDP - J Estrada, G Jenkins. Team LOB - 4.

BASERUNNING: CS - R Braun (1, 2nd base by I Snell/R Paulino).


PITTSBURGH ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
N McLouth cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .245
J Bautista 3b 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 .261
F Sanchez 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .295
A LaRoche 1b 3 2 2 2 1 0 0 .235
R Doumit rf 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 .303
X Nady lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .278
R Paulino c 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .228
J Wilson ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261
I Snell p 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .103

Totals 28 5 6 5 2 4 4

BATTING: 3B - N McLouth (2, C Vargas). HR - R Doumit (5, 4th inning off C
Vargas 1 on, 0 Out), A Laroche (11, 6th inning off C Vargas 1 on, 0 Out). SF -
J Bautista. RBI - J Bautista (31), R Doumit 2 (19), A LaRoche 2 (48). Runners
left in scoring position, 2 out - I Snell 1. Team LOB - 2.

BASERUNNING: CS - R Doumit (1, 2nd base by C Vargas).

FIELDING: DP: 2 (A LaRoche-J Wilson-A LaRoche, F Sanchez-J Wilson-A LaRoche).



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MILWAUKEE - 300 000 00 -- 3
PITTSBURGH - 100 202 00 -- 5
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MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era
C Vargas 6 6 5 5 2 4 2 4.52
M Wise 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.92

PITTSBURGH ip h r er bb so hr era
I Snell 8 9 3 3 1 5 1 2.93

WP - I Snell 2. Pitches-strikes: C Vargas 96-60; M Wise 25-16; I Snell
106-74. Ground balls-fly balls: C Vargas 3-10; M Wise 3-3; I Snell 11-7.
Batters faced: C Vargas 25; M Wise 6; I Snell 31.

UMPIRES: HP--Jim Wolf. 1B--Rob Drake. 2B--Jim Joyce. 3B--Mike Everitt.

Weather: 78 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 11 mph, right to left.</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">NL AT PITTSBURGH - PITCHING CHANGE
PIT: MATT CAPPS (4-4, 2.53) STARTING THE 9TH
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 3, PITTSBURGH 5

DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: J ESTRADA (.289, 1-FOR-3)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">NL AT PITTSBURGH - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: M Capps relieved I Snell.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 3
PITTSBURGH 5 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: J Estrada (.289, 1-FOR-3)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
MILWAUKEE 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 0
PITTSBURGH 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 x 5 6 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: MIL - CLAUDIO VARGAS, MATT WISE (7TH) AND JOHNNY ESTRADA

PIT - IAN SNELL, MATT CAPPS (9TH) AND RONNY PAULINO

HOME RUNS: MIL - RYAN BRAUN (8) OFF IAN SNELL IN THE 1ST, 2 ON

PIT - RYAN DOUMIT (5) OFF CLAUDIO VARGAS IN THE 4TH, 1 ON
ADAM LAROCHE (11) OFF CLAUDIO VARGAS IN THE 6TH, 1 ON</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
MILWAUKEE 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 0
PITTSBURGH 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 x 5 6 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: MIL - CLAUDIO VARGAS, MATT WISE (7TH) AND JOHNNY ESTRADA

PIT - IAN SNELL, MATT CAPPS (9TH) AND RONNY PAULINO


WP - IAN SNELL (7-5)
LP - CLAUDIO VARGAS (6-2)
SAVE - MATT CAPPS (8)

HOME RUNS: MIL - RYAN BRAUN (8) OFF IAN SNELL IN THE 1ST, 2 ON

PIT - RYAN DOUMIT (5) OFF CLAUDIO VARGAS IN THE 4TH, 1 ON
ADAM LAROCHE (11) OFF CLAUDIO VARGAS IN THE 6TH, 1 ON


TIME: 2:16 ATT: 35,878

PROBABLES: MIL - BEN SHEETS (10-3, 3.19)
PIT - TOM GORZELANNY (8-4, 3.05)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">MILWAUKEE (3) VS PITTSBURGH (5) - FINAL

MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Hart rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .312
C Counsell ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .243
R Braun 3b 4 1 2 3 0 0 0 .347
P Fielder 1b 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 .278
J Estrada c 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 .292
G Jenkins lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .268
G Gross cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .211
R Weeks 2b 4 0 0 0 0 3 4 .230
C Vargas p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .087
a-T Graffanino ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255
M Wise p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 34 3 10 3 1 5 11

a-grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop for C Vargas in the 7th.

BATTING: 2B - P Fielder (21, I Snell); J Estrada (18, M Capps). HR - R Braun
(8, 1st inning off I Snell 2 on, 0 Out). RBI - R Braun 3 (29). Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - R Weeks 2, C Hart 1. GIDP - J Estrada, G Jenkins.
Team LOB - 5.

BASERUNNING: CS - R Braun (1, 2nd base by I Snell/R Paulino).


PITTSBURGH ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
N McLouth cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .245
J Bautista 3b 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 .261
F Sanchez 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .295
A LaRoche 1b 3 2 2 2 1 0 0 .235
R Doumit rf 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 .303
X Nady lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .278
R Paulino c 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .228
J Wilson ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261
I Snell p 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .103
M Capps p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000

Totals 28 5 6 5 2 4 4

BATTING: 3B - N McLouth (2, C Vargas). HR - R Doumit (5, 4th inning off C
Vargas 1 on, 0 Out), A Laroche (11, 6th inning off C Vargas 1 on, 0 Out). SF -
J Bautista. RBI - J Bautista (31), R Doumit 2 (19), A LaRoche 2 (48). Runners
left in scoring position, 2 out - I Snell 1. Team LOB - 2.

BASERUNNING: CS - R Doumit (1, 2nd base by C Vargas).

FIELDING: DP: 2 (A LaRoche-J Wilson-A LaRoche, F Sanchez-J Wilson-A LaRoche).



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MILWAUKEE - 300 000 000 -- 3
PITTSBURGH - 100 202 00x -- 5
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MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era
C Vargas (L, 6-2) 6 6 5 5 2 4 2 4.52
M Wise 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.92

PITTSBURGH ip h r er bb so hr era
I Snell (W, 7-5) 8 9 3 3 1 5 1 2.93
M Capps (S, 8) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.47

WP - I Snell 2. Pitches-strikes: C Vargas 96-60; M Wise 25-16; I Snell
106-74; M Capps 11-11. Ground balls-fly balls: C Vargas 3-10; M Wise 3-3; I
Snell 11-7; M Capps 1-2. Batters faced: C Vargas 25; M Wise 6; I Snell 31; M
Capps 4.

UMPIRES: HP--Jim Wolf. 1B--Rob Drake. 2B--Jim Joyce. 3B--Mike Everitt.

T--2:16. Att--35,878.
Weather: 78 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 11 mph, right to
left.</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NL
MILWAUKEE 3
PITTSBURGH 5 FINAL</div>

 

{irates rally behind home runs to sink Brewers

<h3>PITTSBURGH 5, MILWAUKEE 3</h3>PITTSBURGH (Ticker) -- Ryan Doumit and Adam LaRoche each hittwo-run homers as the Pittsburgh Pirates won for the sixth timein nine games, beating the Milwaukee Brewers, 5-3, on Wednesdayafternoon.

Ian Snell pitched eight strong innings and Matt Capps picked uphis eighth save for Pittsburgh, which modestly moved into fourthplace in the National League Central Division.

Rookie Ryan Braun hit a three-run home run - his eighth of theseason - for the first-place Brewers, who have lost three out offour and four of six.

The first three Brewers of the game reached base, capped byBraun's three-run homer to center that scored Corey Hart andCraig Counsell. But that was it for the Milwaukee offenseagainst Snell (7-5), who won for the third time in fourdecisions and improved to 4-0 lifetime against the Brewers.

Snell allowed three runs on nine hits, striking out five andwalking one. The Pirates have won five of his past six starts.He entered the game with the fifth-best ERA in the NationalLeague, a number that actually climbed .03 to 2.93 with hisperformance Wednesday.

Pittsburgh got its first run in the bottom of the first whenJose Bautista's sacrifice fly scored Nate McLouth, who had ledoff with a triple.

Doumit's shot, his fifth, went to right with LaRoche aboard inthe fourth. Two innings later, LaRoche hit his 11th toright-center, scoring Freddy Sanchez for a 5-3 lead.

LaRoche, who also singled and walked, has gone 13-for-28 (.464)with four doubles, three home runs and eight RBI in his pastseven games and extended his PNC Park hitting streak to ninecontests.

Milwaukee had not lost a game that Claudio Vargas (6-2) hadstarted since May 26 - a span of six consecutive winningoutings. But he allowed five runs on six hits Wednesday, walkingtwo and striking out four.

Braun, Prince Fielder and Gabe Gross each had two hits and Hartextended his hitting streak to 20 games for the Brewers, whohave homered in 13 straight games.

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MILWAUKEE (3) AT PITTSBURGH (5) - HOW THEY SCORED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MILWAUKEE 1ST: C Hart singled to left center. C Counsell singled to left,
C Hart to second. R Braun homered to center, C Hart and C Counsell scored.
P Fielder singled to second. J Estrada flied out to left. G Jenkins struck
out swinging. G Gross reached on infield single to shortstop, P Fielder to
second. R Weeks struck out swinging. (3 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors)
MILWAUKEE 3, PITTSBURGH 0.

PITTSBURGH 1ST: N McLouth tripled to deep left center. J Bautista hit
sacrifice fly to center, N McLouth scored. F Sanchez lined out to shortstop.
A LaRoche singled to right. R Doumit fouled out to second. (1 Run, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 3, PITTSBURGH 1.

PITTSBURGH 4TH: A LaRoche walked. R Doumit homered to right, A LaRoche
scored. X Nady flied out to center. R Paulino struck out looking. J Wilson
popped out to first. (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 3, PITTSBURGH 3.

PITTSBURGH 6TH: F Sanchez singled to center. A LaRoche homered to right
center, F Sanchez scored. R Doumit walked. X Nady struck out swinging.
R Doumit caught stealing second, pitcher to first to shortstop to first to
second. R Paulino flied out to right. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 3,
PITTSBURGH 5.</div>

 

Pirates rally behind home runs to sink Brewers

<h3>PITTSBURGH 5, MILWAUKEE 3</h3>PITTSBURGH (Ticker) -- Ryan Doumit and Adam LaRoche each hittwo-run homers as the Pittsburgh Pirates won for the sixth timein nine games, beating the Milwaukee Brewers, 5-3, on Wednesdayafternoon.

Ian Snell pitched eight strong innings and Matt Capps picked uphis eighth save for Pittsburgh, which modestly moved into fourthplace in the National League Central Division.

Rookie Ryan Braun hit a three-run home run - his eighth of theseason - for the first-place Brewers, who have lost three out offour and four of six.

The first three Brewers of the game reached base, capped byBraun's three-run homer to center that scored Corey Hart andCraig Counsell. But that was it for the Milwaukee offenseagainst Snell (7-5), who won for the third time in fourdecisions and improved to 4-0 lifetime against the Brewers.

Snell allowed three runs on nine hits, striking out five andwalking one. The Pirates have won five of his past six starts.He entered the game with the fifth-best ERA in the NationalLeague, a number that actually climbed .03 to 2.93 with hisperformance Wednesday.

Pittsburgh got its first run in the bottom of the first whenJose Bautista's sacrifice fly scored Nate McLouth, who had ledoff with a triple.

Doumit's shot, his fifth, went to right with LaRoche aboard inthe fourth. Two innings later, LaRoche hit his 11th toright-center, scoring Freddy Sanchez for a 5-3 lead.

LaRoche, who also singled and walked, has gone 13-for-28 (.464)with four doubles, three home runs and eight RBI in his pastseven games and extended his PNC Park hitting streak to ninecontests.

Milwaukee had not lost a game that Claudio Vargas (6-2) hadstarted since May 26 - a span of six consecutive winningoutings. But he allowed five runs on six hits Wednesday, walkingtwo and striking out four.

Braun, Prince Fielder and Gabe Gross each had two hits and Hartextended his hitting streak to 20 games for the Brewers, whohave homered in 13 straight games.

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MILWAUKEE (3) AT PITTSBURGH (5) - EVENT LOG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Milwaukee Starting Lineups -- C Hart RF, C Counsell SS, R Braun 3B,
P Fielder 1B, J Estrada C, G Jenkins LF, G Gross CF, R Weeks 2B, C Vargas RHP.

Pittsburgh Starting Lineups -- N McLouth CF, J Bautista 3B, F Sanchez 2B,
A LaRoche 1B, R Doumit RF, X Nady LF, R Paulino C, J Wilson SS, I Snell RHP.

Umpires -- Jim Wolf (HP), Rob Drake (1B), Jim Joyce (2B), Mike Everitt (3B).


Gametime Weather: 78 degrees, Cloudy, wind right to left at 11 mph.


MILWAUKEE 1ST: C Hart singled to left center. C Counsell singled to left,
C Hart to second. R Braun homered to center, C Hart and C Counsell scored.
P Fielder singled to second. J Estrada flied out to left. G Jenkins struck
out swinging. G Gross reached on infield single to shortstop, P Fielder to
second. R Weeks struck out swinging. (3 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors)
MILWAUKEE 3, PITTSBURGH 0.

PITTSBURGH 1ST: N McLouth tripled to deep left center. J Bautista hit
sacrifice fly to center, N McLouth scored. F Sanchez lined out to shortstop.
A LaRoche singled to right. R Doumit fouled out to second. (1 Run, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 3, PITTSBURGH 1.

MILWAUKEE 2ND: C Vargas grounded out to third. C Hart flied out to center.
C Counsell grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 3,
PITTSBURGH 1.

PITTSBURGH 2ND: X Nady singled to right. R Paulino hit into fielder's
choice to shortstop, X Nady out at second. J Wilson grounded out to third,
R Paulino to second. I Snell grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
MILWAUKEE 3, PITTSBURGH 1.

MILWAUKEE 3RD: R Braun singled to right. R Braun caught stealing second,
catcher to shortstop. P Fielder walked. J Estrada grounded into double play,
first to shortstop to first, P Fielder out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
MILWAUKEE 3, PITTSBURGH 1.

PITTSBURGH 3RD: N McLouth flied out to center. J Bautista flied out to
center. F Sanchez struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 3,
PITTSBURGH 1.

MILWAUKEE 4TH: G Jenkins flied out to center. G Gross grounded out to
first. R Weeks struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 3,
PITTSBURGH 1.

PITTSBURGH 4TH: A LaRoche walked. R Doumit homered to right, A LaRoche
scored. X Nady flied out to center. R Paulino struck out looking. J Wilson
popped out to first. (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 3, PITTSBURGH 3.

MILWAUKEE 5TH: C Vargas popped out to shortstop. C Hart grounded out to
third. C Counsell flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 3,
PITTSBURGH 3.

PITTSBURGH 5TH: I Snell struck out looking. N McLouth flied out to center.
J Bautista flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 3,
PITTSBURGH 3.

MILWAUKEE 6TH: R Braun grounded out to shortstop. P Fielder doubled to
left. J Estrada singled to right, P Fielder to third. G Jenkins grounded into
double play, second to shortstop to first, J Estrada out at second.(0 Runs,
2 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 3, PITTSBURGH 3.

PITTSBURGH 6TH: F Sanchez singled to center. A LaRoche homered to right
center, F Sanchez scored. R Doumit walked. X Nady struck out swinging.
R Doumit caught stealing second, pitcher to first to shortstop to first to
second. R Paulino flied out to right. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 3,
PITTSBURGH 5.

MILWAUKEE 7TH: G Gross singled to center. R Weeks struck out swinging.
T Graffanino hit for C Vargas. G Gross to second on wild pitch by I Snell.
T Graffanino grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, G Gross out at third.
T Graffanino to second on wild pitch by I Snell. C Hart flied out to right.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 3, PITTSBURGH 5.

PITTSBURGH 7TH: M Wise relieved C Vargas. J Wilson fouled out to first.
I Snell flied out to right. N McLouth grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 3, PITTSBURGH 5.

MILWAUKEE 8TH: C Counsell grounded out to first. R Braun flied out to
center. P Fielder struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 3,
PITTSBURGH 5.

PITTSBURGH 8TH: J Bautista lined out to left. F Sanchez grounded out to
third. A LaRoche grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 3, PITTSBURGH 5.

MILWAUKEE 9TH: M Capps relieved I Snell. J Estrada doubled to deep right.
G Jenkins grounded out to shortstop, J Estrada to third. G Gross flied out to
left. R Weeks flied out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 3,
PITTSBURGH 5.</div>

 

Pirates rally behind home runs to sink Brewers

<h3>PITTSBURGH 5, MILWAUKEE 3</h3>PITTSBURGH (Ticker) -- Ryan Doumit and Adam LaRoche each hittwo-run homers as the Pittsburgh Pirates won for the sixth timein nine games, beating the Milwaukee Brewers, 5-3, on Wednesdayafternoon.

Ian Snell pitched eight strong innings and Matt Capps picked uphis eighth save for Pittsburgh, which modestly moved into fourthplace in the National League Central Division.

Rookie Ryan Braun hit a three-run home run - his eighth of theseason - for the first-place Brewers, who have lost three out offour and four of six.

"It's more fun winning and the atmosphere in here has changed,"LaRoche said. "You can see guys coming to the field with alittle more confidence, a little better attitude."

The first three Brewers of the game reached base, capped byBraun's three-run homer to center that scored Corey Hart andCraig Counsell. But that was it for the Milwaukee offenseagainst Snell (7-5), who won for the third time in fourdecisions and improved to 4-0 lifetime against the Brewers.

"He's always been pretty tough on us, he did a really nice jobfrom (the first inning) on," Brewers manager Ned Yost said."You know that you still have to find some ways to tack on someruns. You gotta hold them there.

"Getting three runs in first is nice, but they haven't even hityet. They've got 27 outs. The game's a long way from beingthrough, and you have to find more ways to tack on some runs.If you don't, you get outcomes like we did today."

Snell allowed three runs on nine hits, striking out five andwalking one. The Pirates have won five of his past six starts.He entered the game with the fifth-best ERA in the NationalLeague, a number that actually climbed .03 to 2.93 with hisperformance Wednesday.

"That a phenomenal eight innings of pitching that Ian Snell justgave us this afternoon," Pirates manager Jim Tracy said. "Whenyou consider the way the game started ... to turn it around andgo the next seven innings the way he did, I think is anothersign of what this man, who is he and what's he's becoming."

Pittsburgh got its first run in the bottom of the first whenJose Bautista's sacrifice fly scored Nate McLouth, who had ledoff with a triple.

Doumit's shot, his fifth, went to right with LaRoche aboard inthe fourth. Two innings later, LaRoche hit his 11th toright-center, scoring Freddy Sanchez for a 5-3 lead.

LaRoche, who also singled and walked, has gone 13-for-28 (.464)with four doubles, three home runs and eight RBI in his pastseven games and extended his PNC Park hitting streak to ninecontests. He also singled and walked.

"I wouldn't even have swung at that a month ago," LaRoche saidof the 3-0 pitch he hit for a homer. "I'm praying for a walkright there, so that's how things change."

Milwaukee had not lost a game that Claudio Vargas (6-2) hadstarted since May 26 - a span of six consecutive winningoutings. But he allowed five runs on six hits Wednesday, walkingtwo and striking out four.

"Those two (home runs), I was behind in the count," said Vargas."That's the only two hitters (who did damage) I feel badbecause we scored three runs in the first inning and I let themcome back."

Braun, Prince Fielder and Gabe Gross each had two hits and Hartextended his hitting streak to 20 games for the Brewers, whohave homered in 13 straight games.

Despite his stellar ERA, Snell was not selected for the All-Stargame. Fellow Pittsburgh starter Tom Gorzelanny was named one ofthe final five selections that fans can vote for online.

"I thought I deserved to make it but I didn't," Snell said."It's not that big a deal anymore. I'll shoot for next year.Right now, I just want to try to get this thing into theplayoffs."