GAME THREAD: NL: MILWAUKEE (48-36) at PITTSBURGH (37-47)

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">MILWAUKEE (3) VS PITTSBURGH (6) - END 8TH - IN PROGRESS

MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Hart rf-cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .311
J Hardy ss 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 .286
R Braun 3b 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 .340
B Hall cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .271
G Jenkins lf 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 .270
K Mench lf-rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .275
T Graffanino 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
D Miller c 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .281
R Weeks 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .227
B Sheets p 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .081
a-C Counsell ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241
C Villanueva p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
D Turnbow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 28 3 5 3 2 6 4

a-popped out to second for B Sheets in the 7th.

BATTING: 2B - C Hart (15, T Gorzelanny). HR - G Jenkins (13, 4th inning off T
Gorzelanny 1 on, 0 Out). RBI - G Jenkins 2 (37), J Hardy (53). 2-out RBI - J
Hardy. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Weeks 1. GIDP - R Braun.
Team LOB - 3.


PITTSBURGH ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
N McLouth cf 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .238
F Sanchez 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .295
A LaRoche 1b 4 3 3 3 0 0 1 .242
X Nady rf 4 1 3 1 0 0 1 .285
R Doumit c 4 1 1 1 0 1 3 .302
S Chacon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300
J Bay lf 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 .256
J Bautista 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .258
J Wilson ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .261
T Gorzelanny p 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 .059
R Paulino c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .228

Totals 33 6 10 6 2 6 9

BATTING: 2B - F Sanchez (18, B Sheets); X Nady (14, B Sheets); A LaRoche (23, B
Sheets). HR - R Doumit (6, 2nd inning off B Sheets 0 on, 0 Out), A Laroche 2
(13, 3rd inning off B Sheets 1 on, 1 Out, 7th inning off C Villanueva 0 on, 2
Out). RBI - R Doumit (20), A LaRoche 3 (51), J Bay (52), X Nady (47). 2-out RBI
- J Bay, A LaRoche. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - X Nady 1. Team
LOB - 5.

BASERUNNING: SB - N McLouth (5, 2nd base off B Sheets/D Miller), J Bay (2,
2nd base off D Turnbow/D Miller). CS - J Bautista (2, 2nd base by D Turnbow/D
Miller).

FIELDING: DP: 1 (S Chacon-J Wilson-A LaRoche).


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MILWAUKEE - 000 210 00 -- 3
PITTSBURGH - 013 010 10 -- 6
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MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era
B Sheets 6 8 5 5 1 6 2 3.41
C Villanueva 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 2.75
D Turnbow 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.58

PITTSBURGH ip h r er bb so hr era
T Gorzelanny 7 4 3 3 2 5 1 3.10
S Chacon 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.76

Pitches-strikes: B Sheets 101-67; C Villanueva 22-12; D Turnbow 18-10; T
Gorzelanny 100-56; S Chacon 9-8. Ground balls-fly balls: B Sheets 4-8; C
Villanueva 1-2; D Turnbow 2-0; T Gorzelanny 9-7; S Chacon 2-0. Batters faced: B
Sheets 27; C Villanueva 5; D Turnbow 3; T Gorzelanny 27; S Chacon 3.

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

(Plus rain delay totaling 150 minutes in the 1st). Weather: 68 degrees,
partly cloudy. Wind: 6 mph, right to left.</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">NL AT PITTSBURGH - PITCHING CHANGE
PIT: MATT CAPPS (4-4, 2.47) STARTING THE 9TH
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 3, PITTSBURGH 6

DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: G JENKINS (.270, 1-FOR-2, HR, 2 RBI)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">NL AT PITTSBURGH - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: M Capps relieved S Chacon.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 3
PITTSBURGH 6 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: G Jenkins (.270, 1-FOR-2, HR, 2 RBI)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

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

BATTERIES: MIL - BEN SHEETS, CARLOS VILLANUEVA (7TH), DERRICK TURNBOW (8TH) AND
DAMIAN MILLER

PIT - TOM GORZELANNY, SHAWN CHACON (8TH), MATT CAPPS
(9TH) AND RYAN DOUMIT, RONNY PAULINO (8TH)

HOME RUNS: MIL - GEOFF JENKINS (13) OFF TOM GORZELANNY IN THE 4TH, 1 ON

PIT - RYAN DOUMIT (6) OFF BEN SHEETS IN THE 2ND, 0 ON
ADAM LAROCHE (12) OFF BEN SHEETS IN THE 3RD, 1 ON
ADAM LAROCHE (13) OFF CARLOS VILLANUEVA IN THE 7TH, 0 ON</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

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

BATTERIES: MIL - BEN SHEETS, CARLOS VILLANUEVA (7TH), DERRICK TURNBOW (8TH) AND
DAMIAN MILLER

PIT - TOM GORZELANNY, SHAWN CHACON (8TH), MATT CAPPS
(9TH) AND RYAN DOUMIT, RONNY PAULINO (8TH)


WP - TOM GORZELANNY (9-4)
LP - BEN SHEETS (10-4)
SAVE - MATT CAPPS (9)

HOME RUNS: MIL - GEOFF JENKINS (13) OFF TOM GORZELANNY IN THE 4TH, 1 ON

PIT - RYAN DOUMIT (6) OFF BEN SHEETS IN THE 2ND, 0 ON
ADAM LAROCHE (12) OFF BEN SHEETS IN THE 3RD, 1 ON
ADAM LAROCHE (13) OFF CARLOS VILLANUEVA IN THE 7TH, 0 ON


TIME: 2:23 ATT: 15,134

PROBABLES: CHN - JASON MARQUIS (6-4, 3.31)
PIT - PAUL MAHOLM (4-11, 4.74)

PROBABLES: MIL - DAVE BUSH (6-7, 5.11)
WAS - MIKE BACSIK (2-5, 4.65)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">MILWAUKEE (3) VS PITTSBURGH (6) - FINAL

MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Hart rf-cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .311
J Hardy ss 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 .286
R Braun 3b 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 .340
B Hall cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .271
G Jenkins lf 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 .273
K Mench lf-rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .273
T Graffanino 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .249
D Miller c 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .281
R Weeks 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .227
B Sheets p 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .081
a-C Counsell ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241
C Villanueva p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
D Turnbow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 31 3 6 3 2 6 6

a-popped out to second for B Sheets in the 7th.

BATTING: 2B - C Hart (15, T Gorzelanny). HR - G Jenkins (13, 4th inning off T
Gorzelanny 1 on, 0 Out). RBI - G Jenkins 2 (37), J Hardy (53). 2-out RBI - J
Hardy. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Weeks 1. GIDP - R Braun, T
Graffanino. Team LOB - 3.


PITTSBURGH ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
N McLouth cf 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .238
F Sanchez 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .295
A LaRoche 1b 4 3 3 3 0 0 1 .242
X Nady rf 4 1 3 1 0 0 1 .285
R Doumit c 4 1 1 1 0 1 3 .302
S Chacon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300
M Capps p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
J Bay lf 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 .256
J Bautista 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .258
J Wilson ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .261
T Gorzelanny p 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 .059
R Paulino c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .228

Totals 33 6 10 6 2 6 9

BATTING: 2B - F Sanchez (18, B Sheets); X Nady (14, B Sheets); A LaRoche (23, B
Sheets). HR - R Doumit (6, 2nd inning off B Sheets 0 on, 0 Out), A Laroche 2
(13, 3rd inning off B Sheets 1 on, 1 Out, 7th inning off C Villanueva 0 on, 2
Out). RBI - R Doumit (20), A LaRoche 3 (51), J Bay (52), X Nady (47). 2-out RBI
- J Bay, A LaRoche. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - X Nady 1. Team
LOB - 5.

BASERUNNING: SB - N McLouth (5, 2nd base off B Sheets/D Miller), J Bay (2,
2nd base off D Turnbow/D Miller). CS - J Bautista (2, 2nd base by D Turnbow/D
Miller).

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



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MILWAUKEE - 000 210 000 -- 3
PITTSBURGH - 013 010 10x -- 6
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MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era
B Sheets (L, 10-4) 6 8 5 5 1 6 2 3.41
C Villanueva 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 2.75
D Turnbow 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.58

PITTSBURGH ip h r er bb so hr era
T Gorzelanny (W, 9-4) 7 4 3 3 2 5 1 3.10
S Chacon (H, 4) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.76
M Capps (S, 9) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.42

Pitches-strikes: B Sheets 101-67; C Villanueva 22-12; D Turnbow 18-10; T
Gorzelanny 100-56; S Chacon 9-8; M Capps 14-10. Ground balls-fly balls: B
Sheets 4-8; C Villanueva 1-2; D Turnbow 2-0; T Gorzelanny 9-7; S Chacon 2-0; M
Capps 2-1. Batters faced: B Sheets 27; C Villanueva 5; D Turnbow 3; T
Gorzelanny 27; S Chacon 3; M Capps 3.

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

T--2:23. (Plus rain delay totaling 150 minutes in the 1st). Att--15,134.

Weather: 68 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 6 mph, right to left.</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NL
MILWAUKEE 3
PITTSBURGH 6 FINAL</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MILWAUKEE (3) AT PITTSBURGH (6) - HOW THEY SCORED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

PITTSBURGH 2ND: R Doumit homered to center. C Hart in center field.
G Jenkins in left field. K Mench in right field. J Bay grounded out to third.
J Bautista lined out to right. J Wilson singled to right center. T Gorzelanny
struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 0, PITTSBURGH 1.

PITTSBURGH 3RD: N McLouth walked. F Sanchez flied out to center.
N McLouth stole second. A LaRoche homered to right, N McLouth scored. X Nady
doubled to deep right. R Doumit flied out to left. J Bay singled to center,
X Nady scored. J Bautista struck out swinging. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
MILWAUKEE 0, PITTSBURGH 4.

MILWAUKEE 4TH: R Braun walked. G Jenkins homered to right, R Braun scored.
K Mench flied out to center. T Graffanino popped out to third. D Miller
struck out looking. (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 2, PITTSBURGH 4.

MILWAUKEE 5TH: R Weeks grounded out to third. B Sheets struck out
swinging. C Hart doubled to left. J Hardy singled to left, C Hart scored.
R Braun struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 3, PITTSBURGH 4.

PITTSBURGH 5TH: F Sanchez lined out to left. A LaRoche doubled to deep
right. X Nady singled to left center, A LaRoche scored. R Doumit struck out
swinging. J Bay flied out to center. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 3,
PITTSBURGH 5.

PITTSBURGH 7TH: C Villanueva relieved B Sheets. N McLouth flied out to
center. F Sanchez grounded out to pitcher. A LaRoche homered to right.
X Nady singled to left. R Doumit flied out to center. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
MILWAUKEE 3, PITTSBURGH 6.</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MILWAUKEE (3) AT PITTSBURGH (6) - EVENT LOG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Milwaukee Starting Lineups -- C Hart RF, J Hardy SS, R Braun 3B, B Hall CF,
K Mench LF, T Graffanino 1B, D Miller C, R Weeks 2B, B Sheets RHP.

Pittsburgh Starting Lineups -- N McLouth CF, F Sanchez 2B, A LaRoche 1B, X Nady RF,
R Doumit C, J Bay LF, J Bautista 3B, J Wilson SS, T Gorzelanny LHP.

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


Gametime Weather: 68 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind right to left at 6 mph.


MILWAUKEE 1ST: C Hart flied out to center. J Hardy grounded out to
shortstop. R Braun grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
MILWAUKEE 0, PITTSBURGH 0.

PITTSBURGH 1ST: N McLouth grounded out to first. F Sanchez doubled to deep
center. A LaRoche grounded out to third. X Nady flied out to center. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 0, PITTSBURGH 0.

MILWAUKEE 2ND: B Hall struck out swinging. K Mench reached on infield
single to third. T Graffanino grounded out to second, K Mench to second.
D Miller walked. R Weeks grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, D Miller
out at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 0, PITTSBURGH 0.

PITTSBURGH 2ND: R Doumit homered to center. C Hart in center field.
G Jenkins in left field. K Mench in right field. J Bay grounded out to third.
J Bautista lined out to right. J Wilson singled to right center. T Gorzelanny
struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 0, PITTSBURGH 1.

MILWAUKEE 3RD: B Sheets struck out looking. C Hart popped out to first.
J Hardy flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 0, PITTSBURGH 1.

PITTSBURGH 3RD: N McLouth walked. F Sanchez flied out to center.
N McLouth stole second. A LaRoche homered to right, N McLouth scored. X Nady
doubled to deep right. R Doumit flied out to left. J Bay singled to center,
X Nady scored. J Bautista struck out swinging. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
MILWAUKEE 0, PITTSBURGH 4.

MILWAUKEE 4TH: R Braun walked. G Jenkins homered to right, R Braun scored.
K Mench flied out to center. T Graffanino popped out to third. D Miller
struck out looking. (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 2, PITTSBURGH 4.

PITTSBURGH 4TH: J Wilson popped out to third. T Gorzelanny struck out
swinging. N McLouth grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
MILWAUKEE 2, PITTSBURGH 4.

MILWAUKEE 5TH: R Weeks grounded out to third. B Sheets struck out
swinging. C Hart doubled to left. J Hardy singled to left, C Hart scored.
R Braun struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 3, PITTSBURGH 4.

PITTSBURGH 5TH: F Sanchez lined out to left. A LaRoche doubled to deep
right. X Nady singled to left center, A LaRoche scored. R Doumit struck out
swinging. J Bay flied out to center. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 3,
PITTSBURGH 5.

MILWAUKEE 6TH: G Jenkins popped out to shortstop. K Mench grounded out to
shortstop. T Graffanino grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
MILWAUKEE 3, PITTSBURGH 5.

PITTSBURGH 6TH: J Bautista flied out to center. J Wilson struck out
looking. T Gorzelanny struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
MILWAUKEE 3, PITTSBURGH 5.

MILWAUKEE 7TH: D Miller grounded out to shortstop. R Weeks grounded out
to shortstop. C Counsell hit for B Sheets. C Counsell popped out to second.
(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 3, PITTSBURGH 5.

PITTSBURGH 7TH: C Villanueva relieved B Sheets. N McLouth flied out to
center. F Sanchez grounded out to pitcher. A LaRoche homered to right.
X Nady singled to left. R Doumit flied out to center. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
MILWAUKEE 3, PITTSBURGH 6.

MILWAUKEE 8TH: S Chacon relieved T Gorzelanny. R Paulino catching. C Hart
struck out swinging. J Hardy singled to right. R Braun grounded into double
play, pitcher to shortstop to first, J Hardy out at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 3, PITTSBURGH 6.

PITTSBURGH 8TH: D Turnbow relieved C Villanueva. J Bay walked. J Bay stole
second. J Bautista grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, J Bay out at
third. J Bautista caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop. J Wilson
grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 3, PITTSBURGH 6.

MILWAUKEE 9TH: M Capps relieved S Chacon. G Jenkins singled to right
center. K Mench lined out to right. T Graffanino grounded into double play,
shortstop to second to first, G Jenkins out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
MILWAUKEE 3, PITTSBURGH 6.</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">(RESENDING TO CORRECT LENGTH OF DELAY)

MILWAUKEE (3) VS PITTSBURGH (6) - FINAL

MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Hart rf-cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .311
J Hardy ss 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 .286
R Braun 3b 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 .340
B Hall cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .271
G Jenkins lf 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 .273
K Mench lf-rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .273
T Graffanino 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .249
D Miller c 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .281
R Weeks 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .227
B Sheets p 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .081
a-C Counsell ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241
C Villanueva p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
D Turnbow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 31 3 6 3 2 6 6

a-popped out to second for B Sheets in the 7th.

BATTING: 2B - C Hart (15, T Gorzelanny). HR - G Jenkins (13, 4th inning off T
Gorzelanny 1 on, 0 Out). RBI - G Jenkins 2 (37), J Hardy (53). 2-out RBI - J
Hardy. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Weeks 1. GIDP - R Braun, T
Graffanino. Team LOB - 3.


PITTSBURGH ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
N McLouth cf 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .238
F Sanchez 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .295
A LaRoche 1b 4 3 3 3 0 0 1 .242
X Nady rf 4 1 3 1 0 0 1 .285
R Doumit c 4 1 1 1 0 1 3 .302
S Chacon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300
M Capps p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
J Bay lf 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 .256
J Bautista 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .258
J Wilson ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .261
T Gorzelanny p 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 .059
R Paulino c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .228

Totals 33 6 10 6 2 6 9

BATTING: 2B - F Sanchez (18, B Sheets); X Nady (14, B Sheets); A LaRoche (23, B
Sheets). HR - R Doumit (6, 2nd inning off B Sheets 0 on, 0 Out), A Laroche 2
(13, 3rd inning off B Sheets 1 on, 1 Out, 7th inning off C Villanueva 0 on, 2
Out). RBI - R Doumit (20), A LaRoche 3 (51), J Bay (52), X Nady (47). 2-out RBI
- J Bay, A LaRoche. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - X Nady 1. Team
LOB - 5.

BASERUNNING: SB - N McLouth (5, 2nd base off B Sheets/D Miller), J Bay (2,
2nd base off D Turnbow/D Miller). CS - J Bautista (2, 2nd base by D Turnbow/D
Miller).

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



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MILWAUKEE - 000 210 000 -- 3
PITTSBURGH - 013 010 10x -- 6
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MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era
B Sheets (L, 10-4) 6 8 5 5 1 6 2 3.41
C Villanueva 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 2.75
D Turnbow 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.58

PITTSBURGH ip h r er bb so hr era
T Gorzelanny (W, 9-4) 7 4 3 3 2 5 1 3.10
S Chacon (H, 4) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.76
M Capps (S, 9) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.42

Pitches-strikes: B Sheets 101-67; C Villanueva 22-12; D Turnbow 18-10; T
Gorzelanny 100-56; S Chacon 9-8; M Capps 14-10. Ground balls-fly balls: B
Sheets 4-8; C Villanueva 1-2; D Turnbow 2-0; T Gorzelanny 9-7; S Chacon 2-0; M
Capps 2-1. Batters faced: B Sheets 27; C Villanueva 5; D Turnbow 3; T
Gorzelanny 27; S Chacon 3; M Capps 3.

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

T--2:23. (Plus rain delay totaling 148 minutes in the 1st). Att--15,134.

Weather: 68 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 6 mph, right to left.</div>

 

LaRoche powers Pirates past Brewers

<h3>PITTSBURGH 6, MILWAUKEE 3</h3>PITTSBURGH (Ticker) -- Adam LaRoche hit two home runs and RyanDoumit also homered for the second consecutive day as thePittsburgh Pirates won their third straight, 6-3 over theMilwaukee Brewers Thursday afternoon.

LaRoche, who also homered Wednesday, went 3-for-4 with threeruns scored and three RBIs and Xavier Nady went 3-for-4 for thePirates, who have won six of their last nine.

Geoff Jenkins hit his 13th home run for Milwaukee, which lostthree out of four at PNC Park this week and have dropped fourout of five overall.

What was supposed to be a pitchers' duel between Tom Gorzelannyand Ben Sheets - two pitchers who combined for 18 wins and ERAsunder 3.20 - never really materialized in earnest. Neitherpitcher was awful, but neither was on the top of his game,either, after a 2-hour, 28-minute rain delay pushed start timeback from 12:35 p.m. ET to after 3 p.m.

Doumit's shot to straightaway center on a 1-2 pitch from Sheetsled off the bottom of the second and accounted for the game'sfirst run.

LaRoche's first homer was to right and came with Nate McLouthaboard with one out in the third. It was LaRoche's 12th of theseason and extended his hitting streak to nine games.

LaRoche, who just missed out on a third home run when he doubledoff the wall in the fifth, hit his third homer in 24 hours inthe seventh.

Jason Bay broke an 0-for-14 stretch when he singled up themiddle to drive in Nady in the third to make it 4-0.

The Brewers cut the lead in half with a two-run homer byJenkins, who was playing because Bill Hall had left the gamewith a right ankle sprain sustained while scaling the walltrying to catch Doumit's home run. Brian Braun scored on theshot to right.

J.J. Hardy drove in Corey Hart with a two-out single an inninglater to cut the Pirates' lead to 4-3. Hart had extended hishitting streak to 21 games with a double previously.

But Nady got that run right back for the Pirates in the bottomof the inning when his single to left scored LaRoche.

Sheets (10-4), who allowed five runs on eight hits in sixinnings, lost for the first time since May 22. The Brewers hadwon 10 of his previous 12 starts.

Gorzelanny (9-4), who was up for a fan's internet vote for theNL's final All-Star spot, allowed three runs on four hits inseven innings. He walked two and struck out five in winning histhird straight decision.

Matt Capps pitched the ninth for his ninth save.

 

LaRoche powers Pirates past Brewers

<h3>PITTSBURGH 6, MILWAUKEE 3</h3>PITTSBURGH (Ticker) -- Adam LaRoche hit two home runs and RyanDoumit also homered for the second consecutive day as thePittsburgh Pirates won their third straight, 6-3 over theMilwaukee Brewers Thursday afternoon.

LaRoche, who also homered Wednesday, went 3-for-4 with threeruns scored and three RBIs and Xavier Nady went 3-for-4 for thePirates, who have won six of their last nine.

Geoff Jenkins hit his 13th home run for first-place Milwaukee,which lost three out of four at PNC Park this week and havedropped four out of five overall.

"This is a great series win for us," Pirates manager Jim Tracysaid. "We played very good baseball the entire series."

What was supposed to be a pitchers' duel between Tom Gorzelannyand Ben Sheets - two pitchers who combined for 18 wins and ERAsunder 3.20 - never really materialized in earnest. Neitherpitcher was awful, but neither was on the top of his game,either, after a 2-hour, 28-minute rain delay pushed start timeback from 12:35 p.m. ET to after 3 p.m.

"I don't think either pitcher was on today to the point wherethey were lights out," Brewers manager Ned Yost said."(Gorzelanny) was tough, but we probably could have made himthrow more pitches."

Doumit's shot to scenter on a 1-2 pitch from Sheets led off thebottom of the second and accounted for the game's first run.

LaRoche's first homer was to right and came with Nate McLouthaboard with one out in the third. It was LaRoche's 12th of theseason and extended his hitting streak to nine games.

LaRoche, who just missed out on a third home run when he doubledoff the wall in the fifth, hit his third homer in 24 hours inthe seventh.

"I'm just in one of those zones where pitches over the plate,you recognize it right away," LaRoche said. "And pitcher'spitches that are balls, you see that. It doesn't happen all thetime. You just try to ride it out as long as it goes."

Jason Bay broke an 0-for-14 stretch when he singled up themiddle to drive in Nady in the third to make it 4-0.

The Brewers cut the lead in half with a two-run homer byJenkins, who was playing because Bill Hall had left the gamewith a right ankle sprain sustained while scaling the walltrying to catch Doumit's home run. Brian Braun scored on theshot to right.

J.J. Hardy drove in Corey Hart with a two-out single an inninglater to cut the Pirates' lead to 4-3. Hart had extended hishitting streak to 21 games with a double previously.

But Nady got that run right back for the Pirates in the bottomof the inning when his single to left scored LaRoche.

Sheets (10-4), who allowed five runs on eight hits in sixinnings, lost for the first time since May 22. The Brewers hadwon 10 of his previous 12 starts.

"It just wasn't a good day," Sheets said. "I wish I could blame(the long rain delay), but I don't think so. I felt good, butit just felt like I was throwing marshmallows for some reason.There just wasn't anything on the ball. It felt likemarshmallows, but when they hit it, it didn't sound likemarshmallows. They were loud."

Gorzelanny (9-4), who was up for a fan's internet vote for theNL's final All-Star spot, allowed three runs on four hits inseven innings. He walked two and struck out five in winning histhird straight decision.

"It was definitely a tough day for me," Gorzelanny said. "Itwas one of those days I just couldn't really get in the zone toomuch, and I was all over the place. I had to keep tellingmyself to stick with it, stay in there and try to fight. Theguys were able to get the job done and pick me up out there."

Matt Capps pitched the ninth for his ninth save.

"The best way to make up ground is to play the team on top,"LaRoche said. "We did it, and we got three of them. This wasnice. This was big. It shows we're not going anywhere."