NL: CINCINNATI at PITTSBURGH <div class="pre">CINCINNATI (2) VS PITTSBURGH (3) - END 8TH - IN PROGRESS (2ND GAME) CINCINNATI ab r h rbi bb so lob avg N Hopper cf-rf 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 .326 J Keppinger rf-3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .361 B Phillips 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .286 J Cantu 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .400 A Dunn lf 2 0 0 0 2 1 3 .263 E Encarnacion 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 .278 J Burton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 A Gonzalez ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 .261 D Ross c 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .204 B Arroyo p 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 .121 a-J Ellison ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .063 G Majewski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 B Bray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 J Hamilton cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .285 Totals 30 2 11 2 3 4 13 a-struck out swinging for B Arroyo in the 7th. BATTING: 2B - J Keppinger (13, P Maholm); B Arroyo (2, P Maholm). 3B - N Hopper (2, P Maholm). RBI - B Arroyo (3), N Hopper (7). 2-out RBI - B Arroyo, N Hopper. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Dunn 2, E Encarnacion 1, J Keppinger 1. GIDP - D Ross, J Keppinger, A Gonzalez, J Cantu. Team LOB - 7. BASERUNNING: SB - A Dunn (9, 2nd base off S Chacon/J Phelps). CS - N Hopper (6, 2nd base by P Maholm/C Maldonado). FIELDING: Outfield assists - J Keppinger (J Castillo at 2nd base). PITTSBURGH ab r h rbi bb so lob avg N McLouth cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .247 C Izturis ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .251 F Sanchez 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .312 A LaRoche 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 .267 J Bay lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 .255 J Bautista rf 4 1 2 0 0 2 1 .261 J Castillo 3b 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 .245 C Maldonado c 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 a-J Phelps ph-c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .431 P Maholm p 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .179 b-M Kata ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .255 F Osoria p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 D Marte p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 S Chacon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Totals 33 3 10 3 0 8 12 a-lined out to first for C Maldonado in the 7th; b-singled to left for P Maholm in the 7th. BATTING: 3B - F Sanchez (2, B Bray). RBI - J Castillo (21), M Kata (8), A LaRoche (78). 2-out RBI - M Kata. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Bay 1, P Maholm 1. Team LOB - 6. FIELDING: DP: 4 (F Sanchez-C Izturis-A LaRoche, C Izturis-F Sanchez-A LaRoche 2, C Izturis-A LaRoche). ---------------------------------------------------- CINCINNATI - 020 000 00 -- 2 PITTSBURGH - 000 010 11 -- 3 ---------------------------------------------------- CINCINNATI ip h r er bb so hr era B Arroyo 6 6 1 1 0 6 0 4.44 G Majewski 2/3 2 1 1 0 0 0 7.71 B Bray 2/3 2 1 1 0 1 0 2.45 J Burton 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.56 PITTSBURGH ip h r er bb so hr era P Maholm 7 10 2 2 2 4 0 4.32 F Osoria 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.13 D Marte 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.02 S Chacon 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.13 D Marte pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. Pitches-strikes: B Arroyo 80-55; G Majewski 8-8; B Bray 15-12; J Burton 13-9; P Maholm 83-52; F Osoria 7-5; D Marte 5-1; S Chacon 7-4. Ground balls-fly balls: B Arroyo 4-7; G Majewski 1-1; B Bray 0-1; J Burton 0-1; P Maholm 12-4; F Osoria 2-0; D Marte 0-0; S Chacon 1-0. Batters faced: B Arroyo 23; G Majewski 4; B Bray 4; J Burton 2; P Maholm 29; F Osoria 2; D Marte 1; S Chacon 1. UMPIRES: HP--Mike Dimuro. 1B--Wally Bell. 2B--John Hirschbeck. 3B--Chris Guccione. Weather: 80 degrees, clear. Wind: 5 mph, out to center.</div>
NL: CINCINNATI at PITTSBURGH <div class="pre">NL AT PITTSBURGH - MID INNING UPDATE PLAY: R Paulino catching. SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS CURRENT SCORE: CINCINNATI 2 PITTSBURGH 3 TOP, 9TH DUE UP FOR CINCINNATI: A Gonzalez (.261, 1-FOR-3)</div>
NL: CINCINNATI at PITTSBURGH <div class="pre">NL AT PITTSBURGH (2ND GAME) - PITCHING CHANGE PIT: MATT CAPPS (4-5, 2.12) STARTING THE 9TH CURRENT SCORE: CINCINNATI 2, PITTSBURGH 3 DUE UP FOR CINCINNATI: A GONZALEZ (.261, 1-FOR-3)</div>
NL: CINCINNATI 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: CINCINNATI 2 PITTSBURGH 3 TOP, 9TH DUE UP FOR CINCINNATI: A Gonzalez (.261, 1-FOR-3)</div>
NL: CINCINNATI at PITTSBURGH <div class="pre">NL AT PITTSBURGH - MID INNING UPDATE PLAY: J Valentin hit for D Ross. SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, A GONZALEZ ON FIRST, 0 OUTS CURRENT SCORE: CINCINNATI 2 PITTSBURGH 3 TOP, 9TH DUE UP FOR CINCINNATI: J Valentin (.289, 2 HR, 29 RBI)</div>
NL: CINCINNATI at PITTSBURGH <div class="pre">NL AT PITTSBURGH - MID INNING UPDATE PLAY: K Griffey Jr hit for N Hopper. SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, A GONZALEZ ON FIRST, 2 OUTS CURRENT SCORE: CINCINNATI 2 PITTSBURGH 3 TOP, 9TH DUE UP FOR CINCINNATI: K Griffey Jr (.284, 28 HR, 82 RBI)</div>
NL: CINCINNATI at PITTSBURGH <div class="pre">NL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - CINCINNATI 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 0 PITTSBURGH 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 x 3 10 0 (FINAL) BATTERIES: CIN - BRONSON ARROYO, GARY MAJEWSKI (7TH), BILL BRAY (7TH), JARED BURTON (8TH) AND DAVID ROSS PIT - PAUL MAHOLM, FRANQUELIS OSORIA (8TH), DAMASO MARTE (8TH), SHAWN CHACON (8TH), MATT CAPPS (9TH) AND CARLOS MALDONADO, JOSH PHELPS (8TH), RONNY PAULINO (9TH) HOME RUNS: CIN - NONE PIT - NONE</div>
NL: CINCINNATI at PITTSBURGH <div class="pre">NL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - CINCINNATI 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 0 PITTSBURGH 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 x 3 10 0 (FINAL) BATTERIES: CIN - BRONSON ARROYO, GARY MAJEWSKI (7TH), BILL BRAY (7TH), JARED BURTON (8TH) AND DAVID ROSS PIT - PAUL MAHOLM, FRANQUELIS OSORIA (8TH), DAMASO MARTE (8TH), SHAWN CHACON (8TH), MATT CAPPS (9TH) AND CARLOS MALDONADO, JOSH PHELPS (8TH), RONNY PAULINO (9TH) WP - SHAWN CHACON (5-4) LP - BILL BRAY (3-1) SAVE - MATT CAPPS (15) HOME RUNS: CIN - NONE PIT - NONE TIME: 2:22 ATT: 17,669 PROBABLES: CIN - AARON HARANG (13-3, 3.68) PIT - IAN SNELL (8-10, 3.93)</div>
NL: CINCINNATI at PITTSBURGH <div class="pre">CINCINNATI (2) VS PITTSBURGH (3) - FINAL (2ND GAME) CINCINNATI ab r h rbi bb so lob avg N Hopper cf-rf 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 .326 b-K Griffey Jr ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .283 J Keppinger rf-3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .361 B Phillips 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .286 J Cantu 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .400 A Dunn lf 2 0 0 0 2 1 3 .263 E Encarnacion 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 .278 J Burton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 A Gonzalez ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 .264 D Ross c 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .204 c-J Valentin ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .287 B Arroyo p 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 .121 a-J Ellison ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .063 G Majewski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 B Bray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 J Hamilton cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .284 Totals 34 2 12 2 3 5 16 a-struck out swinging for B Arroyo in the 7th; b-struck out swinging for N Hopper in the 9th; c-flied out to center for D Ross in the 9th. BATTING: 2B - J Keppinger (13, P Maholm); B Arroyo (2, P Maholm). 3B - N Hopper (2, P Maholm). RBI - B Arroyo (3), N Hopper (7). 2-out RBI - B Arroyo, N Hopper. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Dunn 2, E Encarnacion 1, J Keppinger 1. GIDP - D Ross, J Keppinger, A Gonzalez, J Cantu. Team LOB - 8. BASERUNNING: SB - A Dunn (9, 2nd base off S Chacon/J Phelps). CS - N Hopper (6, 2nd base by P Maholm/C Maldonado). FIELDING: Outfield assists - J Keppinger (J Castillo at 2nd base). PITTSBURGH ab r h rbi bb so lob avg N McLouth cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .247 C Izturis ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .251 F Sanchez 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .312 A LaRoche 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 .267 J Bay lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 .255 J Bautista rf 4 1 2 0 0 2 1 .261 J Castillo 3b 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 .245 C Maldonado c 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 a-J Phelps ph-c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .431 R Paulino c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .249 P Maholm p 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .179 b-M Kata ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .255 F Osoria p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 D Marte p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 S Chacon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 M Capps p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Totals 33 3 10 3 0 8 12 a-lined out to first for C Maldonado in the 7th; b-singled to left for P Maholm in the 7th. BATTING: 3B - F Sanchez (2, B Bray). RBI - J Castillo (21), M Kata (8), A LaRoche (78). 2-out RBI - M Kata. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Bay 1, P Maholm 1. Team LOB - 6. FIELDING: DP: 4 (F Sanchez-C Izturis-A LaRoche, C Izturis-F Sanchez-A LaRoche 2, C Izturis-A LaRoche). ---------------------------------------------------- CINCINNATI - 020 000 000 -- 2 PITTSBURGH - 000 010 11x -- 3 ---------------------------------------------------- CINCINNATI ip h r er bb so hr era B Arroyo 6 6 1 1 0 6 0 4.44 G Majewski (B, 3) 2/3 2 1 1 0 0 0 7.71 B Bray (L, 3-1) 2/3 2 1 1 0 1 0 2.45 J Burton 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.56 PITTSBURGH ip h r er bb so hr era P Maholm 7 10 2 2 2 4 0 4.32 F Osoria 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.13 D Marte 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.02 S Chacon (W, 5-4) 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.13 M Capps (S, 15) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.09 D Marte pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. Pitches-strikes: B Arroyo 80-55; G Majewski 8-8; B Bray 15-12; J Burton 13-9; P Maholm 83-52; F Osoria 7-5; D Marte 5-1; S Chacon 7-4; M Capps 12-11. Ground balls-fly balls: B Arroyo 4-7; G Majewski 1-1; B Bray 0-1; J Burton 0-1; P Maholm 12-4; F Osoria 2-0; D Marte 0-0; S Chacon 1-0; M Capps 0-2. Batters faced: B Arroyo 23; G Majewski 4; B Bray 4; J Burton 2; P Maholm 29; F Osoria 2; D Marte 1; S Chacon 1; M Capps 4. UMPIRES: HP--Mike Dimuro. 1B--Wally Bell. 2B--John Hirschbeck. 3B--Chris Guccione. T--2:22. Att--17,669. Weather: 80 degrees, clear. Wind: 5 mph, out to center.</div>
NL: CINCINNATI at PITTSBURGH <div class="pre">** CONFIRMED ** NL CINCINNATI 2 PITTSBURGH 3 FINAL</div>
NL: CINCINNATI at PITTSBURGH <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CINCINNATI (2) AT PITTSBURGH (3) - HOW THEY SCORED (2ND GAME) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CINCINNATI 2ND: E Encarnacion singled to shallow left. A Gonzalez singled to center, E Encarnacion to second. D Ross grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, A Gonzalez out at second, E Encarnacion to third. B Arroyo doubled to deep left, E Encarnacion scored. N Hopper tripled to deep center, B Arroyo scored. J Keppinger grounded out to catcher. (2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 2, PITTSBURGH 0. PITTSBURGH 5TH: J Bay singled to left. J Bautista singled to center, J Bay to second. J Castillo singled to right, J Bay scored, J Bautista to third, J Castillo out stretching at second. C Maldonado struck out swinging. P Maholm grounded out to second. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 2, PITTSBURGH 1. PITTSBURGH 7TH: G Majewski relieved B Arroyo. J Bautista singled to right. J Castillo grounded out to third, J Bautista to second. J Phelps hit for C Maldonado. J Phelps lined out to first. M Kata hit for P Maholm. M Kata singled to left, J Bautista scored. B Bray relieved G Majewski. N McLouth struck out looking. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 2, PITTSBURGH 2. PITTSBURGH 8TH: C Izturis flied out to left. F Sanchez tripled to deep center. A LaRoche singled to center, F Sanchez scored. N Hopper in right field. J Keppinger at third base. J Burton relieved B Bray. J Hamilton in center field. J Bay flied out to right. J Bautista struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 2, PITTSBURGH 3.</div>
NL: CINCINNATI at PITTSBURGH <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CINCINNATI (2) AT PITTSBURGH (3) - EVENT LOG (2ND GAME) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cincinnati Starting Lineups -- N Hopper CF, J Keppinger RF, B Phillips 2B, J Cantu 1B, A Dunn LF, E Encarnacion 3B, A Gonzalez SS, D Ross C, B Arroyo RHP. Pittsburgh Starting Lineups -- N McLouth CF, C Izturis SS, F Sanchez 2B, A LaRoche 1B, J Bay LF, J Bautista RF, J Castillo 3B, C Maldonado C, P Maholm LHP. Umpires -- Mike Dimuro (HP), Wally Bell (1B), John Hirschbeck (2B), Chris Guccione (3B). Gametime Weather: 80 degrees, Clear, wind out to center at 5 mph. CINCINNATI 1ST: N Hopper singled to center. N Hopper caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop. J Keppinger doubled to deep left. B Phillips singled to left, J Keppinger to third. J Cantu grounded out to pitcher, B Phillips to second. A Dunn flied out to right. (0 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 0, PITTSBURGH 0. PITTSBURGH 1ST: N McLouth flied out to right. C Izturis singled to left. F Sanchez grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, C Izturis out at second. A LaRoche fouled out to first. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 0, PITTSBURGH 0. CINCINNATI 2ND: E Encarnacion singled to shallow left. A Gonzalez singled to center, E Encarnacion to second. D Ross grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, A Gonzalez out at second, E Encarnacion to third. B Arroyo doubled to deep left, E Encarnacion scored. N Hopper tripled to deep center, B Arroyo scored. J Keppinger grounded out to catcher. (2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 2, PITTSBURGH 0. PITTSBURGH 2ND: J Bay struck out looking. J Bautista struck out swinging. J Castillo struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 2, PITTSBURGH 0. CINCINNATI 3RD: B Phillips grounded out to shortstop. J Cantu lined out to left. A Dunn walked. E Encarnacion grounded out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 2, PITTSBURGH 0. PITTSBURGH 3RD: C Maldonado struck out swinging. P Maholm struck out swinging. N McLouth flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 2, PITTSBURGH 0. CINCINNATI 4TH: A Gonzalez popped out to second. D Ross struck out swinging. B Arroyo struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 2, PITTSBURGH 0. PITTSBURGH 4TH: C Izturis flied out to left. F Sanchez flied out to center. A LaRoche grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 2, PITTSBURGH 0. CINCINNATI 5TH: N Hopper reached on bunt single to first. J Keppinger grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, N Hopper out at second. B Phillips flied out to left. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 2, PITTSBURGH 0. PITTSBURGH 5TH: J Bay singled to left. J Bautista singled to center, J Bay to second. J Castillo singled to right, J Bay scored, J Bautista to third, J Castillo out stretching at second. C Maldonado struck out swinging. P Maholm grounded out to second. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 2, PITTSBURGH 1. CINCINNATI 6TH: J Cantu walked. A Dunn struck out looking. E Encarnacion singled to left, J Cantu to second. A Gonzalez grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, E Encarnacion out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 2, PITTSBURGH 1. PITTSBURGH 6TH: N McLouth flied out to center. C Izturis singled to center. F Sanchez singled to left, C Izturis to second. A LaRoche flied out to center. J Bay grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, F Sanchez out at second. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 2, PITTSBURGH 1. CINCINNATI 7TH: D Ross grounded out to third. J Ellison hit for B Arroyo. J Ellison struck out swinging. N Hopper singled to center. J Keppinger grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 2, PITTSBURGH 1. PITTSBURGH 7TH: G Majewski relieved B Arroyo. J Bautista singled to right. J Castillo grounded out to third, J Bautista to second. J Phelps hit for C Maldonado. J Phelps lined out to first. M Kata hit for P Maholm. M Kata singled to left, J Bautista scored. B Bray relieved G Majewski. N McLouth struck out looking. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 2, PITTSBURGH 2. CINCINNATI 8TH: J Phelps catching. F Osoria relieved P Maholm. B Phillips reached on infield single to third. J Cantu grounded into double play, shortstop to first, B Phillips out at second. D Marte relieved F Osoria. A Dunn walked. S Chacon relieved D Marte. A Dunn stole second. E Encarnacion grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 2, PITTSBURGH 2. PITTSBURGH 8TH: C Izturis flied out to left. F Sanchez tripled to deep center. A LaRoche singled to center, F Sanchez scored. N Hopper in right field. J Keppinger at third base. J Burton relieved B Bray. J Hamilton in center field. J Bay flied out to right. J Bautista struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 2, PITTSBURGH 3. CINCINNATI 9TH: R Paulino catching. M Capps relieved S Chacon. A Gonzalez singled to center. J Valentin hit for D Ross. J Valentin flied out to center. J Hamilton flied out to left. K Griffey Jr hit for N Hopper. K Griffey Jr struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 2, PITTSBURGH 3.</div>
LaRoche's key hit helps Pirates take doubleheader vs. Reds <h3>PITTSBURGH 3, CINCINNATI 2 (2ND GAME)</h3>By Chris Adamski PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer PITTSBURGH (Ticker) -- Adam LaRoche and the Pittsburgh Piratesdecided twice was nice when facing the Cincinnati Reds. A line-drive single by LaRoche in the bottom of the eighthinning drove in Freddy Sanchez for the winning run as thePirates rallied to finish off a doubleheader sweep of the Redswith a 3-2 victory Tuesday night. Sanchez and Jose Bautista each had two hits and scored a run forthe Pirates, who have won six of their past seven and nine of11. Pittsburgh won the first game, 6-4, behind five RBI bySanchez. Norris Hopper had a career-high four hits and Brandon Phillipsand Juan Encarnacion each went 2-for-4 for Cincinnati, whichentered the twi-night doubleheader riding a six-game winningstreak. Shawn Chacon (5-4), the fourth Pittsburgh pitcher, earned thewin by retiring the final batter in the top of the eighth. Inthe ninth, closer Matt Capps surrendered a lead-off single toAlex Gonzalez before retiring the next three batters in order torecord his second save of the day and 15th of the season. The Pirates trailed by a run in the seventh before a two-outpinch-hit single by Matt Kata off reliever Gary Majewski scoredBautista to knot the game at 2-2. With one out in the eighth, Sanchez tripled into the notch inleft-center off of Bill Bray (3-1), setting the stage forLaRoche's single up the middle past the drawn-in infield.Sanchez was a combined 5-for-7 with a walk, five RBIs and tworuns scored in the twin bill. In this contest, seven of the first 10 Cincinnati batters had<div class="pre">hits off of Pirates starter Paul Maholm, who benefited from a</div>caught stealing and a double play to avoid major damage.However, his luck ran out with two outs in the second when Redsstarter Bronson Arroyo drove in Edwin Encarnacion with a doublebefore he himself was plated by a triple by Hopper to giveCincinnati a 2-0 lead. Maholm scattered 10 hits and two walks in his seven innings. Arroyo had retired 10 straight until the bottom of the fifthwhen three straight singles capped by an RBI base hit by JoseCastillo made the score 2-1. Arroyo allowed one run on six hits in six innings with no walksand six strikeouts.
LaRoche's key hit helps Pirates take doubleheader vs. Reds <h3>PITTSBURGH 3, CINCINNATI 2 (2ND GAME)</h3>By Chris Adamski PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer PITTSBURGH (Ticker) -- Adam LaRoche and the Pittsburgh Piratesdecided twice was nice when facing the Cincinnati Reds. A line-drive single by LaRoche in the bottom of the eighthinning drove in Freddy Sanchez for the winning run as thePirates rallied to finish off a doubleheader sweep of the Redswith a 3-2 victory Tuesday night. Sanchez and Jose Bautista each had two hits and scored a run forthe Pirates, who have won six of their past seven and nine of11. Pittsburgh won the first game, 6-4, behind five RBI bySanchez. <div class="pre">"It's tough to win a doubleheader it's not easy," Sanchez said.</div>"And anytime you can go out there and take two, especiallyfrom a team that's hot themselves, it feels good." Norris Hopper had a career-high four hits and Brandon Phillipsand Juan Encarnacion each went 2-for-4 for Cincinnati, whichentered the twi-night doubleheader riding a six-game winningstreak. Shawn Chacon (5-4), the fourth Pittsburgh pitcher, earned thewin by retiring the final batter in the top of the eighth. Inthe ninth, closer Matt Capps surrendered a lead-off single toAlex Gonzalez before retiring the next three batters in order torecord his second save of the day and 15th of the season. The Pirates trailed by a run in the seventh before a two-outpinch-hit single by Matt Kata off reliever Gary Majewski scoredBautista to knot the game at 2-2. With one out in the eighth, Sanchez tripled into the notch inleft-center off of Bill Bray (3-1), setting the stage forLaRoche's single up the middle past the drawn-in infield. "The gapper I hit was definitely a situation where I was looking(triple) the whole way and trying to get to third with lessthan two outs so then whatever (Adam) could do to get me inwould work," Sanchez said. "LaRoche came up big." Sanchez was a combined 5-for-7 with a walk, five RBI and tworuns scored in the twin-bill. In this contest, seven of the first 10 Cincinnati batters hadhits off of Pirates starter Paul Maholm, who benefited from acaught stealing and a double play to avoid major damage.However, his luck ran out with two outs in the second when Redsstarter Bronson Arroyo drove in Edwin Encarnacion with a doublebefore he himself was plated by a triple by Hopper to giveCincinnati a 2-0 lead. "(Maholm) got knocked around a little bit early, but he neverwavered, he never changed his approach," Pirates manager JimTracy said. "He kept throwing ball in the strike zone, keptchallenging batters. He made pitches when he needed them tobe." Despite the shaky start, Maholm scattered 10 hits and two walksin his seven innings. "It's one of those things where you have to make an adjustment,"Maholm said. "I settled down and just kept us in the game." Arroyo had retired 10 straight until the bottom of the fifthwhen three straight singles capped by an RBI base hit by JoseCastillo made the score 2-1. Even though he allowed only one run on six hits in six inningswhile hurling just 80 pitches, Arroyo surprised Reds managerPete Mackanin when he told him he had nothing left to come outfor the seventh. "It was one of those days where I just felt real shaky," saidArroyo, an ex-Pirate. "I just thought the bullpen has beenthrowing the ball pretty good and thought they had a better shotat getting nine outs than I did. It's just one of those days.Sometime you feel like you can throw 150 pitches and sometimesyou don't. I felt I should be honest with him because when I'vegot 115 and I want to go back out for eighth, I want him totrust my judgment." After closing to within 6 1/2 games of first place - the closestthey had been since May 4 - the Reds fell back to eight gamesback after the losses Tuesday. "It sure would have been nice to squeak out one of these two,"Mackanin said. "But we're not going to get down on ourselves."We've just got to write it off, have a short memory, put itbehind us and start tomorrow over again."
