Reynolds and D'Backs clobber Pirates
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08/05/2008 -
Phoenix, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mark Reynolds homered and finished with three
hits and three RBI to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks past the Pittsburgh Pirates, 13-7, in the first game of a three-game set at Chase Field.
Stephen Drew also drove in three runs for the Diamondbacks, who won for the
first time in three games. Arizona finished with 18 hits and 13 runs, both
season highs.
Doug Mientkiewicz homered en route to a three-hit game for the Pirates, who
fell to 1-3 on their 10-game, four-city road trip. Pittsburgh, which also
received a home run from Jason Michaels, is a mere 19-35 as the visiting club
this year.
Dan Haren (12-5) earned the victory after yielding four runs on eight hits,
while striking out eight in six innings. Arizona has won 10 of his last 12
starts.
Jason Davis (1-1) suffered the loss after allowing two runs on four hits and
one walk in 3 2/3 innings.
Pittsburgh's Yoslan Herrera took the no-decision. The 27-year-old was tagged
for three runs on four hits and three walks in only 1 1/3 innings.
Arizona trailed 4-3, but it posted two runs in the fifth and led the rest of
the way. Orlando Hudson drew a lead-off walk and came around one batter later
on a double to center by Conor Jackson. Jackson moved to third on a groundout
hit by Chad Tracy and eventually crossed the plate with two outs thanks to an
Alex Romero base hit.
Jackson then smacked an RBI single in the sixth to extend the Arizona edge to
6-4. Drew scored on the two-out hit after he singled and stole second.
Each team scored in the seventh on solo home runs to make it a 7-5 affair.
Michaels belted his seventh of the year for the Pirates, while Reynolds
collected his 23rd of the campaign for the home team.
The Diamondbacks blew the game open with six runs in the eighth as they batted
around. Hudson led off with a double and Jackson followed with a walk. Hudson
raced home as Augie Ojeda dropped a bunt single and Jackson crossed the plate
via a single by Reynolds. After a strikeout, Chris Young walked to load the
bases and to make matters worse, John Grabow walked Chris Snyder to force in
Ojeda. Tony Clark then drove in Reynolds and Young with a ground-rule double
and Snyder raced home on a wild pitch by Grabow.
The Pirates got two runs off of Brandon Lyon in the ninth to make it 13-7, but
it was too little, too late. Freddy Sanchez drove in Jose Bautista with a
single and Michaels touched the plate on an RBI single by Nate McLouth.
The Pirates opened up the scoring with three runs in the first. Sanchez led
off with a single and moved to second two batters later on a one-out hit by
McLouth. Sanchez came around as Ryan Doumit followed with a single to left,
and then with two outs Brandon Moss doubled in McLouth and Doumit.
In the bottom of the frame, Arizona got one back on an RBI single by Reynolds
that plated Drew, who reached on a walk, raced to second on a Hudson base hit
and advanced to third on a fielder's choice.
The Diamondbacks tied the contest at 3-3 in the second with a two-run single
from Drew.
Mientkiewicz led off the third with his second homer of the season to give the
Pirates a one-run edge.
Game Notes
Young hit his fourth triple of the season in the game...Sanchez was in the
starting lineup for the first time in seven games as he was suffering with
lower back spasms...The last time that Arizona had 18 hits was September 20,
2006 at San Diego...Young's bunt single in the second snapped an 0-18 streak.
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