Moss, Vazquez power Pirates past Marlins
MIAMI - Brandon Moss and Ramon Vazquez homered and Charlie Morton pitched six shutout innings to help the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Florida Marlins, 7-4, last night.
Hanley Ramirez failed to drive in a run for the first time in 11 games for Florida, which was coming off a three-game sweep of Washington.
Morton (1-1) gave up one hit, walked four, and struck out four as the Pirates beat Florida for the fourth straight time and improved to 14-8 against the NL East.
Andrew McCutchen's run-scoring double and Jack Wilson's two-run double highlighted a three-run seventh that gave Pittsburgh a 7-0 lead.
John Baker had three RBIs, including a two-run homer in the ninth for the Marlins.
Ramirez entered the game with the longest consecutive-game RBI streak by an NL shortstop since RBIs became an official statistic in 1920. His best opportunity came in the sixth, when he popped to short with runners on first and third and one out.
Chris Volstad (5-8) allowed four runs and three hits in three innings. He bunted into an inning-ending double play immediately after a 45-minute rain delay in the third, then was replaced by Tim Wood to start the fourth.
Pittsburgh took a 1-0 lead in the first when Moss hit a two-out homer just over the wall in right-center. It was his second of the season.
Vazquez's two-run shot in the second made it 3-0. Andy LaRoche walked with one out before Vazquez homered to right on Volstad's first pitch.
Pittsburgh's lead increased to 4-0 when McCutchen scored on Moss' fielder's choice in the third.
Florida scored twice in the seventh, when Cody Ross and Baker had back-to-back doubles and pinch-hitter Ross Gload followed with a single.
The game started 30 minutes late due to storms in the area.
Pittsburgh 121 000 300 – 7 8 0
Florida 000 000 202 – 4 6 1
Pittsburgh AB R H BI Avg. Florida AB R H BI Avg.
McCutchen cf 5 2 2 1 .293 Coghlan lf 3 0 0 0 .257
Ja.Wilson ss 5 0 1 2 .278 Bonifacio 3b 4 0 0 0 .247
Moss rf 5 1 1 2 .264 Ha.Ramirez ss 4 0 0 0 .344
Ad.LaRoche 1b 4 0 1 0 .270 Cantu 1b 3 0 0 0 .284
G.Jones lf 3 0 0 0 .250 Hermida rf 4 0 1 0 .254
An.LaRoche 3b 3 1 1 0 .275 Uggla 2b 4 0 0 0 .222
R.Vazquez 2b 3 1 1 2 .258 C.Ross cf 3 2 2 0 .279
Jaramillo c 4 1 0 0 .266 Jo.Baker c 4 2 2 3 .246
Morton p 2 0 0 0 .000 Volstad p 1 0 0 0 .069
b-DlwYoung ph 1 1 1 0 .315 T.Wood p 0 0 0 0 ---
Hanrahan p 0 0 0 0 --- a-De Aza ph 0 0 0 0 .263
Grabow p 0 0 0 0 --- Leroux p 0 0 0 0 ---
d-Pearce ph 0 0 0 0 .143 c-Gload ph 1 0 1 1 .291
Karstens p 0 0 0 0 .063 Sanches p 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 35 7 8 7 Pinto p 0 0 0 0 .000
e-Helms ph 1 0 0 0 .238
Totals 32 4 6 4
a-walked for T.Wood in the 6th. b-singled for Morton in the 7th. c-singled for Leroux in the 7th. d-walked for Grabow in the 9th. e-grounded out for Pinto in the 9th. E: Ha.Ramirez (8). LOB: Pittsburgh 5, Florida 6. 2B: McCutchen (7), Ja.Wilson (17), C.Ross 2 (22), Jo.Baker (11). HR: Moss (2), off Volstad; R.Vazquez (1), off Volstad; Jo.Baker (7), off Karstens. RBIs: McCutchen (20), Ja.Wilson 2 (28), Moss 2 (22), R.Vazquez 2 (10), Jo.Baker 3 (23), Gload (13). SB: McCutchen (5). CS: Moss (1). RLSP: Pittsburgh 2 (An.LaRoche, Ad.LaRoche); Florida 3 (Jo.Baker, Cantu, Bonifacio). RA: Moss. GIDP: Volstad. DP: Pittsburgh 1 (Ad.LaRoche, Ja.Wilson, R.Vazquez).
Pittsburgh walks (4): G.Jones, An.LaRoche, R.Vazquez, Pearce.
Florida walks (5): Coghlan 2, Cantu, C.Ross, De.
Pittsburgh strikeouts (4): McCutchen, Moss, Ad.LaRoche 2.
Florida strikeouts (9): Coghlan, Bonifacio 2, Ha.Ramirez, Hermida, Uggla 3, Jo.Baker.
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Morton (W) 6 1 0 0 4 4 91 2.65
Hanrahan 1 3 2 2 1 2 29 7.79
Grabow 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 3.65
Karstens 1 2 2 2 0 2 22 4.99
Florida IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Volstad (L) 3 3 4 4 1 1 47 4.85
T.Wood 3 1 0 0 1 1 36 0.00
Leroux 1 3 3 3 1 1 32 11.12
Sanches 1 1 0 0 0 0 17 1.45
Pinto 1 0 0 0 1 1 14 3.14
W: Morton, 1-1. L: Volstad, 5-8.
Umpires: Home, Mark Carlson; first, Tim Tschida; second, Bob Davidson; third, Todd Tichenor.
T: 2:45 (Rain delay: 0:45). A: 16,114 (38,560).
Cubs 2, Brewers 1
CHICAGO - Jake Fox drew a bases-loaded walk off Mike DiFelice to force in the winning run with two outs in the 10th inning, and Chicago beat Milwaukee.
Ryan Theriot singled off second baseman Craig Counsell's glove with one out in the 10th and went to second on a wild pitch by DiFelice (4-1). After Theriot moved up on a fly ball, the Brewers intentionally walked Milton Bradley and Geovany Soto to load the bases for Fox.
Milwaukee 000 100 000 0 – 1 6 1
Chicago 000 010 000 1 – 2 8 2
Milwaukee AB R H BI Avg. Chicago AB R H BI Avg.
Kendall c 4 0 1 0 .237 A.Soriano lf 5 0 0 0 .226
Counsell 2b 4 1 1 0 .291 Theriot ss 5 1 2 0 .291
Braun lf 5 0 1 0 .326 D.Lee 1b 4 0 0 0 .281
Fielder 1b 3 0 1 0 .309 Bradley rf 3 0 1 0 .241
McGehee 3b 5 0 1 0 .312 Fukudome cf 1 0 0 0 .259
M.Cameron cf 5 0 0 0 .243 b-Je.Baker ph 1 0 0 0 .125
C.Hart rf 2 0 0 1 .246 Gregg p 0 0 0 0 ---
Stetter p 0 0 0 0 --- c-Soto ph 0 0 0 0 .237
DiFelice p 0 0 0 0 --- J.Fox 3b 3 1 0 1 .302
Hardy ss 4 0 0 0 .225 Fontenot 2b 4 0 2 0 .225
Suppan p 2 0 1 0 .240 K.Hill c 4 0 2 0 .229
Villanueva p 0 0 0 0 .333 Zambrano p 2 0 1 1 .229
Gerut rf 1 0 0 0 .197 a-Hoffpauir ph 1 0 0 0 .246
Totals 35 1 6 1 Heilman p 0 0 0 0 ---
Fuld cf 1 0 0 0 .444
Totals 34 2 8 2
Two outs when winning run scored.a-struck out for Zambrano in the 7th. b-grounded out for Fukudome in the 8th. c-was intentionally walked for Gregg in the 10th. E: McGehee (4), Theriot (7), J.Fox (1). LOB: Milwaukee 11, Chicago 11. 2B: Kendall (8), Fontenot (10), K.Hill (3). RBIs: C.Hart (35), J.Fox (13), Zambrano (4). SB: Theriot (10). CS: Fukudome (5). S: Kendall, Suppan. RLSP: Milwaukee 5 (Kendall, Hardy 3, Braun); Chicago 4 (A.Soriano, Fukudome, Theriot, Je.Baker). RA: D.Lee, Zambrano. GIDP: Bradley, Fukudome. DP: Milwaukee 3 (Hardy, Counsell, Fielder), (Counsell, Hardy, Fielder), (Hardy, Counsell).
Milwaukee walks (3): Fielder, C.Hart 2.
Chicago walks (6): Bradley 2, Fukudome 2, Soto, J.Fox.
Milwaukee strikeouts (6): Counsell, Fielder, M.Cameron 3, C.Hart.
Chicago strikeouts (5): Theriot, D.Lee 2, Fontenot, Hoffpauir.
Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Suppan 7 4 1 1 2 4 90 4.60
Villanueva 2/3 1 0 0 1 1 16 4.86
Stetter 11/3 2 0 0 0 0 15 2.28
DiFelice (L) 2/3 1 1 1 3 0 29 1.97
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Zambrano 7 5 1 1 3 3 110 3.50
Heilman 1 0 0 0 0 1 16 3.93
Gregg (W) 2 1 0 0 0 2 40 3.62
W: Gregg, 3-2. L: DiFelice, 4-1.
IR-S: Stetter 2-0. IBB: off DiFelice (Bradley, Soto). HBP: by Suppan (D.Lee, J.Fox), by Zambrano (Fielder), by Gregg (Counsell). WP: DiFelice. Umpires: Home, Bill Welke; first, Tim Welke; second, Jim Reynolds; third, James Hoye. T: 3:05. A: 41,204 (41,210).
Braves 9, Nationals 8
WASHINGTON - Pinch-hitter Brooks Conrad hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the seventh inning, and Atlanta edged Washington.
Yunel Escobar drew a leadoff walk from Jesus Colome (1-1) and moved to second on Matt Diaz's sacrifice bunt. Colome walked Casey Kotchman with two outs before Conrad, a 29-year-old rookie replacing the injured Kelly Johnson, crushed a 1-0 fastball over the right-field fence for his first career homer.
Atlanta 012 200 310 – 9 14 1
Washington 121 010 102 – 8 8 1
Atlanta AB R H BI Avg. Washington AB R H BI Avg.
McLouth cf 6 0 1 0 .257 Morgan cf 4 1 0 0 .273
Prado 2b 6 3 3 0 .313 N.Johnson 1b 4 1 1 1 .295
C.Jones 3b 4 2 2 2 .295 Zimmerman 3b 4 2 1 0 .295
McCann c 5 1 2 0 .311 Dunn lf 3 1 1 1 .261
Y.Escobar ss 2 1 2 2 .299 Willingham rf 4 1 1 1 .287
M.Diaz lf 3 0 2 2 .307 C.Guzman ss 4 0 2 3 .320
Francoeur rf 4 0 0 0 .245 J.Bard c 5 0 0 1 .265
c-G.Andersn ph 1 0 0 0 .286 W.Harris 2b 2 1 1 0 .248
M.Gonzalez p 0 0 0 0 --- d-Hrn'dz ph-2b 1 0 0 0 .255
R.Soriano p 0 0 0 0 --- Detwiler p 2 1 1 1 .083
Kotchman 1b 3 1 1 0 .273 Clippard p 0 0 0 0 ---
Kawakami p 2 0 0 0 .130 S.Burnett p 0 0 0 0 .000
Logan p 0 0 0 0 --- a-Alb.Gnzalz ph 1 0 0 0 .309
b-Conrad ph 1 1 1 3 1.00 Colome p 0 0 0 0 ---
Moylan p 0 0 0 0 .000 Villone p 0 0 0 0 ---
G.Blanco rf 1 0 0 0 .195 Tavarez p 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 38 9 14 9 e-Kearns ph 1 0 0 0 .196
Beimel p 0 0 0 0 ---
Totals 35 8 8 8
a-lined out for S.Burnett in the 6th. b-homered for Logan in the 7th. c-lined out for Francoeur in the 8th. d-struck out for W.Harris in the 8th. e-struck out for Tavarez in the 8th. E: Kawakami (1), Beimel (2). LOB: Atlanta 13, Washington 8. 2B: Prado 2 (16), C.Jones (14), McCann (15), Y.Escobar (17), C.Guzman (15), W.Harris (12). HR: Conrad (1), off Colome; Dunn (21), off Kawakami. RBIs: C.Jones 2 (38), Y.Escobar 2 (42), M.Diaz 2 (22), Conrad 3 (3), N.Johnson (34), Dunn (57), Willingham (19), C.Guzman 3 (21), J.Bard (15), Detwiler (1). SB: Morgan (19). S: McCann, Y.Escobar, M.Diaz. SF: C.Guzman. RLSP: Atlanta 9 (McLouth 2, Kawakami 2, Francoeur 2, Kotchman 2, McCann); Washington 4 (C.Guzman, Detwiler, W.Harris, J.Bard). RA: Francoeur, Morgan, J.Bard 2.
Atlanta walks (8): C.Jones 2, Y.Escobar 2, M.Diaz, Kotchman 2, Kawakami.
Washington walks (6): Morgan, N.Johnson, Zimmerman, Dunn 2, W.Harris.
Atlanta strikeouts (5): McLouth, McCann, M.Diaz, Francoeur, G.Blanco.
Washington strikeouts (10): Morgan 2, N.Johnson, Dunn, Willingham 2, C.Guzman, A.Hernandez, Detwiler, Kearns.
Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Kawakami 41/3 6 5 4 3 6 92 4.46
Logan (W) 12/3 0 0 0 0 0 18 5.40
Moylan (H) 1 1 1 1 1 0 16 4.13
M.Gonzalez (H) 1 0 0 0 0 3 17 2.54
R.Soriano (S) 1 1 2 2 2 1 24 1.63
Washington IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Detwiler 31/3 10 5 5 2 1 86 5.81
Clippard 2 1 0 0 0 2 29 3.60
S.Burnett 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 5 3.15
Colome (L) 1 1 3 3 2 0 21 8.40
Villone 1/3 1 1 1 2 0 15 3.13
Tavarez 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 13 4.22
Beimel 1 1 0 0 1 2 16 3.41
W: Logan, 1-0. L: Colome, 1-1. S: Soriano, 8. H: Gonzalez, 6. H: Moylan, 12.
IR-S: Logan 2-1, Clippard 2-1, Tavarez 3-1. IBB: off Kawakami (W.Harris), off Villone (Y.Escobar), off Beimel (C.Jones), off Detwiler (Kotchman). HBP: by Kawakami (Willingham). WP: Detwiler. Umpires: Home, Mike Winters; first, Jerry Layne; second, Tony Randazzo; third, Chris Guccione. T: 3:28. A: 33,982 (41,888).
Cardinals 7, Reds 4
CINCINNATI - Albert Pujols hit his club-record fourth grand slam of the season, and rookie Jarrett Hoffpauir drove in the go-ahead runs in the ninth inning with his first career hit as St. Louis topped Cincinnati.
Pujols' slam in the eighth was the 10th of his career, also a team record. The Reds tied it on Ramon Hernandez's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the inning.
St. Louis 000 000 043 – 7 8 1
Cincinnati 100 002 010 – 4 11 1
St. Louis AB R H BI Avg. Cincinnati AB R H BI Avg.
Schumakr 2b-lf 4 2 1 0 .292 Dickerson lf 5 1 1 0 .286
Duncan lf 2 0 0 0 .240 Taveras cf 4 1 2 0 .237
b-Hoffpr ph-2b 1 1 1 2 1.00 Votto 1b 4 1 1 0 .363
Pujols 1b 5 1 2 5 .336 B.Phillips 2b 5 1 2 1 .270
Ludwick rf 4 0 0 0 .235 Bruce rf 3 0 1 0 .216
Ankiel cf 4 0 0 0 .230 R.Hernandez c 2 0 0 1 .252
Kinney p 0 0 0 0 .000 Hairston Jr. 3b 4 0 3 1 .252
D.Reyes p 0 0 0 0 --- Fisher p 0 0 0 0 ---
Motte p 0 0 0 0 .000 Janish ss 3 0 0 0 .233
c-T.Greene ph 1 0 0 0 .228 d-L.Nix ph 1 0 0 0 .249
Franklin p 0 0 0 0 --- H.Bailey p 3 0 0 0 .000
Y.Molina c 4 0 1 0 .279 Rhodes p 0 0 0 0 .000
Thurston 3b 3 0 0 0 .216 Weathers p 0 0 0 0 ---
Pineiro p 2 0 0 0 .161 Masset p 0 0 0 0 ---
a-Rasmus ph-cf 2 2 2 0 .277 Herrera p 0 0 0 0 .000
Br.Ryan ss 4 1 1 0 .297 Encarnacion 3b 1 0 1 0 .141
Totals 36 7 8 7 Totals 35 4 11 3
a-singled for Pineiro in the 8th. b-walked for Duncan in the 8th. c-fouled out for Motte in the 9th. d-struck out for Janish in the 9th. E: Thurston (10), Janish (2). LOB: St. Louis 7, Cincinnati 9. 2B: Pujols (20), Y.Molina (9), Dickerson (10), B.Phillips (14), Bruce (12), Hairston Jr. (11), Encarnacion (2). HR: Pujols (31), off Weathers. RBIs: Hoffpauir 2 (2), Pujols 5 (82), B.Phillips (53), R.Hernandez (33), Hairston Jr. (23). S: Bruce. SF: R.Hernandez. RLSP: St. Louis 4 (Ankiel, Thurston, T.Greene 2); Cincinnati 6 (R.Hernandez, Dickerson, Janish, Hairston Jr., B.Phillips 2). RA: Dickerson, Votto. DP: St. Louis 1 (Ludwick, Ludwick, Thurston).
St. Louis walks (4): Schumaker, Duncan, Hoffpauir, Ludwick.
Cincinnati walks (2): Taveras, Votto.
St. Louis strikeouts (5): Pujols, Ludwick, Ankiel, Pineiro, Br.Ryan.
Cincinnati strikeouts (4): Taveras, B.Phillips, Hairston, L.Nix.
St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Pineiro 7 8 3 2 0 1 81 3.39
Kinney 0 2 1 1 0 0 6 8.64
D.Reyes (H) 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.29
Motte (W) 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 7 4.80
Franklin (S) 1 1 0 0 2 2 30 0.84
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
H.Bailey 71/3 3 2 2 2 5 104 5.94
Rhodes 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 1.95
Weathers (BS) 2/3 1 1 1 0 0 9 2.63
Masset 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.69
Herrera (L) 1/3 3 3 0 0 0 18 1.97
Fisher 1/3 1 0 0 1 0 14 3.31
W: Motte, 3-2. L: Herrera, 1-4. S: Franklin, 20. H: Reyes, 14. BS: Weathers, 3; Motte, 2.
Rhodes pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.Kinney pitched to 2 batters in the 8th. IR-S: D.Reyes 2-0, Motte 2-1, Rhodes 2-0, Weathers 3-3, Fisher 2-1. IBB: off Fisher (Ludwick). HBP: by Pineiro (R.Hernandez), by H.Bailey (Thurston). Umpires: Home, Fieldin Culbreth; first, Gary Cederstrom; second, Jim Wolf; third, Brian O'Nora. T: 3:13. A: 41,349 (42,319).
Rockies 5, Diamondbacks 0
DENVER - Jorge De La Rosa pitched eight innings, Ian Stewart hit a solo homer, and Colorado thumped Arizona.
The Rockies moved to 24-9 since Jim Tracy replaced Clint Hurdle as manager.
De La Rosa (5-7), who has never had a complete game, won for the fifth time in six starts, allowing four hits and striking out six. The lefthander got 14 groundball outs.
The slumping Diamondbacks had three more errors, running their season total to a major league-leading 74.
Max Scherzer (5-6) allowed six hits over six innings as the Diamondbacks lost for the eighth time in nine games.
Arizona 000 000 000 – 0 4 3
Colorado 010 022 00x – 5 7 1
Arizona AB R H BI Avg. Colorado AB R H BI Avg.
F.Lopez 2b 4 0 0 0 .299 Fowler cf 4 1 1 1 .250
R.Roberts 3b 3 0 1 0 .257 Barmes 2b 4 0 0 0 .273
J.Upton rf 3 0 0 0 .306 Helton 1b 3 1 1 0 .312
Reynolds 1b 3 0 1 0 .271 Hawpe rf 4 0 0 0 .328
G.Parra lf 4 0 0 0 .250 Tulowitzki ss 4 1 2 1 .253
C.Young cf 2 0 1 0 .197 Stewart 3b 4 1 1 1 .216
Carlin c 3 0 0 0 .000 Iannetta c 2 1 2 1 .239
b-Tracy ph 1 0 0 0 .202 C.Gonzalez lf 3 0 0 0 .200
Ojeda ss 3 0 0 0 .229 De La Rosa p 3 0 0 0 .042
Scherzer p 2 0 1 0 .269 Jo.Peralta p 0 0 0 0 ---
a-Clark ph 1 0 0 0 .196 Street p 0 0 0 0 ---
E.Vasquez p 0 0 0 0 --- Totals 31 5 7 4
Boyer p 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 29 0 4 0
a-lined out for Scherzer in the 7th. b-struck out for Carlin in the 9th. E: Ojeda (6), C.Young (1), G.Parra (4), Tulowitzki (5). LOB: Arizona 7, Colorado 4. 2B: Fowler (18), Helton (21), Tulowitzki (11). HR: Stewart (15), off Scherzer. RBIs: Fowler (19), Tulowitzki (32), Stewart (40), Iannetta (28). SB: Stewart (6). S: R.Roberts. SF: Iannetta. RLSP: Arizona 3 (G.Parra 2, Reynolds); Colorado 2 (Stewart, C.Gonzalez). RA: Hawpe 2, C.Gonzalez, De La Rosa. GIDP: G.Parra, Ojeda. DP: Colorado 2 (Tulowitzki, Helton), (De La Rosa, Tulowitzki, Barmes, Helton).
Arizona walks (4): J.Upton, Reynolds, C.Young 2.
Colorado walks (1): Helton.
Arizona strikeouts (8): J.Upton 2, Reynolds, C.Young, Carlin, Tracy, Ojeda, Scherzer.
Colorado strikeouts (7): Fowler 2, Barmes, Tulowitzki, C.Gonzalez, De 2.
Arizona IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Scherzer (L) 6 6 5 3 1 5 101 3.73
E.Vasquez 1 0 0 0 0 2 11 4.94
Boyer 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 5.61
Colorado IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
De La Rosa (W) 8 4 0 0 4 6 107 5.14
Jo.Peralta 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 7 2.30
Street 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 5 2.88
W: Rosa, 5-7. L: Scherzer, 5-6.
WP: De La Rosa. Umpires: Home, Tom Hallion; first, Scott Barry; second, Phil Cuzzi; third, Brian Runge.
T: 2:28. A: 49,026 (50,449).
