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Sanchez sparks Pirates in his first game of season
Apr 8, 2007 - 8:21 PM CINCINNATI (Ticker) - The reigning National League batting champion made an immediate impact in his first game of the season.After being activated from the disabled list, Freddy Sanchez sparked the Pittsburgh Pirates from the leadoff spot in a 6-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.
Sanchez missed Pittsburgh's first five games of the season with a right knee sprain. But he showed no ill effects of the injury, collecting two hits, including an RBI double, and scored a run as the Pirates salvaged the finale of a three-game series.
Last season, Sanchez seemingly came out of nowhere to win the NL batting title with a .344 average.
The Pirates got plenty of other offensive contributions. Brad Eldred had a solo homer and RBI double, Jack Wilson hit a two-run homer and Jason Bay added a solo shot.
Zach Duke (1-0) pitched six scoreless innings and held a comfortable 4-0 lead before running into trouble in the seventh.
Ken Griffey Jr. hit a two-run single and pinch hitter Juan Castro doubled home Griffey to pull the Reds within 4-3 before Matt Capps retired Javier Valentin on a flyout to end the inning.
Eldred homered in the eighth and Bay added one in the ninth to rebuild the lead to 6-3.
Salomon Torres, Pittsburgh's new closer, pitched a scoreless ninth for his fourth save in as many chances.
Cincinnati lefthander Eric Milton (0-1), activated from the disabled list earlier in the day, lasted 5 2/3 innings and yielded four runs and 10 hits.
- NL
FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
PITTSBURGH 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 6 13 0
CINCINNATI 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 8 1 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: PIT - ZACH DUKE, JONAH BAYLISS (7TH), JUAN PEREZ (7TH), MATT CAPPS
(7TH), SALOMON TORRES (9TH) AND RONNY PAULINO
CIN - ERIC MILTON, VICTOR SANTOS (6TH), TODD COFFEY
Apr 8 3:55 PM - NL
AT CINCINNATI - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY JASON BAY (2) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT IN THE
9TH OFF JON COUTLANGUS.
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 6, CINCINNATI 3
DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: A LAROCHE (.130, 0-FOR-4)
Pirates vs. RedsApr 8 3:46 PM - NL
AT CINCINNATI - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY BRAD ELDRED (1) TO RIGHT WITH 1 OUT IN THE
8TH OFF TODD COFFEY.
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 5, CINCINNATI 3
DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: J BAUTISTA (.348, 1-FOR-3)
Pirates vs. RedsApr 8 3:28 PM - NL
AT CINCINNATI - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: J Valentin hit for C Moeller.
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, J CASTRO ON SECOND, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 4
CINCINNATI 3 BOTTOM, 7TH
DUE UP FOR CINCINNATI: J Valentin (.143, 0 HR, 0 RBI)
Apr 8 3:18 PM - NL
AT CINCINNATI - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: M Capps relieved J Perez.
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, J CASTRO ON SECOND, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 4
CINCINNATI 3 BOTTOM, 7TH
DUE UP FOR CINCINNATI: C Moeller (.000, 0-FOR-1)
Apr 8 3:17 PM - NL
AT CINCINNATI - PITCHING CHANGE
PIT: MATT CAPPS (1-0, 0.00) IN THE 7TH
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, J CASTRO ON SECOND, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 4, CINCINNATI 3
DUE UP FOR CINCINNATI: C MOELLER (.000, 0-FOR-1)
Apr 8 3:17 PM - NL
AT CINCINNATI - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY JUAN CASTRO SCORED KEN GRIFFEY JR.
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, J CASTRO ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 4
CINCINNATI 3 BOTTOM, 7TH
DUE UP FOR CINCINNATI: C MOELLER (.000, 0-FOR-1)
Apr 8 3:16 PM - NL
AT CINCINNATI - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY JUAN CASTRO SCORED KEN GRIFFEY JR.
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, J CASTRO ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 4
CINCINNATI 3 BOTTOM, 7TH
DUE UP FOR CINCINNATI: C MOELLER (.000, 0-FOR-1)
Pirates vs. RedsApr 8 3:16 PM - NL
AT CINCINNATI - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: J Castro hit for S Hatteberg.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, K GRIFFEY JR ON SECOND, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 4
CINCINNATI 2 BOTTOM, 7TH
DUE UP FOR CINCINNATI: J Castro (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)
Apr 8 3:14 PM - NL
AT CINCINNATI - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: J Perez relieved J Bayliss.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, K GRIFFEY JR ON SECOND, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 4
CINCINNATI 2 BOTTOM, 7TH
DUE UP FOR CINCINNATI: S Hatteberg (.273, 1 HR, 4 RBI)
Apr 8 3:13 PM - NL
AT CINCINNATI - PITCHING CHANGE
PIT: JUAN PEREZ (0-0, 0.00) IN THE 7TH
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, K GRIFFEY JR ON SECOND, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 4, CINCINNATI 2
DUE UP FOR CINCINNATI: S HATTEBERG (.273, 1 HR, 4 RBI)
Apr 8 3:13 PM - NL
AT CINCINNATI - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: S Hatteberg hit for V Santos.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, K GRIFFEY JR ON SECOND, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 4
CINCINNATI 2 BOTTOM, 7TH
DUE UP FOR CINCINNATI: S Hatteberg (.273, 1 HR, 4 RBI)
Apr 8 3:13 PM - NL
AT CINCINNATI - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: J Bayliss relieved Z Duke.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, K GRIFFEY JR ON FIRST, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 4
CINCINNATI 2 BOTTOM, 7TH
DUE UP FOR CINCINNATI: J Conine (.417, 1-FOR-2)
Apr 8 3:07 PM - NL
AT CINCINNATI - PITCHING CHANGE
PIT: JONAH BAYLISS (1-0, 0.00) IN THE 7TH
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, K GRIFFEY JR ON FIRST, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 4, CINCINNATI 2
DUE UP FOR CINCINNATI: J CONINE (.417, 1-FOR-2)
Apr 8 3:07 PM - NL
AT CINCINNATI - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY KEN GRIFFEY JR SCORED ADAM DUNN AND EDWIN
ENCARNACION.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, K GRIFFEY JR ON FIRST, 0 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 4
CINCINNATI 2 BOTTOM, 7TH
DUE UP FOR CINCINNATI: J CONINE (.417, 1-FOR-2)
Apr 8 3:06 PM - NL
AT CINCINNATI - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY KEN GRIFFEY JR SCORED ADAM DUNN AND EDWIN
ENCARNACION.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, K GRIFFEY JR ON FIRST, 0 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 4
CINCINNATI 2 BOTTOM, 7TH
DUE UP FOR CINCINNATI: J CONINE (.417, 1-FOR-2)
Pirates vs. RedsApr 8 3:06 PM - NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
PITTSBURGH 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 4 10 0
CINCINNATI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 (BOT 7)
CURRENT PITCHERS: PIT - ZACH DUKE
CIN - VICTOR SANTOS
DUE UP FOR CINCINNATI: A DUNN (.316, 0-FOR-2)
E ENCARNACION (.333, 0-FOR-2)
K GRIFFEY JR (.222, 0-FOR-2)
Apr 8 2:58 PM - NL
AT CINCINNATI - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY FREDDY SANCHEZ SCORED JOSE BAUTISTA.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, F SANCHEZ ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 4
CINCINNATI 0 TOP, 6TH
DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: J WILSON (.375, 2-FOR-3, HR, 2 RBI)
Pirates vs. RedsApr 8 2:42 PM - NL
AT CINCINNATI - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY JACK WILSON (1) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN
THE 5TH OFF ERIC MILTON SCORED FREDDY SANCHEZ.
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 3, CINCINNATI 0
DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: J BAY (.227, 1-FOR-1, BB)
Apr 8 2:21 PM - NL
AT CINCINNATI - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY JACK WILSON (1) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN
THE 5TH OFF ERIC MILTON SCORED FREDDY SANCHEZ.
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 3, CINCINNATI 0
DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: J BAY (.227, 1-FOR-1, BB)
Pirates vs. RedsApr 8 2:21 PM - NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
PITTSBURGH 0 0 0 1 1 5 0
CINCINNATI 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 (TOP 5)
CURRENT PITCHERS: PIT - ZACH DUKE
CIN - ERIC MILTON
DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: F SANCHEZ (.000, 0-FOR-2)
J WILSON (.348, 1-FOR-2)
J BAY (.227, 1-FOR-1, BB)
Apr 8 2:17 PM - NL
AT CINCINNATI - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY BRAD ELDRED SCORED XAVIER NADY.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, B ELDRED ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 1
CINCINNATI 0 TOP, 4TH
DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: J BAUTISTA (.333, 0-FOR-1)
Pirates vs. RedsApr 8 2:06 PM - NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
PITTSBURGH 0 0 0 3 0
CINCINNATI 0 0 1 1 (BOT 2)
CURRENT PITCHERS: PIT - ZACH DUKE
CIN - ERIC MILTON
DUE UP FOR CINCINNATI: E ENCARNACION (.375, 0 HR, 3 RBI)
K GRIFFEY JR (.250, 0 HR, 0 RBI)
J CONINE (.400, 1 HR,
Apr 8 1:38 PM
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