Final
Duke leads Pirates past Mets
Jun 3, 2009 - 2:45 AM PITTSBURGH(AP) -- Zach Duke said he was looking forward to facing Johan Santana.He really enjoyed the result.
Duke pitched seven effective innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat Santana and the New York Mets 3-1 on Tuesday night.
"You always want to see how you match up against the best," Duke said. "Johan's numbers don't lie; he's a great pitcher. We just capitalized when we had the opportunities tonight."
Duke (6-4) allowed one run and eight hits to lower his ERA to 2.62. He has allowed two earned runs or less in eight of his 11 starts.
Santana (7-3) gave up three runs and seven hits in six innings for New York, which has lost three of four. The Mets have scored two runs or less in five of Santana's 11 starts.
"When you're facing probably the best pitcher in the game right now, you've got to continue to battle and take advantage of any opportunities you get," Pirates manager John Russell said. "He left a few pitches up late, and we took advantage of it, but you know you're not going to score many runs if he's on. He was throwing the ball pretty well, and he had one hiccup one inning and we were fortunate enough to take advantage of it."
Jason Jaramillo hit his first major league homer for the Pirates, who have won three of four. Freddy Sanchez and Nate McLouth each had two hits.
New York again was without All-Star outfielder Carlos Beltran, who is dealing with a stomach virus and stayed at the team hotel.
John Grabow followed Duke with a perfect eighth and Matt Capps retired the Mets in order in the ninth for his 12th save and third in the past four days.
Santana retired the first 10 batters of the game but the Pirates seemed to solve him after that, with eight of the next 12 batters reaching against him.
"He got a couple pitches up, but we should have enough to overcome that," Mets manager Jerry Manuel said. "We weren't able to do that."
Jaramillo hit a one-out drive to left to tie it at 1 in the fifth, and Pittsburgh pushed across two more in the sixth. McLouth doubled in Sanchez and scored on Adam LaRoche's double to make it 3-1.
"They took advantage of those hits, that's pretty much it," Santana said.
McLouth also threw out Jeremy Reed trying to score on Luis Castillo's single in the third.
Reed tied a career high with three hits and Castillo had a sacrifice fly for New York.
"'I have to keep it within striking distance,' that was my main focus," Duke said. "When I got into those tight spots early on, maybe I'll give up one, but make sure it's only one."
"I'm pretty sure (Duke) had a really good time tonight," Russell said, "to go out there to pitch against Santana, pitch against the Mets and win at home."
Notes: The crowd was announced at 10,459 but the actual attendance was much less than that on a night when the NHL Penguins were hosting Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals across town. ... Pirates OF Nyjer Morgan was ejected by first base umpire Tim McClelland after slamming his helmet to the ground after being called out on a double-play comebacker to Santana in the fifth. It was the second time in the game the speedy Morgan was called out on a close play at first, and that was the first time in his career he grounded into a double play. ... New York INF Ramon Martinez left in the fifth with a dislocated left pinky finger. He was replaced at shortstop by Wilson Valdez. Manuel indicated Martinez would be placed on the disabled list Wednesday.
- NL
FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
NY METS 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 1
PITTSBURGH 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 x 3 8 0 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: NYM - JOHAN SANTANA, SEAN GREEN (7TH), KEN TAKAHASHI (8TH), BRIAN
STOKES (8TH) AND OMIR SANTOS
PIT - ZACH DUKE, JOHN GRABOW (8TH), MATT CAPPS (9TH)
AND JASON JARAM
Jun 2 9:20 PM - NL
AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY ADAM LAROCHE SCORED NATE MCLOUTH.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, A LAROCHE ON SECOND, 0 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: NY METS 1
PITTSBURGH 3 BOTTOM, 6TH
DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: AN LAROCHE (.301, 0-FOR-2)
Mets 1, Pirates 3 Bot 6, 0 OutsJun 2 8:35 PM - NL
AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY NATE MCLOUTH SCORED FREDDY SANCHEZ.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, N MCLOUTH ON SECOND, 0 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: NY METS 1
PITTSBURGH 2 BOTTOM, 6TH
DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: AD LAROCHE (.240, 0-FOR-1, BB)
Mets 1, Pirates 2 Bot 6, 0 OutsJun 2 8:33 PM - NL
AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY JASON JARAMILLO (1) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN
THE 5TH OFF JOHAN SANTANA.
CURRENT SCORE: NY METS 1, PITTSBURGH 1
DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: J WILSON (.261, 0-FOR-1)
Mets 1, Pirates 1 Bot 5, 0 OutsJun 2 8:18 PM - NL
AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
SACRIFICE FLY BY LUIS CASTILLO SCORED RAMON MARTINEZ.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J REED ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: NY METS 1
PITTSBURGH 0 TOP, 5TH
DUE UP FOR NY METS: F MARTINEZ (.190, 0-FOR-2)
Mets 1, Pirates 0 Top 5, 0 OutsJun 2 8:10 PM
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