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Pirates look to continue dominance of Astros

Apr 26, 2007 - 2:01 PM Houston (9-11) at Pittsburgh (9-10) 12:35 pm EDT

PITTSBURGH (Ticker) -- The Pittsburgh Pirates are on the verge of doing something they haven't done since 1979.

The Pirates go for a sweep of their three-game series when they host the Houston Astros on Thursday.

Pittsburgh swept its season-opening series with the Astros to start the campaign, and a win Thursday would give it consecutive series sweeps against Houston in the same season for the first time since July 1979.

The Astros won 13 of 16 games between the clubs last season, but have dropped all five games this season, although only on game - Tuesday's 3-0 loss - has not been a one-run contest.

Wednesday's game lasted 16 innings before Adam LaRoche broke out of an 0-for-18 slump at PNC Park with an RBI single.

The Pirates send the struggling Tony Armas (0-2, 18.90 ERA) to the hill Thursday. The veteran righthander has been terrible so far in 2007, allowing 14 runs in just 6 2/3 innings over two starts - both losses.

Houston will counter with Wandy Rodriguez (0-2, 4.74). The lefthander struggled in his last outing, yielding six runs and nine hits in six innings to take the loss Saturday at Milwaukee.

Pittsburgh slugger Jason Bay is 7-for-12 with two homer and seven RBI in his career against Rodriguez.








  • NL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    HOUSTON 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 10 2
    PITTSBURGH 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 x 5 7 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: HOU - WANDY RODRIGUEZ, CHAD QUALLS (8TH), STEPHEN RANDOLPH (8TH) AND
    BRAD AUSMUS, HUMBERTO QUINTERO (8TH)
    PIT - TONY ARMAS, JONAH BAYLISS (6TH), MATT CAPPS
    (8TH),

    Apr 26 3:42 PM


  • NL
    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MIKE LAMB SCORED MARK LORETTA.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, M LAMB ON FIRST, L BERKMAN ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 3
    PITTSBURGH 5 TOP, 9TH
    DUE UP FOR HOUSTON: S RANDOLPH (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)

    Astros vs. PiratesApr 26 3:38 PM


  • NL
    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY CARLOS LEE SCORED CHRIS BURKE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, L BERKMAN ON FIRST, M LORETTA ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 2
    PITTSBURGH 5 TOP, 9TH
    DUE UP FOR HOUSTON: M LAMB (.318, 2-FOR-4)

    Astros vs. PiratesApr 26 3:35 PM


  • NL
    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY RYAN DOUMIT SCORED JACK WILSON AND JASON BAY.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, R DOUMIT ON FIRST, I SNELL ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 1
    PITTSBURGH 5 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: N MCLOUTH (.300, 0-FOR-1)

    Astros vs. PiratesApr 26 3:20 PM


  • NL
    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    XAVIER NADY HIT BY CHAD QUALLS PITCH WITH BASES LOADED
    SCORED CHRIS DUFFY.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, X NADY ON FIRST, J BAY ON SECOND, J WILSON
    ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 1
    PITTSBURGH 3 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: A LAROCHE (.116, 1-FOR-3)

    Astros vs. PiratesApr 26 3:15 PM


  • NL
    AT PITTSBURGH - MID INNING UPDATE
    PLAY: N McLouth hit for J Bayliss.
    SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 1
    PITTSBURGH 2 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: N McLouth (.316, 1 HR, 2 RBI)

    Apr 26 2:50 PM


  • NL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    HOUSTON 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 2
    PITTSBURGH 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 0 (BOT 7)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: HOU - WANDY RODRIGUEZ
    PIT - JONAH BAYLISS

    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: R DOUMIT (.200, 1-FOR-2)
    J BAYLISS (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)
    J CASTILLO (.179, 1-FOR-1)

    Apr 26 2:47 PM


  • NL
    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JASON BAY SCORED JOSE CASTILLO AND CHRIS DUFFY.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J BAY ON FIRST, F SANCHEZ ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 1
    PITTSBURGH 2 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: B ELDRED (.120, 0-FOR-2)

    Astros vs. PiratesApr 26 2:35 PM


  • NL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    HOUSTON 1 0 0 0 1 3 0
    PITTSBURGH 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 (TOP 5)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: HOU - WANDY RODRIGUEZ
    PIT - TONY ARMAS

    DUE UP FOR HOUSTON: W RODRIGUEZ (.143, 0-FOR-1)
    C BURKE (.232, 1-FOR-2)
    M LORETTA (.324, 2-FOR-2)

    Apr 26 1:44 PM


  • NL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    HOUSTON 1 0 1 2 0
    PITTSBURGH 0 0 0 0 (BOT 2)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: HOU - WANDY RODRIGUEZ
    PIT - TONY ARMAS

    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: J BAY (.267, 3 HR, 12 RBI)
    B ELDRED (.130, 2 HR, 3 RBI)
    A LAROCHE (.106, 3 HR, 9 RBI

    Apr 26 1:06 PM


  • NL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    HOUSTON 1 1 2 0
    PITTSBURGH 0 0 0 (BOT 1)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: HOU - WANDY RODRIGUEZ
    PIT - TONY ARMAS

    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: C DUFFY (.297, 1 HR, 4 RBI)
    J WILSON (.296, 1 HR, 4 RBI)
    F SANCHEZ (.250, 0 HR, 4 RBI

    Astros vs. PiratesApr 26 12:50 PM

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