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Red-hot Pirates aim for fifth straight win

Apr 27, 2007 - 2:25 PM Cincinnati (10-12) at Pittsburgh (10-10) 7:05 pm EDT

PITTSBURGH (Ticker) -- Looking for their longest April winning streak in five seasons, the Pittsburgh Pirates host the Cincinnati Reds on Friday.

The Pirates have won four straight games, their longest streak in April since a six-game run in 2002.

On Thursday, the Pirates completed a three-game sweep of Houston with a 5-3 victory. Jason Bay and Ryan Doumit each delivered two-run singles.

The Reds have lost six of their last eight games, including Thursday's 7-5 setback to St. Louis. Cincinnati played without right fielder Ken Griffey Jr., who was sidelined with a sore chest.

The Red aim to turn it around behind Eric Milton (0-3, 4.32 ERA), who is looking for his first win this season.

Milton is 1-5 with a 7.11 ERA in 11 career starts vs. the Pirates.

Pittsburgh counters with Ian Snell (1-1, 2.00), who has been impressive so far this campaign. In his last outing, the 25-year-old righthander did not figure in the decision in a 7-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday, despite allowing just two runs and five hits in seven innings.








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

    BATTERIES: CIN - ERIC MILTON, KIRK SAARLOOS (5TH), VICTOR SANTOS (7TH) AND
    JAVIER VALENTIN
    PIT - IAN SNELL, DAMASO MARTE (8TH), SALOMON TORRES
    (9TH) AND RONNY PAULINO

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    Apr 27 9:40 PM


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    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY ADAM DUNN (5) TO RIGHT CENTER WITH 0 OUT
    IN THE 9TH OFF SALOMON TORRES.
    CURRENT SCORE: CINCINNATI 1, PITTSBURGH 3
    DUE UP FOR CINCINNATI: E ENCARNACION (.176, 0-FOR-2)

    Reds vs. PiratesApr 27 9:36 PM


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    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY ADAM LAROCHE SCORED JASON BAY.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, A LAROCHE ON FIRST, B ELDRED ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CINCINNATI 0
    PITTSBURGH 3 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: J BAUTISTA (.300, 1 HR, 5 RBI)

    Reds vs. PiratesApr 27 7:23 PM

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