Final
  for this game

Diamondbacks, Pirates begin weekend series

May 18, 2007 - 1:00 PM Arizona (22-20) at Pittsburgh (18-22) 7:05 pm EDT

PITTSBURGH (Ticker) -- With the rest of Major League Baseball starting interleague play, the Pittsburgh Pirates and Arizona Diamondbacks will meet in a regular National League series.

Ronny Paulino drove in three runs and Freddy Sanchez added an RBI as Pittsburgh ended its two-game slide with Thursday's 7-2 victory over the Florida Marlins.

Ian Snell (3-2, 2.38 ERA) gets the start for Pittsburgh after an impressive outing. Last Sunday, the righthander surrendered just two runs with seven strikeouts in seven innings against Atlanta.

Arizona will counter with Doug Davis (2-4, 2.72). The lefthander allowed four runs in a season-low 4 1/3 innings in a loss at Houston in his last start.

The Diamondbacks took two of three from Colorado to improve to 3-3 on their nine-game trip.








  • NL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    ARIZONA 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 5 8 0
    PITTSBURGH 0 0 3 0 4 0 1 3 x 11 14 1 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: ARI - DOUG DAVIS, BRANDON MEDDERS (5TH), EDGAR GONZALEZ (6TH), JUAN
    CRUZ (7TH), TONY PENA (8TH) AND MIGUEL MONTERO
    PIT - IAN SNELL, JONAH BAYLISS (6TH), DAMASO MART

    May 18 10:23 PM


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    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY RYAN DOUMIT (3) TO CENTER WITH 2 OUT
    IN THE 8TH OFF TONY PENA SCORED FREDDY SANCHEZ AND JASON BAY.
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 5, PITTSBURGH 11
    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: A LAROCHE (.205, 2-FOR-3, BB, 2 RBI)

    Diamondbacks vs. PiratesMay 18 10:14 PM


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    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    GROUND OUT BY JOSE CASTILLO SCORED ADAM LAROCHE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 5
    PITTSBURGH 8 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: N MCLOUTH (.216, 1 HR, 2 RBI)

    Diamondbacks vs. PiratesMay 18 10:00 PM


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    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    ERROR BY JOSE CASTILLO ALLOWED ORLANDO HUDSON TO SCORE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, S DREW ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 5
    PITTSBURGH 7 TOP, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: M REYNOLDS (.375, 1-FOR-2, SAC, RBI)

    Diamondbacks vs. PiratesMay 18 9:43 PM


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    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY CARLOS QUENTIN SCORED MARK REYNOLDS.
    SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, C QUENTIN ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 4
    PITTSBURGH 7 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: B MEDDERS (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)

    Diamondbacks vs. PiratesMay 18 9:06 PM


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    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    TRIPLE BY MARK REYNOLDS SCORED ERIC BYRNES.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, M REYNOLDS ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 3
    PITTSBURGH 7 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: M MONTERO (.217, 0-FOR-2)

    Diamondbacks vs. PiratesMay 18 9:01 PM


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    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY STEPHEN DREW SCORED ORLANDO HUDSON.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, E BYRNES ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 2
    PITTSBURGH 7 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: M REYNOLDS (.286, 0-FOR-1, SAC)

    Diamondbacks vs. PiratesMay 18 8:59 PM


  • NL
    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY ERIC BYRNES SCORED CONOR JACKSON.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, E BYRNES ON SECOND, O HUDSON ON THIRD, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 1
    PITTSBURGH 7 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: S DREW (.236, 2-FOR-2)

    Diamondbacks vs. PiratesMay 18 8:57 PM


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    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY IAN SNELL SCORED RONNY PAULINO.
    SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, I SNELL ON FIRST, J CASTILLO ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 0
    PITTSBURGH 7 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: C DUFFY (.223, 0-FOR-3)

    Diamondbacks vs. PiratesMay 18 8:44 PM


  • NL
    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JOSE CASTILLO SCORED ADAM LAROCHE.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, J CASTILLO ON FIRST, R PAULINO ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 0
    PITTSBURGH 6 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: I SNELL (.133, 0-FOR-1, SAC)

    Diamondbacks vs. PiratesMay 18 8:42 PM


  • NL
    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY ADAM LAROCHE SCORED JOSE BAUTISTA AND FREDDY
    SANCHEZ.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, A LAROCHE ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 0
    PITTSBURGH 5 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: R PAULINO (.223, 0-FOR-2)

    Diamondbacks vs. PiratesMay 18 8:40 PM


  • NL
    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY XAVIER NADY (5) TO RIGHT WITH 2 OUT
    IN THE 3RD OFF DOUG DAVIS SCORED FREDDY SANCHEZ AND JASON BAY.
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 0, PITTSBURGH 3
    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: A LAROCHE (.194, 0-FOR-0, BB)

    Diamondbacks vs. PiratesMay 18 8:04 PM