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RHP Owings takes mound vs. Pittsburgh after long layoff

May 19, 2007 - 3:37 PM Arizona (22-21) at Pittsburgh (19-22) 7:05 pm EDT

PITTSBURGH (Ticker) -- While the rest of the major leagues engages in interleague play, the Arizona Diamondbacks and Pittsburgh Pirates continue their three-game series.

Young starters Micah Owings of the Diamondbacks and the Pirates' Tom Gorzelanny square off in the middle game of the series on Saturday.

Pittsburgh captured its second straight win Friday, as Xavier Nady and Ryan Doumit both drove in three runs in an 11-5 victory.

Owings (2-1, 3.30 ERA) has not pitched in 11 days, as his last turn in the rotation was skipped. The rookie righthander last pitched 1 2/3 innings in relief for Doug Davis on Sunday.

Prior to that, Owings beat Philadelphia, 3-2, on May 8, allowing just two runs and five hits in seven innings.

His counterpart, Gorzelanny (5-2, 2.36), has been a pleasant surprise for the Pirates.

The 24-year-old lefthander is coming off a dominant performance in which he allowed just five hits in seven scoreless innings vs. Florida on Monday. Overall, Gorzelanny has allowed just three runs in his last 21 innings.








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    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    ARIZONA 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 2 0 9 13 1
    PITTSBURGH 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 12 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: ARI - MICAH OWINGS, JUAN CRUZ (3RD), BRANDON MEDDERS (6TH), DOUG
    SLATEN (7TH), BRANDON LYON (8TH), JOSE VALVERDE (9TH) AND
    CHRIS SNYDER
    PIT - TOM GORZELANNY, JOHN

    May 19 10:32 PM
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    RUWTbot Added 35 roots (Close Finish)

    Diamondbacks vs. PiratesMay 19 10:21 PM


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    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JASON BAY SCORED NATE MCLOUTH.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J BAY ON FIRST, F SANCHEZ ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 9
    PITTSBURGH 8 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: R DOUMIT (.380, 0-FOR-3, BB, RBI)

    Diamondbacks vs. PiratesMay 19 10:18 PM


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    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY CARLOS QUENTIN SCORED STEPHEN DREW AND CONOR
    JACKSON.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, C QUENTIN ON FIRST, E BYRNES ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 9
    PITTSBURGH 7 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: C SNYDER (.182, 0-FOR-3, BB)

    Diamondbacks vs. PiratesMay 19 10:02 PM


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    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    GRAND SLAM BY TONY CLARK (6) TO RIGHT WITH 2 OUT IN THE 7TH
    OFF MARTY MCLEARY SCORED ORLANDO HUDSON, CARLOS QUENTIN AND CHRIS
    SNYDER.
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 7, PITTSBURGH 7
    DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: B MEDDERS (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)

    Diamondbacks vs. PiratesMay 19 9:38 PM


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    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY CONOR JACKSON (2) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 7TH OFF JOHN GRABOW.
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 3, PITTSBURGH 7
    DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: O HUDSON (.291, 0-FOR-3)

    Diamondbacks vs. PiratesMay 19 9:23 PM


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    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MARK REYNOLDS SCORED STEPHEN DREW.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M REYNOLDS ON FIRST, E BYRNES ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 2
    PITTSBURGH 7 TOP, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: C QUENTIN (.178, 0-FOR-1, BB)

    Diamondbacks vs. PiratesMay 19 8:49 PM


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    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    ERROR BY ORLANDO HUDSON ALLOWED XAVIER NADY TO SCORE.
    SITUATION: 6 RUNS IN, N MCLOUTH ON SECOND, T GORZELANNY ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 1
    PITTSBURGH 7 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: J BAUTISTA (.257, 0-FOR-1, BB)

    Diamondbacks vs. PiratesMay 19 8:19 PM


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    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY TOM GORZELANNY SCORED JASON BAY AND RYAN DOUMIT.
    SITUATION: 5 RUNS IN, T GORZELANNY ON FIRST, X NADY ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 1
    PITTSBURGH 6 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: N MCLOUTH (.225, 1-FOR-2)

    Diamondbacks vs. PiratesMay 19 8:13 PM


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    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY XAVIER NADY SCORED ADAM LAROCHE.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, X NADY ON FIRST, R DOUMIT ON SECOND, J BAY
    ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 1
    PITTSBURGH 4 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: D KELLY (.200, 1-FOR-1)

    Diamondbacks vs. PiratesMay 19 8:10 PM


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    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    BASES LOADED WALK TO RYAN DOUMIT SCORED FREDDY SANCHEZ.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, R DOUMIT ON FIRST, J BAY ON SECOND, A
    LAROCHE ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 1
    PITTSBURGH 3 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: X NADY (.248, 0-FOR-1)

    Diamondbacks vs. PiratesMay 19 8:09 PM


  • NL
    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    BASES LOADED WALK TO JASON BAY SCORED NATE MCLOUTH.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J BAY ON FIRST, A LAROCHE ON SECOND, F
    SANCHEZ ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 1
    PITTSBURGH 2 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: R DOUMIT (.391, 0-FOR-1)

    Diamondbacks vs. PiratesMay 19 8:01 PM


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    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY MARK REYNOLDS (1) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 2ND OFF TOM GORZELANNY.
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 1, PITTSBURGH 1
    DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: C QUENTIN (.180, 1 HR, 7 RBI)

    Diamondbacks vs. PiratesMay 19 7:28 PM


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    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY ADAM LAROCHE SCORED JOSE BAUTISTA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A LAROCHE ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 0
    PITTSBURGH 1 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: J BAY (.288, 5 HR, 25 RBI)

    Diamondbacks vs. PiratesMay 19 7:23 PM