Final
  for this game

Snell takes mound for Pirates

Jun 13, 2007 - 1:06 PM Texas (23-41) at Pittsburgh (27-37) 7:05 pm EDT

PITTSBURGH (Ticker) -- The Pittsburgh Pirates will try to make it two straight wins when they meet the Texas Rangers in the second game of a three-game interleague series on Wednesday.

Jose Bautista, Adam LaRoche and Xavier Nady each homered and drove in two runs as the Pirates ended a three-game slide with Tuesday's 7-5 victory in the series opener.

Pittsburgh's Ian Snell (5-4, 2.91 ERA) takes the hill after yielding two runs with seven strikeouts in seven innings but not figuring in 3-2 win at the Washington Nationals on Thursday.

The righthanded Snell has been impressive over his last three outings, yielding just six runs and striking out 19 over 22 innings. However, he is 1-1 during that stretch.

Texas gives the ball to Robinson Tejeda (5-6, 6.47). On Friday, Tejeda allowed six runs and eight hits in 6 2/3 frames in a 9-6 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers

As a member of the Philadelphia Phillies, the Dominican righthander gave up six runs in 3 2/3 innings in his only appearance against Pittsburgh on August 19, 2005.








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

    BATTERIES: TEX - ROBINSON TEJEDA, JOAQUIN BENOIT (5TH), C.J. WILSON (7TH),
    FRANK FRANCISCO (8TH) AND ADAM MELHUSE
    PIT - IAN SNELL AND RONNY PAULINO

    HOME RUNS: TEX - NONE
    PIT

    Jun 13 10:05 PM


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    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    ERROR BY JOSE BAUTISTA ALLOWED FRANK CATALANOTTO TO SCORE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, B WILKERSON ON FIRST, M BYRD ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 1
    PITTSBURGH 8 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR TEXAS: I KINSLER (.233, 0-FOR-2)

    Rangers vs. PiratesJun 13 9:21 PM


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    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY CHRIS DUFFY SCORED JOSE BAUTISTA.
    SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, C DUFFY ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 0
    PITTSBURGH 8 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: F SANCHEZ (.300, 1-FOR-1, BB, SF, 2 RBI)

    Rangers vs. PiratesJun 13 9:12 PM


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    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    TRIPLE BY JOSE BAUTISTA SCORED JOSE CASTILLO AND RONNY
    PAULINO.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, J BAUTISTA ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 0
    PITTSBURGH 7 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: C DUFFY (.240, 1-FOR-3)

    Rangers vs. PiratesJun 13 9:11 PM


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    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY JOSE CASTILLO SCORED XAVIER NADY.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J CASTILLO ON SECOND, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 0
    PITTSBURGH 5 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: R PAULINO (.217, 0-FOR-2)

    Rangers vs. PiratesJun 13 9:05 PM


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    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY FREDDY SANCHEZ SCORED IAN SNELL.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C DUFFY ON FIRST, J BAUTISTA ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 0
    PITTSBURGH 4 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: J BAY (.283, 0-FOR-2, RBI)

    Rangers vs. PiratesJun 13 8:50 PM


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    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JOSE BAUTISTA SCORED JOSE CASTILLO.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J BAUTISTA ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 0
    PITTSBURGH 3 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: C DUFFY (.237, 0-FOR-1)

    Rangers vs. PiratesJun 13 8:10 PM


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    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    GROUND OUT BY JASON BAY SCORED CHRIS DUFFY.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, F SANCHEZ ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 0
    PITTSBURGH 2 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: A LAROCHE (.216, 8 HR, 37 RBI)

    Rangers vs. PiratesJun 13 7:52 PM


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    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    GROUND RULE DOUBLE BY FREDDY SANCHEZ SCORED JOSE BAUTISTA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, F SANCHEZ ON SECOND, C DUFFY ON THIRD, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 0
    PITTSBURGH 1 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: J BAY (.285, 11 HR, 45 RBI)

    Rangers vs. PiratesJun 13 7:51 PM