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Snell looks to continue home success vs. Nationals

Jun 29, 2007 - 1:55 PM Washington (32-46) at Pittsburgh (33-45) 7:05 pm EDT

PITTSBURGH (Ticker) -- The Pittsburgh Pirates begin a three-game weekend series against the Washington Nationals on Friday at PNC Park.

Pittsburgh's Ian Snell (6-5, 2.92 ERA), fifth in the National League in ERA, looks to continue his success at home, where he is 5-2 with a 2.22 ERA in seven starts.

Snell struggled in his last start, as he yielded five runs and 10 hits in six innings in a 10-1 loss to the Angels.

Opposing Snell will be rookie Matt Chico (3-5, 5.08), who is looking for his first win in over a month. The 24-year-old is 0-1 with a 4.66 ERA in seven starts since that victory on May 17 over the Braves.

The lefthanded Chico yielded one run and four hits on Saturday against Cleveland, but failed to get the win as the bullpen was unable to hold the lead late in a 4-3 loss.

In his only other career start against the Pirates on June 7, Chico lasted a season-high seven frames, striking out five.








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

    BATTERIES: WAS - MATT CHICO, SAUL RIVERA (7TH), JON RAUCH (8TH) AND BRIAN
    SCHNEIDER
    PIT - IAN SNELL, JOHN GRABOW (8TH), SHAWN CHACON (8TH),
    MATT CAPPS (9TH) AND RONNY PAULINO

    Jun 29 9:38 PM


  • NL
    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY JOSE BAUTISTA SCORED JOSE CASTILLO.
    FINAL SCORE: PITTSBURGH 3, WASHINGTON 2

    Nationals vs. PiratesJun 29 9:38 PM
  • 40
    roots
    RUWTbot Took away 25 roots (Close Finish)

    Nationals vs. PiratesJun 29 9:38 PM
  • 65
    roots
    RUWTbot Added 60 roots (Close Finish)

    Nationals vs. PiratesJun 29 9:18 PM


  • NL
    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY JOSE BAUTISTA SCORED NATE MCLOUTH.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 2
    PITTSBURGH 2 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: F SANCHEZ (.303, 1-FOR-3)

    Nationals vs. PiratesJun 29 8:58 PM


  • NL
    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    TRIPLE BY NATE MCLOUTH SCORED JACK WILSON.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, N MCLOUTH ON THIRD, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 2
    PITTSBURGH 1 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: R DAVIS (.207, 2-FOR-3)

    Nationals vs. PiratesJun 29 8:56 PM


  • NL
    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY FELIPE LOPEZ SCORED DMITRI YOUNG.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, R CHURCH ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 2
    PITTSBURGH 0 TOP, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: B SCHNEIDER (.246, 0-FOR-2)

    Nationals vs. PiratesJun 29 8:48 PM


  • NL
    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY RYAN LANGERHANS (4) TO RIGHT WITH 2 OUT IN
    THE 3RD OFF IAN SNELL.
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 1, PITTSBURGH 0
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: R BELLIARD (.303, 1-FOR-1)

    Nationals vs. PiratesJun 29 7:46 PM

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