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Snell seeks to slow Pujols, Cardinals
May 15, 2008 - 1:17 PM Pittsburgh (19-21) at St Louis (24-18) 1:15 pm EDTST. LOUIS (Ticker) - The Pittsburgh Pirates have been hot lately, but Ian Snell isn't part of the reason.
Snell will look to pick up his first win more than a month on Thursday when the Pirates wrap up a three-game series with the St. Louis Cardinals.
Pittsburgh had won seven of eight before being shut down by Todd Wellemeyer in Wednesday's 5-1 loss. Wellemeyer pitched well into the eighth and the Cardinals banged out 15 hits.
While the Pirates have been surprising good lately, Snell has been a disappointment.
The staff ace, Snell (2-2, 4.53 ERA) has struggled with his command and has not won since a 4-3 victory over Cincinnati on April 12. He has issued 17 walks in his last 20 1/3 innings.
Facing Albert Pujols certainly won't help, since the slugger is hitting .579 (11-for-19) with four home runs vs. Snell. Pujols has reached base in all 41 games, the longest streak in the majors since Derek Jeter did so in 53 straight games to start the 1999 season.
The Cardinals, who snapped a three-game skid on Wednesday, counter with Joel Pineiro. Pineiro (2-2, 4.05) allowed two runs and four hits in 6 1/3 innings, but did not factor into the decision in a 5-3 victory over Milwaukee on Saturday.
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FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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PITTSBURGH 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 3 11 13 0
ST LOUIS 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 14 1 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: PIT - IAN SNELL, FRANQUELIS OSORIA (5TH), SEAN BURNETT (6TH), JOHN
GRABOW (7TH), DAMASO MARTE (8TH), MATT CAPPS (9TH) AND RONNY
PAULINO
STL - JOEL PINEIRO, KYLE MC
May 15 4:47 PM - NL
AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY FREDDY SANCHEZ SCORED CHRIS GOMEZ AND RAUL
CHAVEZ.
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, F SANCHEZ ON FIRST, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 11
ST LOUIS 5 TOP, 9TH
DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: N MCLOUTH (.306, 1-FOR-2, 3 BB, HR, RBI)
Pirates 11, Cardinals 5 Top 9, 0 OutsMay 15 4:34 PM - NL
AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY RAUL CHAVEZ SCORED DOUG MIENTKIEWICZ.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, R CHAVEZ ON SECOND, C GOMEZ ON THIRD, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 9
ST LOUIS 5 TOP, 9TH
DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: F SANCHEZ (.245, 0-FOR-5)
Pirates 9, Cardinals 5 Top 9, 0 OutsMay 15 4:31 PM - NL
AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY JASON BAY (8) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN
THE 8TH OFF JASON ISRINGHAUSEN SCORED RONNY PAULINO AND CHRIS
GOMEZ.
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 8, ST LOUIS 5
DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: F SANCHEZ (.247, 0-FOR-4)
Pirates 8, Cardinals 5 Top 8, 0 OutsMay 15 4:02 PM - NL
AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
FIELDER'S CHOICE BY CHRIS GOMEZ SCORED DOUG MIENTKIEWICZ.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C GOMEZ ON SECOND, R PAULINO ON THIRD, 0 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 5
ST LOUIS 5 TOP, 8TH
DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: J GRABOW (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)
Pirates 5, Cardinals 5 Top 8, 0 OutsMay 15 4:01 PM - NL
AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY JASON MICHAELS SCORED RONNY PAULINO AND CHRIS
GOMEZ.
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, J MICHAELS ON FIRST, N MCLOUTH ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 4
ST LOUIS 5 TOP, 5TH
DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: A LAROCHE (.200, 0-FOR-2)
Pirates 4, Cardinals 5 Top 5, 0 OutsMay 15 2:47 PM - NL
AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY CHRIS GOMEZ SCORED DOUG MIENTKIEWICZ.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C GOMEZ ON FIRST, R PAULINO ON SECOND, 0 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 2
ST LOUIS 5 TOP, 5TH
DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: I SNELL (.067, 0-FOR-1)
Pirates 2, Cardinals 5 Top 5, 0 OutsMay 15 2:37 PM - NL
AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY TROY GLAUS SCORED CHRIS DUNCAN.
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, T GLAUS ON FIRST, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 1
ST LOUIS 5 BOTTOM, 4TH
DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: Y MOLINA (.290, 0-FOR-1, BB, RBI)
Pirates 1, Cardinals 5 Bot 4, 0 OutsMay 15 2:27 PM - NL
AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY CHRIS DUNCAN SCORED BRENDAN RYAN AND SKIP
SCHUMAKER.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, C DUNCAN ON SECOND, 0 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 1
ST LOUIS 4 BOTTOM, 4TH
DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: A PUJOLS (.357, 1-FOR-2)
Pirates 1, Cardinals 4 Bot 4, 0 OutsMay 15 2:20 PM - NL
AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
FIELDER'S CHOICE BY YADIER MOLINA SCORED RICK ANKIEL.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, Y MOLINA ON FIRST, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 1
ST LOUIS 2 BOTTOM, 3RD
DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: A KENNEDY (.284, 0-FOR-1)
Pirates 1, Cardinals 2 Bot 3, 0 OutsMay 15 2:02 PM - NL
AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
SACRIFICE FLY BY RICK ANKIEL SCORED CHRIS DUNCAN.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A PUJOLS ON FIRST, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 1
ST LOUIS 1 BOTTOM, 1ST
DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: T GLAUS (.250, 2 HR, 25 RBI)
Pirates 1, Cardinals 1 Bot 1, 0 OutsMay 15 1:26 PM - NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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PITTSBURGH 1 1 1 0
ST LOUIS 0 0 0 (BOT 1)
CURRENT PITCHERS: PIT - IAN SNELL
STL - JOEL PINEIRO
DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: S SCHUMAKER (.289, 2 HR, 13 RBI)
C DUNCAN (.250, 3 HR, 9 RBI)
A PUJOLS (.355, 8 HR, 27 RBI
Pirates 1, Cardinals 0 Bot 1, 0 OutsMay 15 1:19 PM
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