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Cain, Giants try to end struggles, host Pirates
Sep 6, 2008 - 10:20 AM Pirates (60-80) at San Francisco (60-80) 9:05 p.m. EDTSAN FRANCISCO (Ticker) -- Matt Cain attempts to avoid a third consecutive loss Saturday when the struggling San Francisco Giants meet the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Cain (8-11, 3.69 ERA) hopes to bounce back from a sub-par performance in Sunday's 9-3 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. The 23-year-old righthander was roughed up for five runs on eight hits and five walks over five frames.
Control problems are nothing new for Cain, who has the fifth-most walks (81) in the majors.
He will try to settle down against the Pirates, who had little trouble slowing down the Giants' lowly offense on Friday. Zach Duke snapped a career-high, nine-game losing streak with a complete-game shutout and Ryan Doumit had four hits as Pittsburgh defeated San Francisco, 7-0.
Pittsburgh hopes lefthander Paul Maholm (8-8, 3.81) can have similar success. Maholm was tagged for six runs over 5 1/3 innings during last Saturday's 11-3 setback to the Milwaukee Brewers.
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FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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PITTSBURGH 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 6 14 0
SAN FRANCISCO 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 x 7 13 0 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: PIT - PAUL MAHOLM, DENNY BAUTISTA (7TH), JOHN GRABOW (7TH), JESSE
CHAVEZ (8TH) AND RYAN DOUMIT
SFO - MATT CAIN, GENO ESPINELI (7TH), ALEX HINSHAW
(8TH), TYLER WALK
Sep 7 12:02 AM - NL
AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
SACRIFICE FLY BY RYAN DOUMIT SCORED FREDDY SANCHEZ.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, N MCLOUTH ON FIRST, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 6
SAN FRANCISCO 7 TOP, 9TH
DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: AD LAROCHE (.265, 2-FOR-4)
Pirates 6, Giants 7 Top 9, 0 OutsSep 6 11:58 PM - NL
AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY NATE SCHIERHOLTZ (1) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT
IN THE 8TH OFF JESSE CHAVEZ.
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 5, SAN FRANCISCO 7
DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: E BURRISS (.277, 0-FOR-2, BB)
Pirates 5, Giants 7 Bot 8, 0 OutsSep 6 11:45 PM - NL
AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY DOUG MIENTKIEWICZ SCORED ANDY LAROCHE.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D MIENTKIEWICZ ON FIRST, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 5
SAN FRANCISCO 6 TOP, 8TH
DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: J GRABOW (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)
Pirates 5, Giants 6 Top 8, 0 OutsSep 6 11:38 PM - NL
AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY SCOTT MCCLAIN (2) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT IN
THE 7TH OFF JOHN GRABOW SCORED EUGENIO VELEZ.
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 4, SAN FRANCISCO 6
DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: A ROWAND (.274, 0-FOR-2, HBP)
Pirates 4, Giants 6 Bot 7, 0 OutsSep 6 11:24 PM - NL
AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
WILD PITCH BY DENNY BAUTISTA ALLOWED PABLO SANDOVAL TO
SCORE.
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 4
SAN FRANCISCO 4 BOTTOM, 7TH
DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: B MOLINA (.284, 2-FOR-3)
Pirates 4, Giants 4 Bot 7, 0 OutsSep 6 11:21 PM - NL
AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY PABLO SANDOVAL SCORED DAVE ROBERTS AND RANDY
WINN.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, P SANDOVAL ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 4
SAN FRANCISCO 3 BOTTOM, 7TH
DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: R AURILIA (.281, 2-FOR-3, HR, RBI)
Pirates 4, Giants 3 Bot 7, 0 OutsSep 6 11:19 PM - NL
AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY NATE MCLOUTH SCORED PAUL MAHOLM AND FREDDY
SANCHEZ.
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, N MCLOUTH ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 3
SAN FRANCISCO 1 TOP, 5TH
DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: R DOUMIT (.328, 0-FOR-2)
Pirates 3, Giants 1 Top 5, 0 OutsSep 6 10:25 PM - NL
AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY FREDDY SANCHEZ SCORED LUIS CRUZ.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, F SANCHEZ ON FIRST, P MAHOLM ON THIRD, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 1
SAN FRANCISCO 1 TOP, 5TH
DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: N MCLOUTH (.274, 0-FOR-2)
Pirates 1, Giants 1 Top 5, 0 OutsSep 6 10:23 PM - NL
AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY RICH AURILIA (10) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN
THE 4TH OFF PAUL MAHOLM.
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 0, SAN FRANCISCO 1
DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: B MOLINA (.283, 1-FOR-1)
Pirates 0, Giants 1 Bot 4, 0 OutsSep 6 9:52 PM
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