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Late Comeback Stopped By A Closers Savior


Mark Reynolds Powered The D-Backs With 3 RBI's & Excellent Defending

It Was Over When... - RP Jordan Norberto came in at the bottom of the 9th after the Pirates scored a run off closer Chad Qualls and saved the Diamondbacks for the second time in this young season.

Turning Point - When Mark Reynolds hit a solo-shot to right field at the bottom of the 8th giving Arizona the lead.

Stat Of The Night - Andrew McCutchen continues to struggle for his ballclub early in the season having an 0-3 game.

Upper Deck Player Of The Game

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3B Mark Reynolds --- 4 AB, 2 R, 3 H, 1 Double, 1 HR, 3 RBI

Highlights

Pittsburgh (2-2) Lost 2	Arizona 4, Pittsburgh 2	Arizona (4-0) Won 4
	April 9, 2010 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Pittsburgh 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 7 0 Arizona 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 X 4 8 1

Pittsburgh AB R H RBI BB SO AVG McCutchen, CF 3 1 0 0 1 0 .133 Iwamura, 2B 3 1 1 0 1 1 .400 Jones, RF 4 0 1 1 0 1 .400 Doumit, C 4 0 0 0 0 1 .125 LaRoche, 3B 4 0 2 1 0 0 .133 Milledge, LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 .333 Clement, 1B 4 0 1 1 0 0 .214 Cedeno, SS 3 0 1 0 1 1 .286 Penn, P 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Carrasco, P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a - Young, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 3 7 3 3 5 a - Batted for Carrasco in the 9th. BATTING 2B: Clement (2) RBI: Jones (4), LaRoche (1), Clement (1) SAC: Penn GIDP: McCutchen Milledge Arizona AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Parra, LF 3 0 0 0 0 2 .071 Montero, C 4 0 0 0 0 2 .214 Reynolds, 3B 4 2 3 3 0 0 .333 Upton, RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .214 Jackson, CF 4 0 1 1 0 0 .357 LaRoche, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .187 Drew, SS 3 1 1 0 0 1 .214 Johnson, 2B 3 1 2 0 0 0 .333 Lopez, P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a - Ojeda, PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 Totals 31 4 8 4 0 8 a - Batted for Howry in the 7th. BATTING 2B: Reynolds (1), Jackson (2), Johnson (1) HR: Reynolds (1) RBI: Reynolds 3 (3), Jackson (3) HBP: Parra SAC: Lopez FIELDING E: Johnson (2) Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO ERA Penn (L, 0-1) 5.0 5 3 3 0 6 5.40 Carrasco 3.0 3 1 1 0 2 2.25 Arizona IP H R ER BB SO ERA Lopez (W, 1-0) 6.1 5 2 2 3 2 2.84 Howry (H, 1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Heilman (H, 3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 Qualls (H, 2) 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 10.80 Norberto (S, 2) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0.00

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Same. Old. Pirates.


Rookie SP Daniel McCutchen Got Welcomed To The Big Leagues Giving Up 4 HR's

It Was Over When... - The D-Backs scored 7 runs in the 6th inning.

Turning Point - When rookie pitcher Daniel McCutchen gave up his 4th homerun of the game (this one being a 2-run rather than a solo shot) to kick off the 6th.

Stat Of The Night - Arizona SS Stephen Drew only needed a double to reach a cycle. He struck out on his 4th at-bat.

Upper Deck Player Of The Game

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SS Stephen Drew --- 4 AB, 1 R, 3 H, 1 Triple, 1 HR, 1 RBI

Highlights

Pittsburgh Pirates @ Arizona Diamondbacks GM 2 (April 10th, 2010) from Michael Kleinbauer on Vimeo.

Pittsburgh (2-3) Lost 3	Arizona 10, Pittsburgh 2	Arizona (5-0) Won 5
	April 10, 2010 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Pittsburgh 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 1 Arizona 2 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 X 10 11 1

Pittsburgh AB R H RBI BB SO AVG McCutchen, CF 3 1 1 0 0 0 .167 Iwamura, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Jones, RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .316 Doumit, C 4 1 0 0 0 2 .100 LaRoche, 3B 3 0 2 1 1 0 .222 Milledge, LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .231 Clement, 1B 3 0 1 0 0 0 .235 Crosby, SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 McCutchen, P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a - Church, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 2 4 1 1 5 a - Batted for Meek in the 7th. BATTING 3B: McCutchen (1) RBI: LaRoche (2) HBP: McCutchen, Iwamura GIDP: Crosby FIELDING E: LaRoche (1), Clement (1) BASERUNNING SB: McCutchen (2) Arizona AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Parra, LF 5 1 1 0 0 0 .105 Montero, C 5 2 2 2 0 1 .263 Reynolds, 3B 2 2 1 1 2 0 .357 Upton, RF 4 0 1 3 0 0 .222 Jackson, CF 3 1 1 0 1 0 .353 LaRoche, 1B 4 1 2 2 0 0 .250 Drew, SS 4 1 3 1 0 1 .333 Johnson, 2B 4 1 0 0 0 0 .250 Kennedy, P 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 a - Young, PH 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 b - Ojeda, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .667 Totals 35 10 11 9 3 4 a - Batted for Kennedy in the 6th. b - Batted for Howry in the 8th. BATTING 2B: Montero (3) 3B: Drew (1), Upton (1) HR: Drew (1), Reynolds (2), LaRoche (2), Montero (2) RBI: Drew (1), Upton 3 (5), Reynolds (4), LaRoche 2 (4), Montero 2 (4) HBP: Reynolds GIDP: Johnson FIELDING E: Johnson (3) Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO ERA McCutchen (L, 0-1) 5.0 7 5 5 2 1 9.00 Lopez 0.1 2 5 0 1 0 0.00 Meek 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 Jackson 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 4.91 Arizona IP H R ER BB SO ERA Kennedy (W, 1-0) 6.0 4 2 0 1 4 0.00 Howry (H, 2) 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Heilman 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00

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Streak(s) Over


Garrett Jones Continues To Be The Pirates Run-Driver

It Was Over When... - Garrett Jones hit a 2-run RBI double at the top of the 9th to extend the Pirates lead to 4-0.

Turning Point - Garrett Jones' solo-shot at the top of the 7th giving Pittsburgh some cushion 2-0.

Stat Of The Night - The Diamondbacks started off red hot winning all 5 of their games, however after this loss they are undefeated no more.

Upper Deck Player Of The Game

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SP Zach Duke --- 7.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 0.00 ERA

Highlights

Pittsburgh (3-3) Won 1	Pittsburgh 4, Arizona 0	Arizona (5-1) Lost 1
	April 11, 2010 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Pittsburgh 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 13 0 Arizona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0

Pittsburgh AB R H RBI BB SO AVG McCutchen, CF 5 0 1 0 0 0 .174 Iwamura, 2B 5 2 2 0 0 2 .348 Jones, RF 5 1 2 3 0 2 .333 Doumit, C 5 0 1 1 0 2 .120 LaRoche, 3B 4 0 3 0 0 0 .318 Clement, 1B 4 0 2 0 0 1 .286 Cedeno, SS 3 0 0 0 1 1 .235 Church, LF 4 1 2 0 0 1 .167 Duke, P 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 a - Milledge, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Totals 38 4 13 4 1 10 a - Batted for Meek in the 9th. BATTING 2B: Iwamura (1), Jones (2) HR: Jones (3) RBI: Jones 3 (7), Doumit (6) SAC: Duke GIDP: Cedeno BASERUNNING SB: McCutchen (3) Arizona AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Drew, SS 4 0 3 0 0 1 .409 Montero, C 3 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Reynolds, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 3 .278 Upton, RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .182 Jackson, LF 4 0 2 0 0 0 .381 LaRoche, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .208 Young, CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Johnson, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .211 Haren, P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .167 a - Abreu, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Parra, CF 1 0 1 0 0 0 .150 Totals 33 0 6 0 0 8 a - Batted for Boyer in the 9th. BATTING 2B: Drew (1), Jackson (3), Parra (2) HBP: Montero Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO ERA Duke (W, 1-0) 7.0 4 0 0 0 5 1.38 Donnelly (H, 1) 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 Meek (H, 1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 Dotel 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Arizona IP H R ER BB SO ERA Haren (L, 1-1) 7.0 9 2 2 1 10 1.13 Boyer 2.0 4 2 2 0 0 6.00

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A Pitching Showcase Results In Zito's Giants Victorious


The 32 year old vet Barry Zito shuts out Pittsburgh

It Was Over When... - The 2nd solo shot Ohlendorf allowed to Aubrey Huff at the bottom of the 6th.

Turning Point - The 1st solo shot Ohlendorf allowed to Juan Uribe at the bottom of the 4th.

Stat Of The Night - Barry Zito picks up his 1st win of the season with a complete game shutout.

Upper Deck Player Of The Game

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SP Barry Zito --- 9.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 0.00 ERA

Highlights

Pittsburgh (3-4) Lost 1	San Francisco 2, Pittsburgh 0	San Francisco (6-1) Won 2
	April 12, 2010 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 San Francisco 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 2 6 0

Pittsburgh AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Iwamura, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .296 Young, RF 3 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Milledge, CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .176 LaRoche, 3B 3 0 0 0 0 2 .280 Clement, 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Cedeno, SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Jaramillo, C 3 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Raynor, LF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Ohlendorf, P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .200 a - Church, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .154 Totals 28 0 2 0 1 6 a - Batted for Taschner in the 9th. BATTING GIDP: Milledge San Francisco AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rowand, CF 4 0 0 0 0 3 .125 Renteria, 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .379 Sandoval, 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .233 Huff, 1B 3 1 2 1 0 0 .241 Molina, C 2 0 0 0 0 1 .192 DeRosa, LF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .192 Uribe, SS 3 1 1 1 0 1 .192 Velez, RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .400 Zito, P 3 0 0 0 0 1 .167 Totals 29 2 5 2 0 7 BATTING HR: Huff (1), Uribe (1) RBI: Huff (2), Uribe (3) HBP: Molina Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO ERA Ohlendorf (L, 0-1) 7.0 5 2 2 0 7 1.13 Taschner 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 8.13 San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO ERA Zito (W, 1-0) 9.0 2 0 0 1 6 0.00

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Giants outbat Pirates to Victory


Pablo Sandoval watches the game winning shot

It Was Over When... - Pablo Sandoval hit a 3-run shot at the bottom of the 6th inning with 2 outs right after the Pirates gained the lead at the top-half.

Turning Point - Pablo Sandoval was the turning point.

Stat Of The Night - Closer Brian Wilson came in for the save at the top of the 9th and threw 7 straight pitches for strikes and no balls in his 3rd save of the young season.

Upper Deck Player Of The Game

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3B Pablo Sandoval --- 4 AB, 1 R, 2 H, 1 HR, 4 RBI

Highlights

Pittsburgh (3-5) Lost 2	San Francisco 5, Pittsburgh 3	San Francisco (7-1) Won 3
	April 13, 2010 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Pittsburgh 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 7 0 San Francisco 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 X 5 8 0

Pittsburgh AB R H RBI BB SO AVG McCutchen, CF 4 1 1 0 1 2 .185 Iwamura, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 4 .258 Jones, RF 4 1 3 1 0 0 .393 Doumit, C 3 1 1 1 0 0 .143 LaRoche, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .241 Pearce, 1B 4 0 1 0 0 2 .000 Church, LF 4 0 1 1 0 2 .176 Cedeno, SS 3 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Maholm, P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a - Crosby, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .154 b - Young, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 3 7 3 2 11 a - Batted for Maholm in the 7th. b - Batted for Jackson in the 9th. BATTING 2B: Jones (3), Doumit (1) RBI: Jones (8), Doumit (7), Church (1) HBP: Doumit SAC: Maholm BASERUNNING SB: McCutchen 3 (6) San Francisco AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rowand, CF 4 2 2 0 0 0 .167 Renteria, SS 4 1 2 0 0 0 .394 Sandoval, 3B 4 1 2 4 0 1 .265 Molina, C 4 1 1 0 0 1 .200 Huff, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .212 DeRosa, LF 3 0 1 1 0 0 .207 Bowker, RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Uribe, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 2 .172 Cain, P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a - Schierholtz, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 b - Velez, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .381 Totals 32 5 8 5 0 6 a - Batted for Cain in the 5th. b - Batted for Mota in the 7th. BATTING 2B: Rowand (1), Molina (1), DeRosa (2) HR: Sandoval (3) RBI: Sandoval 4 (7), DeRosa (4) Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO ERA Maholm (L, 0-2) 6.0 7 5 5 0 5 3.86 Jackson 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 3.18 San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO ERA Cain (W, 2-0) 5.0 5 3 3 2 7 4.09 Mota (H, 2) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0.00 Romo (H, 2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 1.93 Wilson (S, 3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00

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Pirates Get Last Laugh In Series Finale Against Giants With 5-2 Win


Garrett Jones hits a 2-run RBI single on a grounder to give Pittsburgh the lead

It Was Over When... - Rookie 1B Jeff Clement got his first big league homerun at the top of the 8th to extend Pittsburgh's lead to a comfortable 5-1 lead.

Turning Point - When Garrett Jones hit a 2-run RBI double with the bases loaded and 2 outs. Followed by an RBI single by Ryan Doumit giving the Pirates a 4-1 lead at the top of the 7th.

Stat Of The Night - The Pirates didn't get a strikeout until the top of the 9th when Dotel struck out Fred Lewis.

Upper Deck Player Of The Game

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1B Jeff Clement --- 4 AB, 1 R, 2 H, 1 HR, 4 RBI

Highlights

Pittsburgh (4-5) Won 1	Pittsburgh 5, San Francisco 2	San Francisco (7-2) Lost 1
	April 14, 2010 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 5 12 1 San Francisco 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 8 1

Pittsburgh AB R H RBI BB SO AVG McCutchen, CF 5 1 3 0 0 0 .250 Iwamura, 2B 5 1 1 0 0 2 .250 Jones, RF 5 0 1 2 0 2 .364 Doumit, C 5 0 2 1 0 0 .182 Milledge, LF 5 0 2 0 0 3 .227 LaRoche, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .212 Clement, 1B 4 1 1 1 0 1 .250 Crosby, SS 3 2 2 0 1 1 .250 Penn, P 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 a - Young, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 b - Church, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Totals 40 5 12 4 1 13 a - Batted for Hanrahan in the 7th. b - Batted for Carrasco in the 8th. BATTING 2B: Doumit (2), Crosby (1) HR: Clement (1) RBI: Jones 2 (10), Doumit (8), Clement (2) FIELDING E: LaRoche (2) San Francisco AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rowand, CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .150 Sanchez, 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Sandoval, 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .263 Huff, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .189 Molina, C 4 0 0 0 0 0 .176 Lewis, LF 4 1 1 0 0 1 .250 Schierholtz, RF 4 1 4 1 0 0 .500 Burriss, SS 3 0 1 1 1 0 .333 Sanchez, P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a - Velez, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .364 b - Ishikawa, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Totals 35 2 8 2 1 1 a - Batted for Joaquin in the 7th. b - Batted for Romo in the 9th. BATTING 2B: Schierholtz (1), Burriss (1), Lewis (1), F. Sanchez (1) 3B: Schierholtz (1) RBI: Schierholtz (1), Burriss (1) FIELDING E: Burriss (1) BASERUNNING CS: Burriss (1) Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO ERA Penn 3.1 4 1 1 1 0 4.32 Hanrahan (W, 1-0) 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Carrasco (H, 1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1.80 Donnelly 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 Dotel 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 4.50 San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO ERA Sanchez 6.0 5 1 0 0 7 2.25 Affeldt (L, 1-1) 0.2 3 3 3 1 2 7.36 Joaquin 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 Mota 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.13 Romo 1.2 1 0 0 0 3 1.42

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