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Back spasms hinder Young's return to LA

Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com
Delwyn Young, a Los Angeles native, will have plenty of fans in the stands when the Pirates face the Dodgers in the second game of a three-game series on Tuesday. But they may not actually get to see Young take the field.
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Pirates probable pitcher

Zach Duke

  • #57 LHP
  • (10-14) 4.02 ERA 89 SO
For the first time this season, Duke's ERA has climbed over 4.00. It was the result of a rough outing last Tuesday against the Cubs, who chased Duke from the start after scoring eight times in four innings. Duke had some bad luck with ground balls finding holes. But he was also up in the strikezone way too often to have any sustained success. That outing was the second time in Duke's last three starts that the left-hander wasn't able to pitch past the fourth. Duke is 1-3 with a 7.53 ERA in six career starts against the Dodgers.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 36-53 4.30 778.1 205 392 .303
Season 10-14 4.02 186.0 42 89 .291
September 0-2 9.90 10.0 2 6 .438

Series at a Glance

Standings - 09/15/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
Pittsburgh Pirates (NL Central) 55 87 .387 28.5 36-34 19-53
Los Angeles Dodgers (NL West) 86 59 .593 - 44-29 42-30
Stats - 09/15/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
PIT .254 569 114 548 76 993 4.63 1246.0 1322 495 813
LAD .273 696 130 660 103 949 3.44 1321.2 1132 523 1119
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Dodgers get reliable Wolf back on hill

David Ely / MLB.com
Randy Wolf, who hyperextended his left elbow, will make his first start in 10 days for the Dodgers on Tuesday night against the Pirates in the second game of their series.
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Dodgers probable pitcher

Randy Wolf

  • #43 LHP
  • (10-6) 3.22 ERA 145 SO
Wolf will return after missing one start because of a hyperextended left elbow suffered while swinging a bat in batting practice. Wolf is on a five-game win streak with quality starts in 13 of his past 14 outings. His .228 opponents batting average is seventh-lowest in the league. He's 7-1 lifetime against the Pirates.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 100-84 4.14 1658.0 596 1372 .253
Season 10-6 3.22 190.0 49 145 .228
September 1-0 2.57 7.0 0 5 .167

Pirates hitters vs Randy Wolf

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Alvarez, Pedro - - - - - - - -
Bixler, Brian - - - - .000 3 0 0
Cedeno, Ronny - - - - .667 6 0 0
Clement, Jeff - - - - - - - -
Cruz, Luis - - - - .167 6 0 0
Diaz, Argenis - - - - - - - -
Doumit, Ryan - - - - .182 11 0 1
Hernandez, Gorkys - - - - - - - -
Iwamura, Akinori - - - - .500 4 1 1
Jaramillo, Jason - - - - - - - -
Jones, Garrett - - - - .333 6 0 0
LaRoche, Andy - - - - .154 13 2 2
McCutchen, Andrew - - - - .167 6 0 0
Milledge, Lastings - - - - .077 13 0 0
Moss, Brandon - - - - - - - -
Pearce, Steve - - - - .273 11 2 3
Tabata, Jose - - - - - - - -
Vazquez, Ramon - - - - - - - -
Walker, Neil - - - - - - - -
Young, Delwyn - - - - .200 5 0 0

Dodgers hitters vs Zach Duke

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Blake, Casey - - - - .125 8 0 1
De Jesus, Ivan - - - - - - - -
DeWitt, Blake - - - - .333 3 0 1
Ellis, A.J. - - - - .000 1 0 0
Ethier, Andre - - - - .313 16 0 5
Furcal, Rafael - - - - .125 16 0 1
Hu, Chin-lung - - - - - 0 0 1
Kemp, Matt - - - - .400 15 0 0
Loney, James - - - - .333 6 0 1
Martin, Russell - - - - .467 15 1 4
May, Lucas - - - - - - - -
Paul, Xavier - - - - - - - -
Pierre, Juan - - - - .143 21 0 0
Ramirez, Manny - - - - .167 6 0 0
Repko, Jason - - - - .250 8 1 4
Robinson, Trayvon - - - - - - - -

Ethier deep-sixes Bucs in 13th inning (55-88) (87-59)

Dodgers 5, Pirates 4 (13)

Tough loss to take

Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com
The Pirates' bullpen let one-run leads slip in the ninth and 13th innings as Andre Ethier's two-run shot finished off the Bucs. It spoiled Zach Duke's sterling effort: The lefty allowed just two runs on four hits in 7 1/3 innings and hit an RBI single in a three-run third.

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Call him Mr. Walk-off

David Ely / MLB.com
Andre Ethier did it again: The outfielder slugged a two-run homer in the 13th -- his sixth walk-off hit of the season -- to power the Dodgers, who increased their lead in the NL West to five games. Matt Kemp's single in the ninth scored Ethier to send the game to extras.
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Dodgers 5, Pirates 4

Pittsburgh AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
McCutchen, A, CF 6 1 1 0 0 1 2 .269
LaRoche, An, 3B 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 .248
Jones, G, RF 5 0 0 0 1 1 2 .297
Doumit, C 5 0 2 1 1 3 0 .239
Milledge, LF 5 1 0 0 1 2 5 .272
Pearce, 1B 6 1 1 2 0 3 4 .222
Cedeno, SS 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 .216
Cruz, L, 2B 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 .194
Duke, P 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 .231
  Chavez, J, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Capps, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  a-Moss, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .240
  Hanrahan, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  b-Vazquez, R, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .246
  Jackson, S, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Bootcheck, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Dumatrait, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 46 4 8 4 4 13 15  

a-Struck out for Capps in the 10th. b-Grounded out for Hanrahan in the 12th.

BATTING
2B: Cedeno (7, Wolf), Doumit (14, Wolf).
HR: Pearce (4, 2nd inning off Wolf, 1 on, 1 out).
TB: McCutchen, A; LaRoche, An; Doumit 3; Pearce 4; Cedeno 2; Cruz, L; Duke.
RBI: Pearce 2 (15), Duke (4), Doumit (31).
2-out RBI: Duke.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Milledge; Jones, G; Pearce 2.
S: LaRoche, An.
Team RISP: 2-for-9.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
CS: McCutchen, A (5, 3rd base by Wolf/Martin).
 
LA Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Furcal, SS 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 .255
Martin, C 6 0 1 0 0 2 2 .259
Ethier, RF 6 2 2 2 0 2 1 .283
Ramirez, M, LF 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 .302
Kemp, CF 5 1 2 1 0 2 0 .306
Blake, 3B 4 1 1 1 1 1 0 .281
Loretta, 1B 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 .224
  1-Repko, PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Broxton, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  c-Thome, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .249
  McDonald, J, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  d-Pierre, PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .315
  Belisario, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Hudson, O, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .287
Wolf, P 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .175
  Troncoso, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Sherrill, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  a-Belliard, PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .251
  b-Loney, PH-1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .281
Totals 44 5 9 5 2 9 11  

a-Batted for Sherrill in the 8th. b-Grounded out for Belliard in the 8th. c-Grounded out for Broxton in the 9th. d-Tripled for McDonald, J in the 12th.
1-Ran for Loretta in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Martin (19, Duke), Kemp (25, Duke), Ethier (40, Capps).
3B: Blake (6, Duke), Pierre (6, Jackson, S).
HR: Ethier (30, 13th inning off Dumatrait, 1 on, 1 out).
TB: Furcal; Martin 2; Ethier 6; Kemp 3; Blake 3; Loretta; Pierre 3.
RBI: Blake (74), Loretta (23), Kemp (92), Ethier 2 (98).
2-out RBI: Kemp.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Ramirez, M; Furcal; Thome; Loney.
S: Hudson, O.
SF: Loretta.
Team RISP: 2-for-10.
Team LOB: 6.

FIELDING
E: Blake (10, throw).
 
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Duke 7.1 4 2 2 0 7 0 3.96
Chavez, J (H, 12) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.05
Capps (BS, 5) 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 6.02
Hanrahan 2.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 4.94
Jackson, S 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.60
Bootcheck (H, 1) 0.1 1 1 1 0 0 0 12.00
Dumatrait (BS, 1)(L, 0-1) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 11.12
 
LA Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Wolf 7.0 5 3 3 2 5 1 3.24
Troncoso 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.54
Sherrill 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.75
Broxton 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2.45
McDonald, J 3.0 2 0 0 1 3 0 3.86
Belisario (W, 4-3) 1.0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1.96

IBB: Doumit (by McDonald, J), Jones, G (by Belisario).
Pitches-strikes: Duke 104-66, Chavez, J 8-5, Capps 22-12, Hanrahan 34-18, Jackson, S 17-11, Bootcheck 9-6, Dumatrait 1-1, Wolf 95-62, Troncoso 6-3, Sherrill 7-4, Broxton 22-15, McDonald, J 41-27, Belisario 17-12.
Groundouts-flyouts: Duke 8-7, Chavez, J 1-1, Capps 1-2, Hanrahan 2-2, Jackson, S 2-1, Bootcheck 0-1, Dumatrait 0-0, Wolf 7-8, Troncoso 2-0, Sherrill 0-1, Broxton 0-0, McDonald, J 3-3, Belisario 1-0.
Batters faced: Duke 26, Chavez, J 2, Capps 6, Hanrahan 7, Jackson, S 4, Bootcheck 2, Dumatrait 1, Wolf 27, Troncoso 2, Sherrill 1, Broxton 3, McDonald, J 12, Belisario 6.
Inherited runners-scored: Chavez, J 1-0, Dumatrait 1-1.
Umpires: HP: Mike Everitt. 1B: Gerry Davis. 2B: Brian Gorman. 3B: CB Bucknor.
Weather: 73 degrees, clear.
Wind: 3 mph, Out to CF.
T: 4:02.
Att: 52,562.
September 15, 2009

Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner