Game Wrapup


	Rally comes up short

Phillies 6, Pirates 5

Jason Bay got the Bucs on the scoreboard with his fifth home run. (Gene J. Puskar/AP)

By Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com

After Zach Duke's early struggles left the Bucs in a six-run hole, they trimmed it to one, but could not even it up. Xavier Nady -- who has hit in 13 straight -- drove in three, while Jason Bay went deep and Doug Mientkiewicz added an RBI double.

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Series at a glance:

Fri. 04/25: PHI 6, PIT 5
Sat. 04/26: PHI 8, PIT 4
Sun. 04/27: PIT 5, PHI 1

Philadelphia (13-11)
Won 2

Philadelphia 6, Pittsburgh 5

Pittsburgh (9-14)
Lost 2

April 25, 2008

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Philadelphia	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	10	0
Pittsburgh	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	5	8	0

Philadelphia	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Taguchi, RF	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	.235
Werth, CF	4	2	2	2	1	1	3	.313
Utley, 1B-2B	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	.368
Burrell, LF	3	1	1	0	1	1	2	.354
1-Bohn, PR-LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333
Coste, C	5	0	3	3	0	0	0	.406
Feliz, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	.203
Bruntlett, SS	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	.210
Harman, 2B	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	.250
a-Dobbs, PH	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.355
Romero, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Lidge, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Eaton, P	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Durbin, C, P	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500
Gordon, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
b-Howard, PH-1B	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.174
Totals	37	6	10	6	4	3	16
a-Walked for Harman in the 8th. b-Struck out for Gordon in the 8th. 1-Ran for Burrell in the 7th.
BATTING 2B: Coste (4, Duke), Burrell (7, Duke), Harman (1, Duke). HR: Werth (5, 3rd inning off Duke, 0 on, 1 out). TB: Taguchi; Werth 5; Burrell 2; Coste 4; Bruntlett; Harman 2; Durbin, C. RBI: Coste 3 (7), Werth 2 (11), Harman (1). 2-out RBI: Coste 3; Werth. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Feliz; Werth 2; Bruntlett. Team LOB: 8. FIELDING DP: (Utley-Bruntlett-Eaton).

Pittsburgh	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
McLouth, CF	4	0	0	0	1	1	1	.319
Sanchez, F, 2B	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	.212
Bay, LF	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	.269
Doumit, C	3	2	2	0	1	0	1	.359
Nady, RF	4	1	2	3	0	1	1	.344
LaRoche, 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.141
Mientkiewicz, 3B	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	.222
b-Bautista, PH-3B	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.178
Bixler, SS	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	.195
Duke, P	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	.100
a-Rivas, L, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184
Yates, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Marte, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Grabow, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
c-Paulino, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.281
Capps, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	34	5	8	5	5	6	13
a-Grounded out for Duke in the 6th. b-Walked for Mientkiewicz in the 8th. c-Grounded out for Grabow in the 8th.
BATTING 2B: Doumit 2 (4, Eaton, Durbin, C), Nady (7, Eaton), Mientkiewicz (3, Eaton). HR: Bay (5, 4th inning off Eaton, 0 on, 1 out). TB: Bay 4; Doumit 4; Nady 3; Mientkiewicz 2; Bixler 2. RBI: Bay (8), Nady 3 (23), Mientkiewicz (4). 2-out RBI: Mientkiewicz; Nady 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Duke; Paulino. GIDP: LaRoche. Team LOB: 7. FIELDING PB: Doumit (2).

Philadelphia	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Eaton	3.2	5	3	3	2	3	1	5.08
Durbin, C	2.1	2	2	2	1	1	0	1.56
Gordon (W, 2-2)	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.52
Romero (H, 3)	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.00
Lidge (S, 6)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.00

Pittsburgh	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Duke (L, 0-2)	6.0	9	6	6	2	2	1	5.34
Yates	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	4.63
Marte	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	7.84
Grabow	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Capps	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.31

Yates pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

WP: Eaton.
Pitches-strikes: Eaton 60-33, Durbin, C 33-19, Gordon 22-12, Romero 21-11, Lidge 11-8, Duke 107-67, Yates 18-9, Marte 8-6, Grabow 3-3, Capps 10-6.
Ground outs-fly outs: Eaton 4-4, Durbin, C 3-3, Gordon 0-3, Romero 3-0, Lidge 0-1, Duke 11-5, Yates 2-1, Marte 1-0, Grabow 0-1, Capps 1-2.
Batters faced: Eaton 17, Durbin, C 10, Gordon 4, Romero 5, Lidge 3, Duke 29, Yates 6, Marte 2, Grabow 1, Capps 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Durbin, C 2-0, Marte 1-0, Grabow 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Paul Nauert. 1B: Jerry Crawford. 2B: Tom Hallion. 3B: Brian O'Nora.
Weather: 74 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 9 mph, R to L.
T: 2:57.
Att: 23,930.

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

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