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PHOENIX (AP) -- A shaky bullpen has been costly for the
Pittsburgh Pirates this season, and the Diamondbacks knew it.
Steve Finley capped a four-run, seventh-inning rally with a
two-run double as Arizona beat the Pirates 6-5, extending their
losing streak to four.
"We knew we just had to stay close and get into their bullpen,'
said Luis Gonzalez, who had a key RBI single in the Diamondbacks'
rally after they chased starter Jason Schmidt. "He had a fastball
going in the low-to-mid 90s and a good changeup. He kept us off
balance most of the game until he got tired, and that's when we
broke through."
Arizona, which has won a club-record eight straight home games,
trailed 3-2 in the seventh against Schmidt (1-4), who struck out
seven.
Pinch-hitter Lenny Harris doubled and scored on a single by Tony
Womack, who extended his hitting streak to 19 games, which matched
the longest in the major leagues this season.
Gonzalez singled off Jeff Wallace for a 4-3 lead and, after Jay
Bell walked, Finley hit a two-run double off Jose Silva for a 6-3
lead.
"It was a lefty-lefty situation. I got ahead in the count and I
got a good pitch to hit and was able to hit it in the gap,"
Gonzalez said. "You have to give a lot of credit to Lenny Harris
for getting the double to get things started and Jay's great at-bat
to come back from 0-2 and get the walk."
Todd Stottlemyre (8-2) allowed three runs and six hits in seven
innings.
"Todd just competed and kept us in," said Diamondbacks manager
Buck Showalter. "A lot of guys get down 3-0 and it leads to a
bigger inning. But Todd kept firing and we got back into it."
Stottlemyre threw 101 pitches, his highest count so far this
year.
"My personal goal is to go the full nine innings in 100
pitches, but this is a tough league to do that so anytime I can go
the full seven is nice," Stottlemyre said. "They want to keep me
around 100 pitches to protect my shoulder.'
Brian Giles hit a two-run homer in the eighth off Mike Morgan.
Byung-Hyun Kim got five outs for his fourth save. The game ended
when pinch-runner Mike Benjamin was thrown out trying to steal
second base.
Matt Williams, in his second game back after breaking his right
foot in spring training, was 1-for-4 after going 2-for-4 Tuesday
night.
John Vander Wal's three-run, opposite-field homer in the second
inning gave Pittsburgh a 3-0 lead.
Arizona closed to 3-2 in the bottom half on Travis Lee's RBI
single and a bases-loaded walk to Kelly Stinnett. Schmidt then
threw a called third strike past Womack and retired Bell on a
inning-ending grounder.
"Jason shut then down for awhile. I was hoping we could get
some more runs for him, but that didn't happen," Pittsburgh
manager Gene Lamont said. "This is the fifth time Jason has
pitched since he came off the DL and it was by far the best. He had
outstanding stuff. I hope he can build on this. That's one positive
from tonight."
Game
notes
Wil Cordero was 0-for-3, stopping his career-best hitting
streak at 15 games. ... The Pirates have at least one extra-base
hit in each game this season. Vander Wal extended that streak to 44
with his homer. ... Lee left the game with strained right groin in
the eighth inning and will be evaluated Thursday. ... Diamondbacks
RHP Armando Reynoso, bothered by a left hamstring pull plus a 2-4
record and 6.64 ERA, threw in the bullpen before the game with no
apparent problem and saved his spot in the rotation. He's scheduled
to start Saturday against Milwaukee.
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