7/26/09: Pirates 8, Padres 3 (Petco Park)

Estes falters early and late, Pirates salvage a win in San Diego

  Pirates            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Padres             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Barton 1B         4  1  0  0 .000     E.Renteria SS       4  0  1  0 .338  
  O.Cabrera SS        4  2  1  0 .167     J.Ellsbury RF       4  1  1  1 .301  
  J.Upton RF          3  0  0  0 .235     M.Teixeira 1B       4  0  0  0 .248  
  B.Francisco LF      3  2  1  3 .158     R.Ibanez DH         3  1  2  0 .276  
  E.Dukes CF          3  1  1  1 .105     O.Hudson 2B         4  0  0  0 .254  
  M.Ellis 2B          3  1  0  0 .143     N.Evans LF          3  1  2  1 .233  
  C.Floyd DH          3  0  0  1 .118   C-J.Cabrera PH        1  0  0  0 .314  
  J.Towles C          4  1  2  3 .500     A.Jones CF          4  0  1  1 .331  
  A.Laroche* 3B       4  0  1  0 .067     J.Uribe 3B          4  0  1  0 .225  
                                          H.Quintero C        2  0  0  0 .228  
                                        A-P.Konerko PH        1  0  0  0 .167  
                                        B-N.Hundley C         0  0  0  0 .295  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  8  6  8                 Totals      34  3  8  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Quintero In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Konerko In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Evans In 9th Inning
 
Pirates......... 3 0 0  0 0 5  0 0 0  -  8  6  2
Padres.......... 0 0 0  1 1 0  1 0 0  -  3  8  0
 
Pirates (1-4)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
G.Perkins WIN(1-0)        7 2/3   8   3   3   1   3   1 118   3.52
D.Weathers SAVE(1st)      1 1/3   0   0   0   0   2   0  18   4.50
Totals                    9       8   3   3   1   5   1
 
Padres (34-23)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
S.Estes LOSS(5-3)         5 1/3   3   6   6   4   2   1  77   4.69
C.Breslow                 0 1/3   0   1   1   1   0   0   9   0.78
D.Waechter                1 2/3   1   1   1   2   0   1  34   1.57
D.Sanchez                 1 2/3   2   0   0   0   2   0  22   2.92
Totals                    9       6   8   8   7   4   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 45,878 DATE- Sunday, July 26th 2009 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Ed Montague, Jerry Layne, Phil Cuzzi, Jim Wolf
T- 3:05
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 4  Padres: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 1  Padres: 0
ERRORS- A.Laroche*, G.Perkins
DOUBLES- O.Cabrera(1st), R.Ibanez(7th), N.Evans(3rd)
HOME RUNS- B.Francisco(1st), J.Towles(1st), J.Ellsbury(3rd)
STOLEN BASES- E.Dukes(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- A.Jones
SACRIFICE FLIES- C.Floyd
WALKS- D.Barton, O.Cabrera, J.Upton-2, B.Francisco, E.Dukes, M.Ellis, R.Ibanez
STRIKE OUTS- D.Barton, J.Upton, E.Dukes, C.Floyd, R.Ibanez, O.Hudson, J.Cabrera,
             A.Jones, H.Quintero
BALKS- G.Perkins
WILD PITCHES- S.Estes
 
In a lop-sided win the Pittsburgh Pirates registered 5 runs in the 6th inning
and ripped the San Diego Padres by a 8 to 3 count.
 
Pittsburgh drew first blood jumping out to an early lead in the first inning
scoring 3 runners on 1 hit.  The critical plate appearance was by Ben
Francisco who quieted the home crowd when he lofted a three-run bomb (his 1st
of the season).  Pittsburgh had only 6 hits for the afternoon.  
 
The victory was credited to Glen Perkins(1-0) who went 7 and 2/3 innings,
allowing 3 runs. Perkins got relief help from David Weathers who gained
credit for his 1st save.  Shawn Estes(5-3) suffered the loss.  He allowed
Pittsburgh 6 runs in 5 and 1/3 innings of work.