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Tuesday, April 17, 2001
Astros walk Pirates to 3-0 victory
The Associated Press
PITTSBURGH — Houston walked Brian Giles to pitch to Aramis Ramirez
two-run single in the sixth inning last night as the Pirates beat the Astros 3-0.
"Giles is a far better hitter than Ramirez," said Astros manager Larry Dierker. "You're hoping to get a double play. If you don't walk him, you have to play the infield in. It's a right-hander versus a left-hander and Giles is one of the best left-handed hitters in the game."
Dierker was still convinced he was right when he saw Ramirez's
"As it was, he didn't hit the ball well." Dierker said.
swing.
Ramirez is a power hitter but his manager liked the way he
approached the situation, thinking contact and going with the pitch.
"He was using the whole field," said Pittsburgh.
coach Lloyd McClendon. "If he hits like that all the time, he's going to get some big RBL."
Jimmy Anderson (1-1), who had been 0-3 with a 12.96 ERA in four career appearances against Houston, allowed seven hits in seven-plus innings, pitching out of trouble as he stranded a pair of runners three times during the first
The Astros 3-through 6 hitters — Bagwell, Richard Hidalgo, Daryle Ward, Lance Berkman and pinch-hitter Moises Alou — were a combined 1-for-16.
four innings.
"We're not going to win many games doing that," Bagwell said. "We were just in a little bit of a team funk."
Mike Williams pitched the ninth and picked up his third save, helping stop the Pirates' four-game losing streak.
Wade Miller (2-1) matched his career high with five wins, giving up two runs and three hits in six innings. Houston lost consecutive games for the second time this season.
Jason Kendall walked and led off the sixth, Emil Brown singled and a groundout moved up the runners.
Giles was intentionally walked to bring up Ramirez, who struck out twice previously. Ramirez lined a 1- pitch to center as the Pirates grabbed a 2- lead.
After getting two hits in his previous 11 at-bats, Julio Lugo had a double and single in his first two trikes yesterday.
Third baseman Chris Truby's second throwing error of the game helped the Pirates score an unearned run in the seventh. Game notes
Alou had missed the first 12 games with a calf strain. Infielder Bill Spliers went on the DL because of lower back pain that has bothered him since early spring training.
Pirates first baseman Kevin Young did not start for a second-consecutive game. He has a minor groin pull.
Despite hitting woes, Mets edge Expos
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — The New York Mets must be struggling at the plate when Rey Ordonez is coming up with all their big hits.
Ordonez hit a two-run single and Mike Piazza reached base all four times as the Mets got just enough offense and beat the Montreal Expos 4-3 last night.
"That was a huge hit for us," starter Rick Reed said of Ordonez's third-inning single that made it 4-0. "In the past week, Rey has come up with some pretty big hits."
The Mets, who entered last in
neal, with 36 runs, had lost four of their last five games. The only win came Thursday when Ordonez's RBI single in the 10th inning helped the Mets beat Atlanta 1-0.
After driving in only nine runs in 45 games last season, Ordonez is tied for second on the Mets with seven RBI in 13 games this year.
"His at-bats are consistently good," said Mets manager Bobby Valentine. "He hit a line drive to left field and sprayed the ball around. He's a regular hitter. That's what we need him to be."
New York squandered many opportunities again yesterday
— stranding nine runners in the first six innings — but gave Reed (2-1) enough support. Reed allowed three runs and seven hits in seven innings but fell short of becoming the first
pitcher since Shane Rawley in 1883 to open the season with three straight complete games.
The Mets didn't hold a lead once during the weekend sweep by Cincinnati, but that quickly changed in the first inning when Darryl Hamilton led off with a double and scored on Piazza's double.
New York added three more runs in the third inning off Mike Thurman (1-2) and held on after the Expos closed within one run in the fifth.
"We knew it was bound to happen soon," Reed
said of the Mets' offense. "I just didn't want to be the guy to go out and blow it."
John Franco pitched a scoreless eighth and Armando Benitez pitched the ninth and picked up his second save.
Piazza, who went two for two with two walks, got the Mets started in the third with a one-out single. After a walk to Robin Ventura, Todd Zeile hit an RBI single for his first hit in 10 at-bats with runners in scoring position this season.
Jay Payton was hit by a pitch, loading the bases,
and one out later. Ordonze reached out and lined
a soft single into right field and made the score 4-0.
"Sometimes it's easier to concentrate when there are runners in scoring position," Ordonez said. "But you have to be able to hit other times too because you bat more times with on one on base." Game notes
- Expos left fielder Milton Bradley was ejected in the fourth for arguing a called third strike with plate umpire Terry Craft.
■ Reed has 14 strikeouts and zero walks in 25 innings.
Maddux gives up first run; Braves win game in ninth
ATLANTA — Greg Maddux deserved a win, didn't get it and said it didn't matter.
The Associated Press
Maddux gave up his first run of the season—it was unearned—and the Atlanta Braves beat the Florida Marlins 4-3 last night on Rico Brogna's ninth-inning RBI single.
"Results is what it's all about," Maddux said. "It's about pitching, and I feel good about the way I pitched and we won."
allowed five hits in eight innings, struck out six and walked none and left with a 3-1 lead, which reliever John Rocker couldn't hold.
Maddux gave up a run in the fourth on Preston Wilson's two-out single, Paul Bako's passed ball and Mike Lowell's RBI single. That ended Maddux's consecutive scoreless innings streak at Turner Field at 35.
Maddux hasn't allowed an earned run in 20 innings this season, and going back to Sept. 2, he has allowed only four earned runs in his last 60 innings during the regular season, a 0.60 ERA.
"They're still the best in the East," said Florida's Cliff Floyd. "Maddux was awesome."
Rocker (2-0) wasted a 3-1 lead in the ninth, giving up consecutive singles to Eric Owens and Floyd, threw a run-scoring wild pitch and, following another passed ball by Bako, gave up an RBI groundout to Lowell. Pinch-hitter B.J. Surhoff walked against Dan Miceli (0-2) leading off
"Results is what it's all about. It's about pitching, and I feel good about the way I pitched and we won." Greg Maddux Atlanta Braves pitcher
the bottom half and took second on Rafael Furcal's sacrifice bunt.
"Sure I heard them. I did. It was exciting," said Brogna, who went 3-for-4. "That's a motivating thing, and I didn't want to let them down."
Dave Martinez walked and Bragna hit the game-winner as the crowd chanted "Ri-co' Ri-co' Ri-co'" He also had an RBI simple in the first.
Centerfieldier Andrew Jones homed for the Braves, who won consecutive games for the first time this season and evened their record at 7-7.
The game drew 24,015, just below the previous record low of 24,472 on Sunday.
Jones broke a 1-1 tie in the sixth with a solo homer off Brad Penny, and the Braves added an unearned run in the seventh. Brogna doubled, took third when right fielder Eric Owens bobbled the ball and came around on Chipper Jones' infield single.
"Maddux threw the ball better than I did," Penny said. "That pitch to Andruw Jones was a mistake. I didn't get it where I wanted to."
■ Florida's Charles Johnson had his eight-gardt batting streak.
The Marlins and Braves have split their last 16 games.
■ Braves second baseman Quilvio Veras missed his third-straight game. He jammed his right big toe while running the bases Friday.
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