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Regular Season Game #34: Seattle Mariners @ Pittsburgh Pirates

Posted on May 4, 2013 at 10:37 AM.

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May 8, 2013
12:35PM

PNC Park - Pittsburgh, PA
Weather: 63�, Party Cloudy
Attendance: 22,620

Seattle Mariners at Pittsburgh Pirates
May 8, 2013	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Seattle (17-18)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	7	0
Pittsburgh (20-14)	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	X	5	10	0
W: Jonathan Sanchez (2-3) L: Joe Saunders (0-3) S: Jason Grilli (11)

Seattle Mariners
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
BATTING 2B: J. Montero (3) RBI: M. Morse (9), J. Montero (21)

Seattle Mariners
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
J. Saunders (L, 0-3)	5.0	5	3	3	0	0	4.25
C. Furbush	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	2.13
K. Loe	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	5.94
L. Luetge	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0.00
O. Perez	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2.20

Pittsburgh Pirates
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
BATTING 2B: A. McCutchen (10), R. Martin 2 (4) HR: P. Alvarez (8), T. Snider (6), C. Barmes (5) RBI: S. Marte (4), P. Alvarez (20), R. Martin (16), T. Snider (13), C. Barmes (11)

Pittsburgh Pirates
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
J. Sanchez (W, 2-3)	6.0	5	2	2	3	5	4.17
D. Welker (H, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
M. Melancon (H, 4)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	2.13
J. Grilli (S, 11)	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0.77

Pirates Drop M's 5-2 to Take Two Game Sweep

PITTSBURGH - After struggling in interleague play for many years, the Pirates started this years interleague play with a win over the Seattle Mariners. Being just a short two game series, the Pirates locked up at least a share of the series with a victory in game one. Looking to avoid the sweep, the Mariners sent a struggling Joe Saunders to the mound to oppose Jonathan Sanchez in game two.

After a scoreless 1st inning, Jonathan Sanchez got two quick outs in the top of the 2nd, but would look his usual self, walking former Bucco Jason Bay with 2 outs. But Robert Andino would ground out to end the inning, making nothing of the free pass. In the bottom of the 2nd, Pedro Alvarez took the first pitch he saw out of the park for a solo home run, giving the Pirates a 1-0 lead.

With two outs and two on in the bottom of the second, Jason Bay robbed Russell Martin on a diving catch to end the inning.

With a lot of pressure on his starting job, Jonathan Sanchez cruised through the top of the 3rd, as Sanchez got Kyle Seager and Joe Saunders to strikeout to end the M's half of the inning. In the 4th, Franklin Guttierez singled, but was then thrown out at 2nd by Travis Snider to end top of the 4th. The Pirates struck again in the bottom of the 4th, as Travis Snider hit a solo home run, extending his hitting streak to 10 games, giving the Bucs a 2-0 lead.

McCutchen followed Snider with a double, but would be stranded at second as Garrett Jones, Pedro Alvarez, and Neil Walker each flew out to end the inning. The Pirates would add one more in the 5th, off a solo home run from Clint Barmes to take a 3-0 lead. In the top of 6th, Sanchez ran into trouble, as Endy Chavez led off with a single, followed by Dustin Ackley reaching on a deflection off Garrett Jones. Michael Morse then singled, scoring Chavez to cut the lead to 3-1. With two on and one out, Jesus Montero doubled, scoring Ackley and putting Morse at third; 3-2 Bucs. Sanchez would then walk Jason Bay, but would get Andino to ground out to end the threat and the inning.

The Pirates looked to pad their lead again, as Neil Walker led off the bottom of the 7th with a single, scoring on a double from Russell Martin to put the score at 4-2. After a Jerry Sands pinch hit single to put runners and first and thrid, Starling Marte then hit a long fly ball to left field that appeared to be a home run.

After review, it was ruled a foul ball. The call would only fuel Marte, as he would single, scoring Russell Martin to give the pirates a 3-run, 5-2 lead. After a scoreless 8th, Jason Grilli came in for a save situation and ran into trouble right away. Jason Bay led off with a single, followed by a walk to Robert Andino to put two on with no out. But Grilli dug down deep, striking out Seager and pinch hitter Michael Saunders, followed by a ground out by Dustin Ackley to end the game and give the Pirates their 4th straight victory.

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