Pittsburgh 7, NY Mets 5
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(54-64)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 7 8 3
NY Mets 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 11 0
WP: D. Bautista (4-1) S: J. Grabow (2)
LP: A. Heilman (2-7)
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  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Bot 1st: NY Mets
- D. Wright homered to deep right center, J. Reyes and N. Evans scored
Bot 3rd: NY Mets
- R. Cancel singled to center, C. Delgado to third, F. Tatis to second, C. Delgado scored on catcher R. Doumit's fielding error
Top 5th: Pittsburgh
- D. Mientkiewicz singled to right, C. Gomez scored, N. McLouth to third
Bot 6th: NY Mets
- R. Cancel homered to deep left
Top 7th: Pittsburgh
- F. Sanchez doubled to deep center, C. Gomez scored
- D. Mientkiewicz doubled to deep right, F. Sanchez scored, L. Rivas to third
- R. Doumit hit sacrifice fly to deep center, L. Rivas scored, D. Mientkiewicz to third
Top 9th: Pittsburgh
- R. Doumit singled to deep right center, L. Rivas scored, D. Mientkiewicz to third
- S. Pearce singled to left center, R. Doumit and A. LaRoche scored, B. Moss to third
 Pittsburgh
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
N. McLouth cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .275
L. Rivas ss 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 .235
D. Mientkiewicz 1b 4 0 3 2 1 0 0 .293
R. Doumit c 4 1 1 2 0 1 3 .332
A. LaRoche 3b 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000
B. Moss lf 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 .194
S. Pearce rf 4 0 2 2 0 0 3 .244
C. Gomez 2b 3 2 0 0 2 1 4 .288
Z. Duke p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .136
    F. Sanchez ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .250
    T.J. Beam p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    J. Michaels ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .241
    D. Bautista p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
    J. Grabow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
 Totals 32 7 8 7 7 5 17  
 Batting
2B - S Pearce (4, P Martinez); F Sanchez (18, J Smith); D Mientkiewicz (19, P Feliciano).
S - N McLouth , Z Duke.
SF - R Doumit.
RBI - D Mientkiewicz 2 (26), F Sanchez (46), R Doumit 2 (43), S Pearce 2 (5).
2-out RBI - D Mientkiewicz, S Pearce 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Doumit 1, C Gomez 1, An LaRoche 1, S Pearce 2.
Team LOB - 10.
 Fielding
E - An LaRoche (2, ground ball); L Rivas (7, ground ball); R Doumit (5, catch).
DP - 1 (L Rivas-C Gomez-D Mientkiewicz).
 NY Mets
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
J. Reyes ss 5 1 2 0 0 1 0 .303
N. Evans lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .258
    J. Smith p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    P. Feliciano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    D. Sanchez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    D. Murphy ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .478
    A. Heilman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    S. Schoeneweis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
D. Wright 3b 5 1 2 3 0 1 4 .293
C. Beltran cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 .271
C. Delgado 1b 3 1 1 0 2 1 1 .262
F. Tatis rf-lf 5 0 2 0 0 0 3 .305
D. Easley 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 .263
R. Cancel c 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 .241
P. Martinez p 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 .120
    A. Reyes ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .228
    E. Chavez rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .269
 Totals 39 5 11 4 3 7 20  
 Batting
2B - N Evans (6, Z Duke); D Wright (32, T Beam).
HR - D Wright (23, 1st inning off Z Duke 2 on, 0 Out), R Cancel (1, 6th inning off Z Duke 0 on, 0 Out).
RBI - D Wright 3 (93), R Cancel (4).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Easley 1, P Martinez 1, C Beltran 1, R Cancel 1, D Wright 1.
GIDP - F Tatis.
Team LOB - 10.
 Base Running
SB - J Reyes 2 (39, 2nd base off D Bautista/R Doumit, 2nd base off Z Duke/R Doumit).
 Pittsburgh
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
Z. Duke 6.0 8 5 3 1 3 2 5.10
T.J. Beam 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4.25
D. Bautista (W, 4-1) 1.0 1 0 0 1 3 0 3.52
J. Grabow (S, 2) 0.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.20
 NY Mets
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
P. Martinez 6.0 3 1 1 4 3 0 5.37
J. Smith 0.0 1 2 2 1 0 0 4.40
P. Feliciano (H, 15) 0.2 1 1 1 1 0 0 3.77
D. Sanchez (H, 18) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.65
A. Heilman (L, 2-7; BS, 3) 0.1 2 3 3 1 1 0 5.74
S. Schoeneweis 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.09
IBB - C Delgado (by T Beam).
HBP - S Pearce (by D Sanchez); An LaRoche (by A Heilman).
Pitches-strikes - Z Duke 105-73; T Beam 17-8; D Bautista 28-16; J Grabow 12-7; P Martinez 99-61; J Smith 9-5; P Feliciano 9-4; D Sanchez 20-12; A Heilman 23-12; S Schoeneweis 14-7.
Ground balls-fly balls - Z Duke 7-8; T Beam 2-1; D Bautista 0-0; J Grabow 2-0; P Martinez 5-10; J Smith 0-0; P Feliciano 1-1; D Sanchez 1-2; A Heilman 0-0; S Schoeneweis 2-0.
Batters faced - Z Duke 29; T Beam 5; D Bautista 5; J Grabow 3; P Martinez 25; J Smith 2; P Feliciano 4; D Sanchez 5; A Heilman 5; S Schoeneweis 3.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Bill Hohn. 1B--Ron Kulpa. 2B--Dan Iassogna. 3B--Kevin Causey.
Ejections: NY METS' Manuel by Hohn (9th).
Time: 3:11. (Plus wet grounds delay totaling 30 minutes in the 1st).
Attendance: 53,534.
Weather: 68 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 5 mph, left to right.
Game Notes
THE START OF THE GAME IS BEING DELAYED DUE TO WET GROUNDS.
NEW YORK MANAGER JERRY MANUEL WAS EJECTED IN THE BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING BY HOME PLATE UMPIRE BILL HOHN FOR ARGUING BALLS AND STRIKES.

Updated on Monday, Aug 11, 2008 6:09 pm ET

  
 Top Batters
 Pittsburgh
D. Mientkiewicz Doug Mientkiewicz
3-4
2 RBI
 NY Mets
D. Wright David Wright
2-5, 1 HR
3 RBI