NL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - PITTSBURGH 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 SAN DIEGO 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 x 4 8 0 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: PIT - JOSE SILVA, SCOTT SAUERBECK (7TH), GREG HANSELL (8TH) AND JASON KENDALL SDG - BRIAN BOEHRINGER, CARLOS REYES (6TH), DONNE WALL (7TH), TREVOR HOFFMAN (9TH) AND GREG MYERS, PHIL NEVIN (9TH)
WP - BRIAN BOEHRINGER (3-1) LP - JOSE SILVA (2-4) SAVE - TREVOR HOFFMAN (13)
HOME RUNS: PIT - ED SPRAGUE (12) OFF BOEHRINGER IN THE 5TH, 0 ON SDG - RUBEN RIVERA (9) OFF JO SILVA IN THE 2ND, 0 ON RUBEN RIVERA (10) OFF JO SILVA IN THE 6TH, 0 ON
TIME: 2:25 ATT: 60,799
PROBABLES: PIT - JASON SCHMIDT (6-4, 4.42) SDG - HEATH MURRAY (0-1, 4.18)
Extended BoxPITTSBURGH (2) AT SAN DIEGO (4) - FINAL
PITTSBURGH ab r h rbi bb so lob avg A Martin lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .294 Sprague 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .314 Giles cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 .301 K Young 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .324 Kendall c 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 .348 W Morris 2b 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .276 B Brown rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .266 J Guillen rf 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .273 M Benjamin ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .221 Jo Silva p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .125 a-F Garcia ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .244 Sauerbeck p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hansell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 35 2 8 2 0 9 9
a-struck out for Jo Silva in the 7th.
BATTING: HR - Sprague (12, 5th inning off Boehringer 0 on, 2 out). RBI - Giles (42), Sprague (42). 2-out RBI - Giles, Sprague. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Brown 1, K Young 1, M Benjamin 1. Team LOB - 6.
BASERUNNING: SB - Kendall (19, 2nd base off Boehringer/G Myers).
FIELDING: PB - Kendall.
SAN DIEGO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg Veras 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .257 R Sanders lf 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 .268 Gwynn rf 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 .338 Owens pr-rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .272 Magadan 1b 3 0 0 1 0 1 4 .271 G Myers c 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .303 Giovanola 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Nevin 3b-c 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 .226 Ru Rivera cf 4 2 2 2 0 0 3 .202 D Jackson ss 3 1 2 0 1 1 0 .241 Boehringer p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 C Reyes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a-D Newhan ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Wall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 b-Vander Wal ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .284 Hoffman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 28 4 8 3 6 5 12
a-grounded to first for C Reyes in the 6th; b-singled for Wall in the 8th.
BATTING: 2B - D Jackson (12, Jo Silva). HR - Ru Rivera 2 (10, 2nd inning off Jo Silva 0 on, 1 out, 6th inning off Jo Silva 0 on, 0 out). S - Boehringer. SF - Magadan. RBI - Magadan (15), Ru Rivera 2 (24). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Veras 1, Ru Rivera 2. Team LOB - 8.
BASERUNNING: CS - Veras (7, 2nd base by Jo Silva/Kendall); D Jackson (6, home by Hansell/Kendall).
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PITTSBURGH ip h r er bb so hr era Jo Silva (L, 2-4) 6 6 4 4 5 3 2 6.36 Sauerbeck 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.48 Hansell 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 3.00
SAN DIEGO ip h r er bb so hr era Boehringer (W, 3-1) 5 6 2 2 0 4 1 3.24 C Reyes (H, 2) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.00 Wall (H, 4) 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.00 Hoffman (S, 13) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 3.76
WP - Jo Silva, Hoffman. Pitches-strikes: Boehringer 81-57; C Reyes 16-10; Wall 22-14; Hoffman 17-12; Jo Silva 104-58; Sauerbeck 13-7; Hansell 14-10. Ground balls-fly balls: Boehringer 5-6; C Reyes 0-2; Wall 0-4; Hoffman 1-0; Jo Silva 6-8; Sauerbeck 1-1; Hansell 0-1. Batters faced: Boehringer 21; C Reyes 4; Wall 6; Hoffman 4; Jo Silva 28; Sauerbeck 4; Hansell 4.
UMPIRES: HP--Mike Winters. 1B--Mark Wegner. 2B--Ed Montague. 3B--Ron Kulpa. T--2:25. Att--60,799. Weather: 59 degrees, clear. Wind: 5 mph, out to center.
How They Scored(OFFICIAL SCORING CHANGE -- CHANGING SILVA ERROR TO VERAS SINGLE IN SAN DIEGO 1ST INNING)
PITTSBURGH (2) AT SAN DIEGO (4) - HOW THEY SCORED
SAN DIEGO 1ST: Veras reached on infield single. R Sanders flied out to right. Gwynn singled to right, Veras to third. Magadan hit sacrifice fly to right, Veras scored. G Myers flied out to center. PITTSBURGH 0, SAN DIEGO 1.
SAN DIEGO 2ND: Nevin struck out swinging. Ru Rivera homered to center. D Jackson doubled to shallow right. Boehringer grounded out to first, D Jackson to third. Veras grounded out to shortstop. PITTSBURGH 0, SAN DIEGO 2.
PITTSBURGH 3RD: M Benjamin grounded out to pitcher. Jo Silva struck out swinging. A Martin singled to right. Sprague singled to shallow right, A Martin to third. Giles singled to left, A Martin scored, Sprague to second. K Young grounded out to third. PITTSBURGH 1, SAN DIEGO 2.
SAN DIEGO 4TH: D Jackson walked. Boehringer sacrificed D Jackson to second. D Jackson to third on Kendall passed ball. Veras walked. D Jackson scored on Jo Silva wild pitch. Veras caught stealing, catcher to second. R Sanders singled to right. Gwynn flied out to left. PITTSBURGH 1, SAN DIEGO 3.
PITTSBURGH 5TH: Jo Silva grounded out to shortstop. A Martin struck out swinging. Sprague homered to left. Giles flied out to center. PITTSBURGH 2, SAN DIEGO 3.
SAN DIEGO 6TH: Ru Rivera homered to right center. D Jackson struck out swinging. D Newhan hit for C Reyes. D Newhan grounded out to first. Veras grounded out to first. PITTSBURGH 2, SAN DIEGO 4.
Game StorySAN DIEGO (Ticker) -- Brian Boehringer earned his first career win as a starter and Ruben Rivera belted two solo homers as the San Diego Padres posted a 4-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Boehringer (3-1), making just his second start of the year following 22 relief appearances, allowed two runs and six hits over five innings with no walks and four strikeouts. He was 0-6 in eight previous starts with the New York Yankees and Padres.
Boehringer got a no-decision in his first start on Saturday, yielding one run and three hits over four innings.
Rivera, who entered the game batting just .195, homered in the second and sixth innings off Jose Silva (2-4) for his first career multi-homer game. He also took over the team lead with 10 homers this season.
"When I try too hard, I pull everything," said Rivera, who hit his first homer to center field and his second to right-center field. "When I'm more relaxed, I see the ball and go with it. Now, I'm not swinging too hard and I feel better up there."
Rivera narrowly missed a third homer in the eighth inning, flying out to the wall in right field.
"It's got to help him, no question," San Diego manager Bruce Bochy said. "He almost had three tonight. He's got incredible talent and now he's using all the fields."
Three San Diego relievers combined for four scoreless innings. Trevor Hoffman recorded the final three outs for his 13th save in 16 opportunties. Hoffman recorded his first save since becoming the 25th player in history to reach 2,000 by striking out the side against Oakland on June 10.
He good-naturedly kidded Boehringer for "abandoning" the bullpen corps.
"As much grief as we've given him for leaving us down there, he's given us two tremendous efforts," Hoffman said.
Silva surrendered four runs and six hits over six innings as the Pirates dropped to 2-2 on their season-high 12-game road trip.
"Silva was fine tonight, although he walked five guys," Pirates manager Gene Lamont said. "They display balls and strikes here and he had about half balls and half strikes. You can't pitch like that and expect to win, but we're going to be patient with him. He has good stuff. You can tell that by the fact he only gave up four runs with all those walks. Early on, his stuff was as good as it has ever been."
San Diego's Tony Gwynn went 1-for-2 with two walks and needs 19 hits for 3,000.
The Padres grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first as Quilvio Veras singled, moved to third on Gwynn's single and scored on Dave Magadan's sacrifice fly.
The Pirates sliced the deficit in half in the top of the third on Brian Giles' RBI single, but San Diego regained its two-run margin when Damian Jackson came home on Silva's wild pitch in the fourth.
Ed Sprague reached Boehringer for a solo homer in the fifth before Rivera answered for the Padres an inning later.
"When I don't try too hard, I seem to have a good ballgame," Rivera said. "I wish it could be this way all the time. When I don't have a good at-bat, I think about it too much the next time, but I'm feeling better lately."
San Diego's John Vander Wal picked up his 103rd career pinch hit with a single in the eighth inning and tied Mike Lum for 11th place on the all-time list.
Sprague and Jason Kendall had two hits apiece for the Pirates, who opened the trip by taking two of three in Los Angeles. Al Martin went 1-for-4 and is batting .500 (14-for-28) in his last six contests.
"We still got two more games here," Lamont said. "We were right in this one. We gave up an unearned run, but we'll be fine."
Pittsburgh right fielder Brant Brown left in the bottom of the fifth with a sprained right wrist and is day-to-day.
"It doesn't look serious," Lamont said. "I don't think there's a problem. He hurt it the second time he dove for the ball."