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Standings at end of play this day

Dodger Stadium, Attendance: 37,334

Monday, April 14, 2008, 10:10pm
Time of Game: 2:57
Pirates
6
7-6
Won 4
4th, 2 GB
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Pirates         0  2  0   0  0  1   0  0  3    6 12  1
Dodgers         0  1  0   0  1  2   0  0  0    4 10  0
W: T Yates (2-0), L: T Saito (1-1), S: M Capps (4)
Dodgers
4
5-8
Lost 2
5th, 4 GB

BATTING

Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
N McLouth CF                  5   1   1   3    0   1  .383 1.089   25    3   0   HR
F Sanchez 2B                  5   0   3   0    0   0  .250  .586   13    1   4   
J Bay LF                      5   0   0   0    0   3  .250  .877   22    2   0   
R Doumit C                    4   1   1   0    0   0  .341  .861   16    2   1   
X Nady RF                     4   1   2   1    0   1  .346 1.032   13    2   0   2B
D Mientkiewicz 1B             4   0   0   0    0   0  .227  .711   14   13   1   
J Bautista 3B                 4   1   2   2    0   0  .191  .569   15    1   2   HR
  B Bixler PR                 0   1   0   0    0   0  .154  .308         0   0   
  C Gomez 3B                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .368  .855         0   0   
L Rivas SS                    4   0   1   0    0   1  .243  .560   14    2   5   
Z Duke P                      2   0   1   0    0   0  .143  .286    7    1   1   
  N Morgan PH                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .200  .635    3    0   0   
  J Grabow P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  T Yates P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  A LaRoche PH                1   1   1   0    0   0  .128  .440    1    0   0   
  M Capps P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
Totals                       39   6  12   6    0   6              143   27  14
BATTING
2B: X Nady (3, off H Kuroda).
HR: N McLouth (2, off T Saito; 9th inn, 2 on, 2 outs to Deep RF); J Bautista (1, off H Kuroda; 2nd inn, 1 on, 2 outs to Deep LF-CF).
TB: J Bautista 5; N McLouth 4; X Nady 3; F Sanchez 3; Z Duke; R Doumit; A LaRoche; L Rivas.
RBI: N McLouth 3 (14); J Bautista 2 (6); X Nady (14).
2-out RBI: N McLouth 3; J Bautista 2.
Team LOB: 6.
With RISP: 1 for 5.
FIELDING
PB: R Doumit (1).
E: R Doumit (1).
Los Angeles Dodgers          AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
R Furcal SS                   4   0   0   0    1   0  .360 1.087   20    3   2   
A Ethier LF                   4   0   1   0    1   0  .286  .806   24    4   0   
M Kemp RF                     5   0   1   0    0   1  .273  .697   11    3   0   
J Kent 2B                     4   1   1   0    0   0  .238  .765    5    0   2   2B
  C Hu 2B                     0   0   0   0    0   0  .222  .639         0   0   
J Loney 1B                    4   1   1   1    0   1  .375 1.019   15    4   2   
R Martin C                    4   1   2   0    0   0  .178  .510   27    6   1   
A Jones CF                    4   1   1   1    0   0  .114  .402   21    3   0   3B
B DeWitt 3B                   4   0   1   1    0   0  .256  .722   15    2   1   
H Kuroda P                    2   0   1   1    0   0  .167  .619    8    2   0   2B
  D Young PH                  1   0   1   0    0   0  .250  .500    2    0   0   
  S Proctor P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  J Beimel P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  J Broxton P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  M Sweeney PH                1   0   0   0    0   0  .100  .282    2    0   0   
  T Saito P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
Totals                       37   4  10   4    2   2              150   27   8
BATTING
2B: J Kent (4, off Z Duke); H Kuroda (1, off Z Duke).
3B: A Jones (1, off Z Duke).
TB: A Jones 3; J Kent 2; H Kuroda 2; R Martin 2; J Loney; D Young; A Ethier; B DeWitt; M Kemp.
RBI: J Loney (5); A Jones (2); H Kuroda (1); B DeWitt (5).
2-out RBI: B DeWitt.
Team LOB: 8.
With RISP: 3 for 10.

PITCHING

Pittsburgh Pirates            IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
Z Duke                         6     8   4   3    2   0   0   2.89   28   94-60   45· 1·14   14·10· 2· 0     40    -     1.27  -0.24
J Grabow                       1     1   0   0    0   1   0   0.00    4   11-8     4· 2· 2    2· 0· 1· 0          0-0    0.90   0.05
T Yates, W (2-0)               1     1   0   0    0   0   0   1.00    4   21-11   10· 0· 1    2· 2· 0· 0          0-0    0.67   0.03
M Capps, S (4)                 1     0   0   0    0   1   0   3.52    3   13-9     5· 1· 3    1· 1· 0· 0          0-0    1.31   0.10
Totals                         9    10   4   3    2   2   0          39  139-88   64· 4·20   19·13· 3· 0           -  
Los Angeles Dodgers           IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
H Kuroda                       6     7   3   3    0   2   1   2.89   25   84-56   39· 6·11    8·11· 4· 0     48    -     1.06  -0.05
S Proctor, H (1)               0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   7.71    1    4-3     1· 1· 1    1· 0· 0· 0          0-0    1.72   0.04
J Beimel, H (1)                0.2   0   0   0    0   1   0   1.80    2   11-9     5· 1· 3    0· 0· 1· 0          0-0    1.04   0.05
J Broxton, H (1)               1     1   0   0    0   2   0   1.42    4   16-12    6· 3· 3    0· 1· 1· 0          0-0    2.63   0.12
T Saito, BS (1), L (1-1)       1     4   3   3    0   1   1   5.40    7   28-20   11· 3· 6    1· 3· 2· 0          0-0    2.57  -0.74
Totals                         9    12   6   6    0   6   2          39  143-100  62·14·24   10·15· 8· 0           -  
Balks: Z Duke (1).
WP: None.
IBB: None.
HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Gary Cederstrom, 1B - Fieldin Culbreth, 2B - Jim Reynolds, 3B - Tim Timmons.
Time of Game: 2:57.
Attendance: 37,334.
Weather: 70° F, Wind 7mph out to Centerfield, Night, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Pittsburgh Pirates            Los Angeles Dodgers                  
1. N McLouth            CF    1. R Furcal             SS 
2. F Sanchez            2B    2. A Ethier             LF 
3. J Bay                LF    3. M Kemp               RF 
4. R Doumit             C     4. J Kent               2B 
5. X Nady               RF    5. J Loney              1B 
6. D Mientkiewicz       1B    6. R Martin             C  
7. J Bautista           3B    7. A Jones              CF 
8. L Rivas              SS    8. B DeWitt             3B 
9. Z Duke               P     9. H Kuroda             P  

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 9   2  4-3  12-  2   76%  91% N McLouth       T Saito         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Bixler Scores; LaRoche Scores
   t 2   2  0-0  1--  2   19%  66% J Bautista      H Kuroda        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Nady Scores
   t 6   1  2-2  1--  1   18%  68% X Nady          H Kuroda        Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Doumit Scores
   b 6   2  3-3  -2-  2  -16%  29% B DeWitt        Z Duke          Single to 1B (Line Drive); Loney Scores
   b 5   0  2-1  ---  2  -14%  45% A Jones         Z Duke          Triple to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Pirates Batting, Tied 0-0, Hiroki Kuroda facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  5   48%  N McLouth       Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
   O      ---  2   46%  F Sanchez       Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  3   45%  J Bay           Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Dodgers 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Dodgers Batting, Tied 0-0, Zach Duke facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  3   47%  R Furcal        Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  9   45%  A Ethier        Walk
   O      1--  2   48%  M Kemp          Lineout: 3B (Weak 3B)
   O      1--  1   50%  J Kent          Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Dodgers 0.

Top of the 2nd, Pirates Batting, Tied 0-0, Hiroki Kuroda facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  4   48%  R Doumit        Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
          ---  5   50%  X Nady          Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  3   47%  D Mientkiewicz  Flyball: LF
   RR     1--  2   66%  J Bautista      Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Nady Scores
   O      ---  1   66%  L Rivas         Popfly: SS (Deep SS-3B Hole)
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Dodgers 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Dodgers Batting, Behind 0-2, Zach Duke facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  4   68%  J Loney         Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
          ---  4   65%  R Martin        Single to 3B (Ground Ball to Weak 3B)
          1--      64%  A Jones         Balk; Martin to 2B
          -2-      61%  " "             Passed Ball; Martin to 3B
   RO     --3  5   60%  " "             Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS); Martin Scores/unER
   O      ---  2   61%  B DeWitt        Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Dodgers 1.

Top of the 3rd, Pirates Batting, Ahead 2-1, Hiroki Kuroda facing 9-1-2
          ---  4   64%  Z Duke          Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  7   61%  N McLouth       Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
          1--  3   65%  F Sanchez       Single to CF (Line Drive); Duke to 2B
   O      12-  6   60%  J Bay           Groundout: SS-3B/Forceout at 3B (Weak SS); Sanchez to 2B
   O      12-  5   56%  R Doumit        Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Pirates 2, Dodgers 1.

Bottom of the 3rd, Dodgers Batting, Behind 1-2, Zach Duke facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  4   59%  H Kuroda        Flyball: RF
   O      ---  5   61%  R Furcal        Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
          ---  1   59%  A Ethier        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--  1   62%  M Kemp          Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 2, Dodgers 1.

Top of the 4th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 2-1, Hiroki Kuroda facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  2   60%  X Nady          Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
   O      ---  2   58%  D Mientkiewicz  Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
   O      ---  5   57%  J Bautista      Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Dodgers 1.

Bottom of the 4th, Dodgers Batting, Behind 1-2, Zach Duke facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  2   60%  J Kent          Groundout: P-2B-1B (Weak SS-2B)
   O      ---  5   62%  J Loney         Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
   O      ---  1   64%  R Martin        Flyball: RF (CF-RF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Dodgers 1.

Top of the 5th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 2-1, Hiroki Kuroda facing 8-9-1
          ---  4   67%  L Rivas         Single to SS (Ground Ball to Weak SS-2B)
   O      1--  3   64%  Z Duke          Bunt Groundout: C-SS/Forceout at 2B (Front of Home)
   O      1--  3   61%  N McLouth       Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
   O      1--  2   58%  F Sanchez       Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 2, Dodgers 1.

Bottom of the 5th, Dodgers Batting, Behind 1-2, Zach Duke facing 7-8-9
          ---  2   45%  A Jones         Triple to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
   O      --3  6   51%  B DeWitt        Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   R      --3  4   41%  H Kuroda        Double to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B); Jones Scores
          -2-  7   39%  R Furcal        Walk
   O      12-  3   44%  A Ethier        Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   O      12-  1   50%  M Kemp          Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Pirates 2, Dodgers 2.

Top of the 6th, Pirates Batting, Tied 2-2, Hiroki Kuroda facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  4   47%  J Bay           Strikeout Swinging
          ---  3   50%  R Doumit        Single to RF (Line Drive)
   R      1--  1   68%  X Nady          Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Doumit Scores
   O      -2-  3   64%  D Mientkiewicz  Flyball: CF (Deep CF); Nady to 3B
   O      --3  2   60%  J Bautista      Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Dodgers 2.

Bottom of the 6th, Dodgers Batting, Behind 2-3, Zach Duke facing 4-5-6
          ---  1   50%  J Kent          Double to RF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
   R      -2-  3   37%  J Loney         Single to RF (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Kent Scores
   O      1--  5   39%  R Martin        Groundout: C-1B (Front of Home); Loney to 2B
   O      -2-  6   45%  A Jones         Popfly: 1B (2B-1B)
   R      -2-  2   29%  B DeWitt        Single to 1B (Line Drive); Loney Scores
                  Delwyn Young pinch hits for Hiroki Kuroda batting 9th
          1--  2   26%  D Young         Single to LF (Fly Ball); DeWitt to 3B
   O      1-3  3   31%  R Furcal        Popfly: SS (Deep SS)
                  2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Pirates 3, Dodgers 4.

Top of the 7th, Pirates Batting, Behind 3-4, Scott Proctor facing 8-9-1
                  Scott Proctor replaces Delwyn Young pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  4   27%  L Rivas         Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
                  Joe Beimel replaces Scott Proctor pitching and batting 9th; Nyjer Morgan pinch hits for Zach Duke batting 9th
   O      ---  3   23%  N Morgan        Lineout: 1B (2B-1B)
   O      ---  8   21%  N McLouth       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Dodgers 4.

Bottom of the 7th, Dodgers Batting, Ahead 4-3, John Grabow facing 2-3-4
                  John Grabow replaces Nyjer Morgan pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  5   23%  A Ethier        Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
          ---  2   21%  M Kemp          Single to LF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  1   23%  J Kent          Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B); Kemp to 2B
   O      -2-  3   26%  J Loney         Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Dodgers 4.

Top of the 8th, Pirates Batting, Behind 3-4, Jonathan Broxton facing 2-3-4
                  Jonathan Broxton replaces Joe Beimel pitching and batting 9th; Chin-Lung Hu replaces Jeff Kent playing 2B batting 4th
          ---  2   34%  F Sanchez       Single to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF)
   O      1--  5   26%  J Bay           Strikeout Looking
   O      1--  4   19%  R Doumit        Foul Flyball: LF (LF Foul)
   O      1--  5   13%  X Nady          Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Dodgers 4.

Bottom of the 8th, Dodgers Batting, Ahead 4-3, Tyler Yates facing 6-7-8
                  Tyler Yates replaces John Grabow pitching and batting 9th
          ---      13%  R Martin        E2 on Foul Ball
          ---  9   11%  " "             Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B)
   O      1--  5   13%  A Jones         Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   O      1--  5   15%  B DeWitt        Flyball: LF
                  Mark Sweeney pinch hits for Jonathan Broxton batting 9th
   O      1--  2   17%  M Sweeney       Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Dodgers 4.

Top of the 9th, Pirates Batting, Behind 3-4, Takashi Saito facing 6-7-8
                  Takashi Saito replaces Mark Sweeney pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  6    9%  D Mientkiewicz  Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
          ---  6   18%  J Bautista      Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B)
                  Brian Bixler pinch runs for Jose Bautista batting 7th
   O      1--  5    8%  L Rivas         Strikeout Swinging
                  Adam LaRoche pinch hits for Tyler Yates batting 9th
          1--  1   14%  A LaRoche       Single to CF (Line Drive); Bixler to 2B
   RRR    12-  2   91%  N McLouth       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Bixler Scores; LaRoche Scores
          ---  4   91%  F Sanchez       Single to LF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  4   90%  J Bay           Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 6, Dodgers 4.

Bottom of the 9th, Dodgers Batting, Behind 4-6, Matt Capps facing 1-2-3
                  Matt Capps replaces Adam LaRoche pitching and batting 9th; Chris Gomez replaces Brian Bixler playing 3B batting 7th
   O      ---  2   95%  R Furcal        Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   O      ---  6   98%  A Ethier        Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
   O      ---  5  100%  M Kemp          Strikeout Swinging
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 6, Dodgers 4.

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