Started From The Bottom | Pittsburgh Pirates 2005 (MVP Baseball 05)

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Wilsons Turn PNC to a Band Box

Philadelphia Phillies at Pittsburgh Pirates
Jul 6, 2005	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Philadelphia (48–37)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	0
Pittsburgh (44–41)	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	4	11	0
W: Sean Burnett (5–2) L: Brett Myers (5–5) S: Gerald Peralta (4)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			PHI	PIT
PIT	1	Craig Wilson hits a 378-foot longball to left. Jason Bay scores.	0	2
PIT	2	Rich Thompson singles to center. Magglio Bailey scores.	0	3
PIT	6	Jack Wilson hits a 359-foot homer to right.	0	4
PHI	8	Mike Lieberthal hits a 386-foot home run to right-center.	1	4

Philadelphia Phillies
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
2B Placido Polanco	4	0	0	0	0	1	.277
CF Kenny Lofton	4	0	0	0	0	1	.277
1B Jim Thome	4	0	2	0	0	1	.301
RF Bobby Abreu	1	0	1	0	0	0	.303
RF Jason Michael	3	0	0	0	0	1	.120
LF Pat Burrell	3	0	0	0	0	1	.267
3B David Bell	3	0	0	0	0	0	.267
C Mike Lieberthal	3	1	1	1	0	0	.273
SS M Perez	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000
P Brett Myers	2	0	1	0	0	0	.158
PH Ryan Howard	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167
TOTALS	31	1	5	1	0	5	.161
BATTING HR: Mike Lieberthal (7) RBI: Mike Lieberthal (31)

Philadelphia Phillies
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Brett Myers	6.1	10	4	4	0	1	3.38
Gavin Floyd	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	6.14
Buddy Groom	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	1.77
TOTALS	8.0	11	4	4	0	2	4.50

Pittsburgh Pirates
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
3B Hanley Ramirez	4	0	1	0	0	0	.286
2B Ray Durham	4	0	0	0	0	0	.271
LF Jason Bay	4	1	1	0	0	0	.247
RF Craig Wilson	4	1	2	2	0	0	.279
SS Jack Wilson	4	1	2	1	0	0	.287
1B Andy Bako	4	0	2	0	0	0	.324
C Magglio Bailey	4	1	2	0	0	0	.200
P Sean Burnett	1	0	0	0	0	1	.143
PH Matt Lawton	1	0	0	0	0	0	.218
PH Steve Brassard	1	0	0	0	0	1	.236
CF Rich Thompson	3	0	1	1	0	0	.274
TOTALS	34	4	11	4	0	2	.324
BATTING 2B: Craig Wilson (12) HR: Craig Wilson (28), Jack Wilson (6) RBI: Craig Wilson 2 (57), Jack Wilson (15), Rich Thompson (17) SAC: Sean Burnett (4)
BASERUNNING SB: Ray Durham (19)

Pittsburgh Pirates
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Sean Burnett	6.0	2	0	0	0	5	2.84
Aaron Fultz	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	2.35
Gerald Peralta	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	1.91

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Pirates Snag Series from Phillies

Philadelphia Phillies at Pittsburgh Pirates
Jul 7, 2005	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Philadelphia (48–39)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	0
Pittsburgh (45–41)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	X	4	6	0
W: Salomon Torres (7–2) L: Buddy Groom (1–2) S: Gerald Peralta (5)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			PHI	PIT
PHI	1	David Bell singles to left. Jim Thome scores.	1	0
PIT	6	Jason Bay hits a 368-foot home run just over the left field wall.	1	1
PIT	8	Ray Durham crushes a ball 443 feet into the right-center field bleachers. Jack Wilson scores. Hanley Ramirez scores.	1	4

Philadelphia Phillies
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
2B Placido Polanco	4	0	1	0	0	1	.277
CF Kenny Lofton	4	0	1	0	0	1	.277
1B Jim Thome	4	1	2	0	0	1	.304
LF Pat Burrell	4	0	2	0	0	0	.270
3B David Bell	4	0	2	1	0	0	.270
C Mike Lieberthal	4	0	1	0	0	1	.273
RF Jason Michaels	4	0	0	0	0	1	.103
SS Perez	4	0	1	0	0	0	.100
P Randy Wolf	2	0	0	0	0	1	.289
PH Ryan Howard	1	0	0	0	0	0	.158
PH Chase Utley	1	0	0	0	0	0	.273
TOTALS	36	1	10	1	0	5	.278
BATTING RBI: David Bell (29)

Philadelphia Phillies
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Randy Wolf	7.0	3	1	1	2	2	3.85
Buddy Groom	1.0	3	3	3	0	0	2.95
TOTALS							4.50

Pittsburgh Pirates
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
SS Hanley Ramirez	4	1	2	0	0	0	.308
2B Ray Durham	3	1	1	3	1	0	.273
CF Steve Brassard	4	0	0	0	0	1	.233
RF Craig Wilson	3	0	1	0	0	1	.280
1B Andy Bako	2	0	0	0	1	0	.314
3B Kevin Youkilis	3	0	0	0	0	0	.137
C J.R. House	3	0	1	0	0	0	.300
P John Van Benschoten	1	0	0	0	0	0	.217
PH Jason Bay	1	1	1	1	0	0	.249
PH Jack Wilson	1	1	0	0	0	0	.285
LF Matt Lawton	3	0	0	0	0	0	.214
TOTALS	28	4	6	4	2	2	.214
BATTING HR: Ray Durham (7), Jason Bay (22) RBI: Ray Durham 3 (21), Jason Bay (47)
BASERUNNING SB: Hanley Ramirez (2) CS: Andy Bako (1)

Pittsburgh Pirates
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
John Van Benschoten	6.0	5	1	1	0	4	3.39
Al Levine	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	2.53
Mike Johnston	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Salomon Torres	0.2	3	0	0	0	0	1.97
Gerald Peralta	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	1.86
TOTALS	9.0	10	1	1	0	6	1.00

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Martinez, Perez Trade Complete Games in Narrow Bucs Win

New York Mets at Pittsburgh Pirates
Jul 8, 2005	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (51–35)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Pittsburgh (46–41)	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	2	9	0
W: Oliver Perez (5–3) L: Pedro Martinez (8–6)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			NYM	PIT
PIT	5	Jason Bay doubles to left. Hanley Ramirez and Andy Bako score.	0	2

New York Mets
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
2B Marlon Anderson	4	0	0	0	0	2	.182
3B David Wright	4	0	1	0	0	1	.275
CF Carlos Beltran	4	0	0	0	0	0	.271
C Mike Piazza	3	0	0	0	0	0	.272
RF Mike Cameron	3	0	0	0	0	1	.308
LF Cliff Floyd	3	0	0	0	0	1	.258
1B Eric Valent	3	0	0	0	0	2	.301
SS Jose Reyes	3	0	0	0	0	1	.280
P Pedro Martinez	2	0	0	0	0	1	.233
PH Kazuo Matsui	1	0	0	0	0	0	.268
TOTALS	30	0	3	0	0	8	.100
BATTING 2B: Mike Cameron (14)

New York Mets
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Pedro Martinez	8.0	9	2	2	1	2	3.87
TOTALS	8.0	9	2	2	1	2	2.25

Pittsburgh Pirates
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
RF Steve Brassard	4	0	2	0	0	0	.237
2B Hanley Ramirez	4	1	1	0	0	0	.302
1B Andy Bako	4	1	2	0	0	0	.324
LF Jason Bay	4	0	2	2	0	0	.252
SS Jack Wilson	3	0	0	0	1	0	.280
C Magglio Bailey	4	0	1	0	0	0	.202
3B Kevin Youkilis	3	0	1	0	0	0	.148
P Oliver Perez	3	0	0	0	0	2	.130
CF Rich Thompson	3	0	0	0	0	0	.264
TOTALS	32	2	9	2	1	2	.281
BATTING 2B: Steve Brassard (12), Andy Bako (3), Jason Bay (4) RBI: Jason Bay 2 (49)

Pittsburgh Pirates
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Oliver Perez	9.0	3	0	0	0	8	2.16
TOTALS	9.0	3	0	0	0	8	0.00

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Bako's Home Run Beats Mets

New York Mets at Pittsburgh Pirates
Jul 9, 2005	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (51–36)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	0
Pittsburgh (47–41)	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	X	3	5	3
W: Al Levine (4–0) L: Tom Glavine (11–5) S: Gerald Peralta

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			NYM	PIT
NYM	4	Tom Glavine grounds into a fielder's choice. Cliff Floyd scores.	1	0
NYM	4	Kaz Matsui reaches on an error. Eric Valent scores.	2	0
PIT	7	Andy Bako hits a 413-foot blast to left-center. Ray Durham and Jason Bay score.	2	3

New York Mets
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
2B Kaz Matsui	5	0	0	0	0	1	.264
3B David Wright	4	0	2	0	0	0	.277
CF Carlos Beltran	4	0	1	0	0	1	.271
C Mike Piazza	4	0	0	0	0	0	.269
RF Mike Cameron	4	0	0	0	0	1	.304
LF Cliff Floyd	4	1	4	0	0	0	.268
1B Eric Valent	4	1	0	0	0	1	.296
SS Jose Reyes	3	0	1	0	0	0	.281
SS Miguel Cairo	1	0	0	0	0	1	.190
P Tom Glavine	3	0	0	1	0	0	.243
PH Andres Galarraga	1	0	0	0	0	1	.255
TOTALS	37	2	8	1	0	6	.216
BATTING RBI: Tom Glavine (2)

New York Mets
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Tom Glavine	8.0	5	3	3	0	4	2.81
TOTALS	8.0	5	3	3	0	4	3.33

Pittsburgh Pirates
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
SS Hanley Ramirez	4	0	0	0	0	1	.277
2B Ray Durham	3	1	1	0	0	0	.274
LF Jason Bay	3	1	1	0	0	0	.253
RF Craig Wilson	3	0	0	0	0	1	.277
1B Andy Bako	3	1	1	3	0	0	.325
3B Kevin Youkilis	3	0	0	0	0	0	.140
C Magglio Bailey	3	0	1	0	0	0	.207
P Josh Fogg	1	0	0	0	0	1	.138
PH Jack Wilson	1	0	1	0	0	0	.284
P Salomon Torres	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
CF Rich Thompson	3	0	0	0	0	1	.256
TOTALS	28	3	5	3	0	4	.179
BATTING HR: Andy Bako (6) RBI: Andy Bako 3 (14)
FIELDING E: Kevin Youkilis 3 (4)

Pittsburgh Pirates
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Josh Fogg	5.0	7	2	1	0	1	2.89
Kip Wells	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	4.17
Al Levine	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	2.46
Kaz Tadano	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	2.98
Salomon Torres	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	1.95
Gerald Peralta	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	1.82
TOTALS	9.0	8	2	1	0	6	1.00

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Late-Inning Rally Lifts Mets Over Bucs

New York Mets at Pittsburgh Pirates
Jul 8, 2005	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (52–34)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	5	8	1
Pittsburgh (45–42)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0
W: Pedro Martinez (9-5) L: Oliver Perez (4-4)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			NYM	PIT
PIT	1	Ray Durham hits a ball to left. Scores on an error.	0	1
NYM	6	David Wright hits a 367-foot homer to right.	1	1
NYM	8	David Wright blasts a 424-foot home run to left. Jose Reyes scores. Pedro Martinez scores.	1	4
NYM	8	Carlos Beltran hits a 456-foot blast to center.	1	5

New York Mets
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
2B Kaz Matsui	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.269
3B David Wright	4	2	2	4	0	1	2	.278
CF Carlos Beltran	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	.278
C Mike Piazza	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.272
RF Mike Cameron	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.304
LF Cliff Floyd	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.261
1B Anderes Galarraga	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.240
SS Jose Reyes	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.283
P Pedro Martinez	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.233
TEAM TOTALS	33	5	8	5	0	4	3	.242
BATTING: HR: David Wright 2 (14), Carlos Beltran (12) RBI: David Wright 4 (59), Carlos Beltran (37) SAC: Kaz Matsui (1)
BASERUNNING: CS: Cliff Floyd (5)
FIELDING: E: Cliff Floyd

Pittsburgh Pirates
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
RF Steve Brassard	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.229
2B Ray Durham	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.265
1B Craig Wilson	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276
LF Jason Bay	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.249
SS Jack Wilson	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.280
C Magglio Bailey	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.205
3B Kevin Youkilis	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.148
P Oliver Perez	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.136
PH Matt Lawton	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.219
CF Rich Thompson	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.264
TEAM TOTALS	31	1	4	0	0	3	0	.129
BATTING: 2B: Jason Bay (4), Matt Lawton (4)
BASERUNNING: CS: Matt Lawton (6)

New York Mets
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Pedro Martinez	9.0	4	1	0	0	3	0	3.69
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	4	1	0	0	3	0	0.00

Pittsburgh Pirates
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Oliver Perez	7.0	6	3	3	0	4	1	2.59
Mike Johnston	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1.23
Al Levine	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	2.76
Jeff D'Amico	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.98

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Bucs Lose Heartbreaker

New York Mets at Pittsburgh Pirates
Jul 9, 2005	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (53–34)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	0
Pittsburgh (45–43)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
W: Tom Glavine (12–4) L: Josh Fogg (8–5)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			NYM	PIT
NYM	7	Carlos Beltran hits a 367-foot home run to right-center.	1	0

New York Mets
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
2B Kaz Matsui	4	0	0	0	0	0	.266
3B David Wright	4	0	1	0	0	1	.277
CF Carlos Beltran	4	1	1	1	0	0	.277
C Mike Piazza	3	0	0	0	0	0	.269
RF Mike Cameron	3	0	0	0	0	1	.301
LF Cliff Floyd	3	0	0	0	0	1	.258
1B Eric Valent	3	0	0	0	0	0	.301
SS Jose Reyes	3	0	0	0	0	2	.280
P Tom Glavine	3	0	1	0	0	2	.270
TOTALS	30	1	3	1	0	7	.100
BATTING HR: Carlos Beltran (13) RBI: Carlos Beltran (38)

New York Mets
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Tom Glavine	9.0	2	0	0	0	4	2.55
TOTALS	9.0	2	0	0	0	4	0.00

Pittsburgh Pirates
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
2B Hanley Ramirez	4	0	0	0	0	0	.279
RF Steve Brassard	3	0	0	0	0	0	.226
PH Ray Durham	1	0	0	0	0	0	.264
CF Rich Thompson	3	0	0	0	0	1	.256
LF Jason Bay	3	0	0	0	0	1	.247
1B Andy Bako	3	0	0	0	0	0	.301
SS Jack Wilson	3	0	1	0	0	1	.280
3B Kevin Youkilis	3	0	0	0	0	0	.140
C Magglio Bailey	3	0	0	0	0	1	.198
P Josh Fogg	2	0	1	0	0	0	.167
PH Craig Wilson	1	0	0	0	0	0	.276
TOTALS	29	0	2	0	0	4	.069
BASERUNNING SB: Hanley Ramirez (3)

Pittsburgh Pirates
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Josh Fogg	9.0	3	1	1	0	7	2.80
TOTALS	9.0	3	1	1	0	7	1.00

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Bucs Eke Out Mets, Avoid Sweep

New York Mets at Pittsburgh Pirates
Jul 10, 2005	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (53–35)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	6	0
Pittsburgh (46–43)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	X	3	7	0
W: Salomon Torres (8–2) L: Matt Ginter (3–2) S: Gerald Peralta (6)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			NYM	PIT
PIT	6	Craig Wilson hits a 397-foot home run to left. Matt Lawton scores.	0	2
NYM	7	Mike Piazza hits a 401-foot homer to left-center. Carlos Beltran scores.	2	2
PIT	8	Ray Durham hits a 380-foot home run to right.	2	3

New York Mets
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
2B Kaz Matsui	4	0	1	0	0	0	.266
3B David Wright	4	0	0	0	0	0	.274
CF Carlos Beltran	4	1	1	0	0	0	.277
C Mike Piazza	4	1	1	2	0	0	.269
RF Mike Cameron	4	0	0	0	0	2	.297
LF Cliff Floyd	3	0	1	0	0	1	.259
1B Eric Valent	3	0	1	0	0	0	.302
SS Jose Reyes	3	0	0	0	0	1	.277
P Aaron Heilman	1	0	0	0	0	1	.200
PH Andres Galarraga	1	0	1	0	0	0	.255
TOTALS	31	2	6	2	0	5	.194
BATTING 2B: Cliff Floyd (13) HR: Mike Piazza (9) RBI: Mike Piazza 2 (52) SAC: Aaron Heilman (1)

New York Mets
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Aaron Heilman	7.0	6	2	2	2	3	2.88
Matt Ginter	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	2.49
TOTALS	8.0	7	3	3	2	3	3.38

Pittsburgh Pirates
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
RF Matt Lawton	4	1	1	0	0	1	.220
2B Ray Durham	4	1	1	1	0	2	.263
1B Craig Wilson	4	1	1	2	0	0	.275
LF Jason Bay	4	0	2	0	0	0	.250
SS Jack Wilson	3	0	0	0	1	0	.275
CF Rich Thompson	3	0	1	0	0	0	.258
3B Kevin Youkilis	3	0	1	0	0	0	.150
C J R House	2	0	0	0	1	0	.250
P Sean Burnett	2	0	0	0	0	0	.130
PH Andy Bako	1	0	0	0	0	0	.297
TOTALS	30	3	7	3	2	3	.233
BATTING 3B: Matt Lawton (5) HR: Ray Durham (8), Craig Wilson (29) RBI: Ray Durham (22), Craig Wilson 2 (59)
BASERUNNING SB: Jason Bay (2), Rich Thompson 2 (7)

Pittsburgh Pirates
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Sean Burnett	7.0	4	2	2	0	5	2.82
Salomon Torres	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	1.91
Gerald Peralta	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1.82
TOTALS	9.0	6	2	2	0	5	2.00