Pirates silenced by other Detroit team, 3-1
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In case anyone in either city was paying attention, Pittsburgh and Detroit engaged in a baseball game tonight, too, and this one was won by road team, the Tigers silencing the Pirates, 3-1, before 18,369 at PNC Park.
Rick Porcello, Detroit's terrific 20-year-old rookie, held the Pirates to a run and six hits over seven innings.
The Pirates' Ian Snell also lasted seven innings, giving up two runs, each on an RBI single by Porcello.
Snell found a familiar lapse in falling behind Detroit, 2-0.
On April 29, Milwaukee's Yovani Gallardo homered off Snell in the Brewers' 1-0 victory.
On May 26, Chicago's Sean Marshall drove in the decisive run in the Cubs' 6-1 victory.
And Porcello, who never had swung a bat in Major League Baseball before tonight, hooked a two-out RBI single into left in the second, another two-out RBI single into right in the sixth. The latter came after a 2-0 count.
The Pirates finally poked through Porcello for a run in the sixth to pull within 2-1: Nyjer Morgan put down a bunt single, stole second and came around on Freddy Sanchez's RBI double.
John Grabow's first pitch in relief of Snell proved to be a solo home run by Brandon Inge in the eighth that put Detroit up, 3-1.
First Published June 12, 2009 9:38 pm
