NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 2006 NASBL Date: 7/17/2006 PITTSBURGH AT ARIZONA Pirates......... 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 10 3 Diamondbacks.... 1 9 0 3 4 1 0 2 - 20 25 1 Win:Prior(5-11) Loss:Walker(2-5) Homeruns- J.Bay(23rd), M.Cabrera(25th) Steve Finley had 5 hits and 3 RBI and Mark Prior racked up an impressive total of 16 strikeouts as the Arizona Diamondbacks destroyed the Pittsburgh Pirates by a score of 20 to 3 at Bank One Ballpark. Finley helped send the fans home happy. He banged out a single in the 2nd inning, lined a one-base hit in the 2nd inning, doubled plating two runs in the 5th inning, delivered a base-hit in the 7th inning and stroked a one-base hit in the 8th inning. Arizona bats were very productive in the 2nd inning when they had 9 runs on 9 hits and the 5th inning which saw them plate 4 runs on 4 hits. Arizona had many opportunities throughout the game and scored in 6 separate innings. Prior(5-11), allowing 3 runs for the game, picked up the victory. Pete Walker(2-5) was tagged with the loss. He gave up 7 hits and 1 walk in 1 and 2/3 innings. Emery Chen was upset after the game. 'I don't like to complain but did you see that umpires strike zone?', he said. 'Maybe they ought to start calling the strike zone the way it's printed in the rule book.'
2006 Pittsburgh Pirates At 2005 Arizona Diamondbacks 7/16/2006 Pirates AB R H RBI AVG Diamondbacks AB R H RBI AVG C.Utley 2B 4 1 1 0 .249 M.Kotsay CF 6 2 2 3 .274 J.Bay CF 5 1 2 3 .270 S.Burroughs 3B 5 1 1 0 .228 C.Delgado 1B 4 0 1 0 .284 M.Cabrera LF 5 2 2 2 .306 M.Tejada SS 5 0 2 0 .307 J.Peralta SS 5 3 3 2 .235 L.Berkman LF 5 0 2 0 .328 D.Mientkiewicz 1B 6 3 4 3 .253 V.Diaz RF 5 0 0 0 .299 R.Hernandez C 5 3 3 1 .334 E.Chavez 3B 5 1 2 0 .253 S.Finley RF 6 3 5 3 .195 M.Lieberthal C 3 0 0 0 .248 N.Punto 2B 5 3 3 3 .240 E.Dessens P 0 0 0 0 .143 M.Prior P 4 0 2 1 .220 P.Walker P 1 0 0 0 .000 M.Dejean P 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Madson P 0 0 0 0 .000 A-H.Luna PH 0 0 0 0 .286 M.Stanton P 0 0 0 0 .000 B-D.Johnson PH 0 0 0 0 .243 R.Villone P 0 0 0 0 .000 C-S.Fasano C 1 0 0 0 .250 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 38 3 10 3 Totals 47 20 25 18 A-Pinch Hit For Madson In 4th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Stanton In 6th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Villone In 7th Inning Pirates......... 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 10 3 Diamondbacks.... 1 9 0 3 4 1 0 2 - 20 25 1 Pirates (61-39) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA P.Walker LOSS(2-5) 1 2/3 7 7 6 1 0 0 5.89 M.Dejean 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 6.47 R.Madson 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.89 M.Stanton 2 8 7 6 0 2 0 7.53 R.Villone 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2.93 E.Dessens 2 4 2 1 1 2 0 3.62 Totals 8 25 20 17 3 6 1 Diamondbacks (38-65) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA M.Prior WIN(5-11) 9 10 3 3 4 16 1 4.38 Totals 9 10 3 3 4 16 1 ATTENDANCE- 26,683 DATE- Monday, July 16th 2006 TIME- Day T- 3:12 LEFT ON BASE- Pirates:13 Diamondbacks: 9 DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 0 Diamondbacks: 0 ERRORS- J.Bay, C.Delgado-2, J.Peralta DOUBLES- M.Tejada(41st), D.Mientkiewicz(16th), R.Hernandez-2(25th), S.Finley(14th), N.Punto-2(17th) TRIPLES- J.Peralta(3rd) HOME RUNS- J.Bay(23rd), M.Cabrera(25th) SACRIFICE HITS- M.Prior SACRIFICE FLIES- M.Cabrera WALKS- C.Utley, M.Lieberthal, H.Luna, D.Johnson, S.Burroughs, R.Hernandez, N.Punto HIT BY PITCH- C.Delgado, J.Peralta STRIKE OUTS- C.Utley-2, J.Bay-2, C.Delgado-2, L.Berkman, V.Diaz-4, E.Chavez-2, M.Lieberthal, P.Walker, S.Fasano, M.Kotsay-2, J.Peralta, R.Hernandez, M.Prior-2