National League Roundup
The crowd of 13,233 scattered about the vast stadium rose with a roar as Justin Miller prepared to throw the night's final pitch, completing an improbable series sweep for the Florida Marlins. Baseball fever, Miami style.
MARLINS 4, DIAMONDBACKS 0
MIAMI - The crowd of 13,233 scattered about the vast stadium rose with a roar as Justin Miller prepared to throw the night's final pitch, completing an improbable series sweep for the Florida Marlins.
Baseball fever, Miami style.
Miller's strikeout sealed the first shutout of the Arizona Diamondbacks this season, and surprising Florida won, 4-0, last night to sweep the three-game showdown of first-place teams.
The series was the most impressive yet by the Marlins. The team with baseball's lowest payroll built its National League East lead with the help of a weak early schedule, but there was nothing fluky about the way it beat the West leaders.
"This is a big series for us, confidence-wise," said Wes Helms, who drove in two runs with a pinch-hit double in the finale. "This is something to build on. It shows this team we can do big things. We not only can beat the small teams; we can beat the big teams."
The Diamondbacks arrived in Miami with the best record in the majors. They ranked fourth in runs but totaled only 17 hits in the three games and were outscored by 10-3.
"We're just struggling," manager Bob Melvin said. "We're going to have to fight through it. No one is going to feel sorry for you."
Andrew Miller helped complete the sweep by limiting Arizona to five hits in seven innings. Throwing a fastball that peaked at 98 m.p.h., he had a career-high nine strikeouts, walked one, and allowed only one runner to reach second base.
Arizona 000 000 000–0 7 0
Florida 100 000 30x–4 9 0
Arizona AB R H BI Avg. Florida AB R H BI Avg.
Young cf 3 0 0 0 .243 HRamirez ss 4 1 1 0 .303
SDrew ss 4 0 0 0 .285 Hermida rf 3 0 0 0 .271
OHudson 2b 4 0 2 0 .303 Cantu 3b 4 0 1 2 .264
CJackson 1b 3 0 0 0 .291 Jacobs 1b 4 0 2 0 .264
Upton rf 4 0 0 0 .296 Kensing p 0 0 0 0 .000
CSnyder c 4 0 1 0 .270 JuMiller p 0 0 0 0 ---
CBurke lf 4 0 1 0 .190 Uggla 2b 4 0 0 0 .315
Ojeda 3b 4 0 2 0 .352 LGonzalez lf 3 0 0 0 .288
Haren p 2 0 1 0 .143 1-BCarroll pr-lf 0 0 0 0 .067
Qualls p 0 0 0 0 --- Treanor c 4 1 1 0 .286
EGonzalez p 0 0 0 0 .125 Amezaga cf 3 1 3 0 .256
b-Salazar ph 1 0 0 0 .261 AMiller p 2 0 0 0 .118
Totals 33 0 7 0 a-Helms ph-1b 1 1 1 2 .233
Totals 32 4 9 4
a-doubled for A.Miller in the 7th. b-struck out for Gonzalez in the 9th.1-ran for Gonzalez in the 8th. LOB: Arizona 9, Florida 6. 2B: CBurke (3), Helms (3). 3B: HRamirez (2), Amezaga (2). RBIS: Cantu 2 (19), Helms 2 (15). S: Haren. GIDP: Treanor. RLSP: Arizona 3 (OHudson, Upton, Salazar); Florida 3 (HRamirez, Jacobs). RA: HRamirez, Cantu. DP: Arizona 1 (SDrew, OHudson and CJackson).
Arizona walks (2): Young, CJackson.
Florida walks (1): LGonzalez.
Arizona strikeouts (11): SDrew 3, OHudson 2, CJackson, Upton 3, CSnyder, Salazar.
Florida strikeouts (8): HRamirez, Jacobs, Uggla 2, LGonzalez, Treanor, AMiller 2.
Arizona IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Haren (L) 61/3 8 4 4 0 8 94 3.39
Qualls 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 17 2.66
EGonzalez 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 6.39
Florida IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
AMiller (W) 7 5 0 0 1 9 107 5.33
Kensing 1 1 0 0 1 0 22 3.80
JuMiller 1 1 0 0 0 2 14 3.75
W: AMiller, 4-3. L: Haren, 5-3. IR-S: Qualls 1-1. HBP: by Qualls (Hermida). Umpires: Home, Damien Beal; first, Dan Iassogna; second, Dale Scott; third, Bill Hohn. T: 2:37. A: 13,233 (38,560).
ATLANTA - Even Johan Santana couldn't stop Chipper Jones and Atlanta from completing a four-game sweep of New York.
Jones drove in the go-ahead run during a three-run seventh inning and the Braves won behind Tim Hudson to complete their first four-game sweep of the Mets in five years.
Carlos Beltran and Carlos Delgado homered on consecutive pitches from Hudson in the second inning. But Santana couldn't hold the 2-0 lead while giving up a career-high 12 hits and four runs, three earned, in seven innings.
The lefthander did not walk a batter but had only one strikeout, a season low, and lost for the first time since April 12.
New York 020 000 000–2 8 1
Atlanta 010 000 30x–4 12 0
New York AB R H BI Avg. Atlanta AB R H BI Avg.
JReyes ss 4 0 1 0 .276 Infante ss 4 1 1 1 .294
LCastillo 2b 4 0 1 0 .262 Kotsay cf 4 1 2 0 .296
DWright 3b 4 0 1 0 .286 CJones 3b 4 0 2 1 .412
Beltran cf 4 1 2 1 .265 Teixeira 1b 4 1 2 1 .279
Delgado 1b 4 1 1 1 .218 Francoeur rf 4 0 0 0 .263
MAnderson lf 3 0 0 0 .173 McCann c 4 0 1 0 .329
Schneider c 3 0 0 0 .275 Diaz lf 4 0 1 0 .264
EnChavez rf 3 0 1 0 .167 KJohnson 2b 4 1 3 1 .299
JSantana p 2 0 0 0 .200 THudson p 2 0 0 0 .053
a-Church ph 1 0 1 0 .315 Acosta p 0 0 0 0 .000
Feliciano p 0 0 0 0 --- Ohman p 0 0 0 0 ---
Totals 32 2 8 2 Totals 34 4 12 4
a-singled for Santana in the 8th. E: Schneider (2). LOB: New York 3, Atlanta 7. 2B: EnChavez (2), KJohnson (11). HR: Delgado (6), off THudson; Beltran (4), off THudson. RBIS: Beltran (26), Delgado (21), Infante (3), CJones (35), Teixeira (27), KJohnson (21). SB: Beltran (6). S: THudson. GIDP: LCastillo, DWright, CJones, Francoeur. RLSP: New York 2 (Schneider, JSantana); Atlanta 2 (Francoeur, THudson). DP: New York 2 (JReyes, LCastillo and Delgado), (JSantana, JReyes and Delgado); Atlanta 3 (KJohnson, Infante and Teixeira), (THudson, Infante and Teixeira), (KJohnson and Teixeira).
New York strikeouts (4): JReyes, Delgado, Schneider 2.
Atlanta strikeouts (3): McCann, Diaz, THudson.
New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
JSantana (L) 7 12 4 3 0 1 90 3.36
Feliciano 1 0 0 0 0 2 16 2.55
Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
THudson (W) 8 7 2 2 0 4 100 2.97
Acosta (H) 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 6 3.04
Ohman (S) 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.29
W: THudson, 7-3. L: JSantana, 5-3. S: Ohman, 1. H: Acosta, 3.
WP: JSantana. Umpires: Home, Jerry Meals; first, Bill Miller; second, Paul Emmel; third, James Hoye.
T: 2:21. A: 30,348 (49,743).
PIRATES 8, BREWERS 4
PITTSBURGH - Jason Bay and Xavier Nady homered and Pittsburgh took advantage of Milwaukee's inability to drive in runners to avoid a series sweep.
The Brewers got 14 hits but left a season-high 14 on base. They were 2 for 11 with runners in scoring position, failing repeatedly to get to Pirates starter Tom Gorzelanny, who won despite giving up eight hits and walking four in five-plus innings.
Pittsburgh 000 420 20x–8 13 1
Milwaukee AB R H BI Avg. Pittsburgh AB R H BI Avg.
Weeks 2b 3 1 1 1 .208 FSanchez 2b 5 0 0 0 .251
MCameron cf 5 0 1 0 .226 Mientkiewcz 3b 5 0 0 0 .218
Braun lf 4 0 1 0 .296 Osoria p 0 0 0 0 .500
Fielder 1b 4 0 2 0 .263 McLouth cf 4 3 4 0 .314
Hart rf 4 1 1 1 .305 Bay lf 4 2 2 2 .265
Hardy ss 5 1 1 0 .248 Nady rf 3 2 2 1 .324
BHall 3b 5 1 3 0 .219 AdLaRoche 1b 4 1 2 0 .218
Bush p 2 0 1 0 .200 ChGomez ss 4 0 1 2 .307
a-Kapler ph 1 0 1 1 .284 RChavez c 4 0 1 1 .400
Difelice p 0 0 0 0 --- Gorzelanny p 2 0 1 1 .071
c-Dillon ph 1 0 1 1 .280 Yates p 0 0 0 0 ---
ZJackson p 0 0 0 0 --- b-Rivas ph 1 0 0 0 .215
e-Gwynn ph 1 0 0 0 .212 DMarte p 0 0 0 0 ---
Kendall c 5 0 1 0 .265 Grabow p 0 0 0 0 ---
Totals 40 4 14 4 d-JB'tita ph-3b 1 0 0 0 .220
Totals 37 8 13 7
a-singled for Bush in the 6th. b-grounded out for Yates in the 6th. c-singled for DiFelice in the 7th. d-was out bunting for Grabow in the 8th. e-grounded out for Jackson in the 9th. E: Fielder (6), Mientkiewicz (2). LOB: Milwaukee 14, Pittsburgh 6. 2B: BHall (8), AdLaRoche (8). HR: Weeks (7), off Grabow; Nady (7), off Bush; Bay (11), off Bush; Hart (4), off Gorzelanny. RBIS: Weeks (17), Hart (23), Kapler (14), Dillon (1), Bay 2 (22), Nady (38), ChGomez 2 (12), RChavez (2), Gorzelanny (2). SB: Hart (8), BHall (2), McLouth (5). GIDP: Hart, Hardy. RLSP: Milwaukee 6 (MCameron 2, Braun, Hardy, Kendall 2); Pittsburgh 5 (FSanchez, ChGomez, RChavez). RA: Bay. DP: Pittsburgh 2 (Gorzelanny, ChGomez and AdLaRoche), (FSanchez, AdLaRoche, ChGomez and FSanchez).
Milwaukee walks (5): Weeks 2, Braun, Fielder, Hart.
Milwaukee strikeouts (5): MCameron, Braun, Fielder, Hardy, BHall.
Pittsburgh strikeouts (3): Mientkiewicz, AdLaRoche, RChavez.
Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Bush (L) 5 9 6 6 0 1 75 6.56
Difelice 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 13.50
ZJackson 2 4 2 2 0 1 31 4.91
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Gorzelanny (W) 5 8 2 2 4 2 100 6.31
Yates 1 0 0 0 1 1 14 2.91
DMarte 1 4 1 1 0 0 18 4.37
Grabow 1 2 1 1 0 1 21 1.69
Osoria 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 4.73
W: Gorzelanny, 4-4. L: Bush, 1-5. Gorzelanny pitched to 2 batters in the 6th. IR-S: Yates 1-0. HBP: by Bush (Nady). Umpires: Home, Tim McClelland; first, Mike DiMuro; second, Larry Vanover; third, Mike Everitt. T: 2:47. A: 12,887 (38,362).