Pittsburgh 2, NY Mets 1

Boxscore | Recap
Sunday, August 22, 2010 1:35 PM
Location - PNC Park
Temperature - 76°
Umpires - Home Plate - Tim McClelland, First Base - D.J. Reyburn, Second Base - Andy Fletcher, Third Base - Adrian Johnson,
Attendance - 24730

Final Scoring Summary

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 X R H E
NY Mets 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0
Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 1

Team Records

Team W/L Home Away Streak
NY Mets 62-62 36-22 26-40 L1
Pittsburgh 41-83 28-35 13-48 W1

Recap

Jose Tabata hit a tiebreaking home run in the sixth inning and Lastings Milledge also homered as the Pittsburgh Pirates snapped a five-game losing streak with a 2-1 victory over the New York Mets on Sunday.

Tabata's third homer off Johan Santana gave the Pirates a 2-1 lead. Milledge had tied the score with his fourth home run against Santana (10-8) in the fifth.
 
Santana threw eight innings of four-hit ball with nine strikeouts and one walk, but the homers cost him.
 
Zach Duke (6-12) earned the win by going seven innings, allowing one run on five hits. He had five strikeouts and two walks. Duke had lost three consecutive starts.

Evan Meek pitched a scoreless eighth and Joel Hanrahan worked around a hit in the ninth for his second save.
 
New York scored in the first when Carlos Beltran hit a sacrifice fly that brought home Jose Reyes, who reached on a bunt single.

Top Game Performances

Starting Pitchers
NY Mets   Pittsburgh
Johan Santana Player Zach Duke
Loss W/L Win
8.0 IP 7.0
9 Strikeouts 5
4 Hits 5
2.25 ERA 1.29
Hitting
NY Mets   Pittsburgh
Ike Davis Player Pedro Alvarez
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
2 TB 2
.500 Avg .667

Team Stats Summary

Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
NY Mets 6 0 7 .188 13 6 1 3 1 0
Pittsburgh 4 2 10 .148 5 9 2 1 0 1

Upcoming Games

  • Pittsburgh will play their next game at home against St. Louis. The Pirates have a W/L % of .410 after a win and .298 after a loss.
  • NY Mets will play their next game at home against Florida. The Mets have a W/L % of .417 after a win and .574 after a loss.
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