D-backs end skid with win over Pirates
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Arizona manager Bob Melvin made a great last-minute move by putting Micah Owings into his lineup. Pitching him was a good idea, too. Owings was 4-for-4 with three doubles and three RBIs to boost the Diamondbacks over the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-0 Thursday and stop a three-game losing streak for the NL West leaders.
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Mike Mussina won his first game in more than a month, Alex Rodriguez hit his major league-leading 25th homer, and the New York Yankees beat the Arizona Diamondbacks, 7-2, last night to extend their season-high winning streak to eight.
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Tom Gorzelanny allowed one run in seven effective innings and Jack Wilson homered and drove in three runs as the host Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs, 6-1, last night. It was the Cubsâ fourth loss in five games.
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Extending their mastery of San Diego's All-Star, the Arizona Diamondbacks hammer Chris Young  and win, 9-1, to pull within .001 of the division-leading Padres.
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Brett Tomko pitched six solid innings and the San Diego Padres won their season-high seventh in a row yesterday, defeating the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates, 6-3, and pulling to half a game behind first-place Arizona in the National League West.
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Chris Young dominates the Pittsburgh Pirates, allowing four hits over seven innings in the San Diego Padres' 9-0 victory on Wednesday night.
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LOS ANGELES  - It was the battle of the high-def disc titans, and the pirates won.
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Craig Biggio homered and Brandon Backe pitched seven strong innings to lead the Houston Astros to a 3-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night.
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Andy Pettitte made another effective start against Pittsburgh and the Houston Astros won consecutive games for the first time in more than two weeks, beating the Pirates 7-4 Saturday night.
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The Pirates stop a seven-game road losing streak with a 6-1 win over Philadelphia that eliminates the Phillies from playoff contention.
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Randy Johnson struck out 14 batters in  8 1/3 innings to help the Arizona Diamondbacks end a nine-game  losing streak with a 2-0 win over the host New York Mets in the  National League Sunday.
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Greg Maddux slogged through five innings &#151; issuing his first walk in 10 starts &#151; and the San Diego Padres beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-3 on Tuesday night, the fifth straight win for the NL wild-card leaders.
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The Pirates stumbled around the Bronx Saturday and showed why they were a safe team for Roger Clemensâs ballyhooed return to the baseball grind.
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PITTSBURGH -- Arizona manager Bob Melvin made a great last-minute move by putting Micah Owings into his lineup. Pitching him was a good idea, too. Owings was 4-for-4 with three doubles and three RBIs to boost the Diamondbacks over the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-0 Thursday and stop a three-game losing...
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Albert Pujols hit a tiebreaking, two-run single in the seventh inning and Scott Rolen had four RBIs to lead the St. Louis Cardinals over the Arizona Diamondbacks 11-3 Monday night. Braden Looper, in his first outing following a stint on the disabled list caused by a shoulder strain, allowed three runs and four hits in six innings. Russ Springer (4-1) pitched a perfect seventh to get the win in relief.
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Ronny Paulino's bases-loaded double highlighted the Pittsburgh Pirates' biggest rally in nearly three years Friday night, an eight-run splurge in the 10th inning that set up a 10-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.
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The San Diego Padres beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-3 on Thursday to record their seventh consecutive win, moving to within a half-game of National League West leaders Arizona.