Alvarez's sacrifice fly lifts Bucs over Indians
Pedro Alvarez's sacrifice fly in the eighth inning today lifted the Pirates to a 5-3 victory against the Cleveland Indians.
Andrew McCutchen walked and Garrett Jones singled to begin the eighth against reliever Jensen Lewis (2-2). Lastings Milledge bunted the runners over.
Left-hander Tony Sipp replaced Jensen to face lefty-hitting Alvarez. After falling behind 0-2,giuseppe zanotti, Alvarez lofted a fly ball to right field, scoring McCutchen.
The Pirates got an insurance run when Bobby Crosby's single drove in Jones.
Pirates manager John Russell was ejected in the eighth inning after disputing the call by first base umpire Bill Hohn on Russell Branyan's double. Russell argued the ball was foul; a video replay seemed to show the ball landed on the line just beyond first base.
It was the fourth time in his career ? and second time in a span of 27 games this season ? Russell had been tossed.
Branyan's double gave the Indians runners on second and third with none out and the score tied,chanel, 3-3. Brendan Donnelly (3-1) got Jhonny Peralta to fly out to shallow center and Anderson Hernandez to ground out.
Jason Donald worked a full count,chloe, then grounded to short. After being called out emphatically by Hohn on a bang-bang play, Donald jumped into the air,christian louboutin, hollered and threw his batting gloves onto the dirt.
Pirates rookie right-hander Brad Lincoln worked six innings,vibram five fingers, gave up three runs on eight hits, and got a no-decision. It was his best outing of the season after allowing five runs in each of his first two starts.
Neither starting pitcher was efficient in the first inning ? Lincoln threw 32 pitches and Indians righty Justin Masterson threw 37 ? and each yielded two runs on three hits.
Cleveland rookie Carlos Santana clubbed a two-run homer to right. The Pirates tied the game on McCutchen's RBI grounder and Jones' RBI single.
The Indians regained the lead in the third. Shin-soo Choo was nicked by a 1-2 pitch. Santana followed with a run-scoring double to center.
The Pirates nearly blew a great scoring chance in the seventh, yet still managed to tie the game.
Jason Jaramillo singled and Bobby Crosby reached on a throwing error. Andy LaRoche's sacrifice bunt moved the runners to second and third,herve leger, but they had to stay put when Jose Tabata grounded out to relief pitcher Rafael Perez.
With Neil Walker batting,manolo blahnik shoes, Jaramillo scored on a wild pitch.
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