SAN DIEGO - The Pirates West Coast road trip has been filled with sunshine and smiles.
Dallas
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to back Gerrit Coles solid outing and Pittsburgh beat the San Diego Padres 4-1
on Tuesday night. The Piartes have won the first two games of this three-game
series after three of four in Los Angeles. The trip in New York, where the
Pirates lost two of three to the Mets. "We didnt play our best ball in New York
and we had to move on from there," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. "We got
some traction, got some starts we needed and the bullpen is working very
efficiently and the offence continues to show up." Cole (6-3) limited the Padres
to one run and four hits while striking out six in 5 2-3 innings as the Pirates
went to 6-1 in his last seven starts. Pittsburgh won its third straight game and
10th in its last 14. Jason Grilli pitched a scoreless ninth inning for his ninth
save. Jesse Hahn (0-1) lasted 2 2-3 innings in his major league debut for San
Diego. He allowed four runs on six hits, including the homers by Alvarez and
Walker, striking out five with two walks. "It was just good to be out there,"
Hahn said. "Its what I worked for and its good to get the first one out of the
way." The Padres lost for the third consecutive time and sunk a season-high
seven games under .500. Cole breezed through the first five innings with only
two Padres reaching scoring position. But with two outs in the sixth inning,
consecutive singles by Chase Headley, Seth Smith and Yonder Alonso ended Coles
night, with Alonso driving in Headley to pull the Padres to within 4-1.
Jared Hughes relieved Cole and got Jedd Gyorko on a grounder to second to end
the rally. "I had good stuff tonight and stuck around long enough to win but I
wasnt very effective at all with a four-run lead," Cole said. "That was pretty
frustrating and I uncharacteristically ran out of stuff at the end." He retired
10 straight at one point and only two Padres get into scoring position over the
first five innings. Alvarez doubled the Pirates lead to 4-0 in the fourth
inning, hitting a fastball over the right-field fence for a two-run homer.
Alvarezs 11th home run on the year scored Russell Martin, after he opened the
inning with a walk. Hahn gave up two more hits, to Jordy Mercer -- his sixth in
seven at-bats -- and Josh Harrison, before being lifted for Jason Lane. Walker
became the eighth different Pirates player to hit their last eight home runs
when he connected in the third inning for his 11th of the season. Walkers
two-run, opposite-field blast to left came off Hahns curveball. "It was easier
the second time around to see what he wanted to do," Walker said Once Hahn
exited, Lane worked 3 1-3 perfect innings in his first major league appearance
since Oct. 1, 2007, and first as a pitcher. Lane switched to pitching after 497
games as an outfielder. "Jason did a great job," Padres manager Bud Black said.
"Just what we needed." With Hahn and Lane making their major league debuts as
pitchers, it was first time since Sept. 4, 1971 that two Padres did that on the
same day. NOTES: Padres RHP Andrew Cashner could start as soon as Saturday
against the Nationals. Cashner will test his mending elbow in a Wednesday side
session before getting the OK for Saturday. . LHP Eric Stults was placed on
bereavement leave after the death of his grandmother. He isnt expected to miss a
start. . OF Carlos Quentin was out of the lineup but is expected to start on
Wednesday; he struck out as a pinch hitter in the eighth. . Pirates OF
Starling Marte, hitless in his previous 17 at-bats, didnt start. "Its been hard
sledding for him," Manager Clint Hurdle said. Marte struck out as a pinch hitter
in the seventh. ... RHP Stolmy Pimentel (sore right shoulder) will pitch three
innings for Class A Bradenton on Friday. ... Padres RHP Ian Kennedy (4-6, 3.42)
faces Pirates LHP Francisco Liriano (1-5, 4.62) in Wednesdays finale of the
three-game series.
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Desmond Bishops season has ended because of a torn anterior cruciate ligament in
his right knee. Bishop was hurt on a running play by Carolina in the second
quarter of Sundays game. He walked off with a limp under his own power, and
coach Leslie Frazier said afterward he didnt believe the injury was serious. But
an MRI test later revealed the ACL tearr, and Frazier confirmed on Monday that
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