Zach Duke out dueled Randy Johnson and just for the day, was the better left handed pitcher. Duke’s Pirates won 5-3 over Johnson’s Diamondbacks.
Duke fought through six innings allowing just two runs. He gave up five hits and struck out five. Matt Capps picked up his 15th save working the ninth inning.
Johnson struggled to five a groove after the first two innings, giving up runs in every inning from the third through the sixth. He gave up six hits and five runs to the Pirates offense. He also walked five, struggling to find good control in the outing.
Mark Reynolds homered for the second consecutive game, adding to the two he hit yesterday. Reynolds had three hits in the game. Stephen Drew had a homer, his eighth of the year.
The Pirates had seven hits, all singles.
July 1st, 2008 at 2:05 am
My best team of MLB is The Arizona Diamondbacks . This why I always fallow their games especially whenever I have some time. I’m always trying not o miss any of their game and hear about the team’s news. But The Arizona Diamondbacks tickets get more pricy especially when there are some hot games. But, if we’re really good fans we should try not to be mean when we’re talking about a favourite teams. It’s not only the Diamondbacks tickets that got pricy, but there are other major teams too, so the team needs our support and we should provide as much as we can.