The Pittsburgh Pirates got in the head of Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Randy Johnson and the Pirates went on to defeat the Diamondbacks by the score of 5-3. Doug Mientkiewicz slowly got into the batters box very slowly against Johnson and that really upset the ”Big Unit”. Johnson started walking towards home plate as both benches emptied but nothing came of the altercation except Johnson being upset.
With the Big Unit upset, the Pirates took full advantage of his wildness on the mound. Taking three walks five walks and error by Johnson they were able to score some runs and win for the second game in a row.
Luis Rivas had two rbi for the Pirates while Jack Wilson, Xavier Nady, and Jose Bautista all had one rbi in the game. Good job by the offense putting up five runs in the game.
On the mound it was Zach Duke throwing six inning and picking up the win as he improved to 4-4 on the season. Duke only allowed five hits and two runs in the game as he had a pretty good outing against a good Diamondbacks offense.
Damaso Marte gave up one run in relief but then Tyler Yates and Matt Capps finished things up. Capps recorded his 15th save of the season as well.
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