Buccos Score Late in Comeback Win

  Kevin Correia added another quality start for Bucco pitching as the Bucs come from behind twice to beat the Rockies 5-4.

     Correia's only blemish in the run column came in the first when Dexter Fowler would single with one out. Carlos Gonzalez would follow with a homer to left to make it 2-0. The Bucs would get one back in the bottom after a Presley lead-off double, Tabata bunt, and a Cutch ground out. (Another run scored on a ball that didn't leave the infield.) Correia would then only allow two more hits through 5 2/3 innings before handing the ball over to Juan Cruz to work a scoreless seventh. Correia's counterpart, Jamie Moyer (Who started his Major League career before I was even born), would be just as effective with a fastball that couldn't be pulled over for speeding on the Interstate. He would only allow one run over six.

     The Bucs would get to the pen though, taking the lead on a double and single by Presley and Tabata followed by a 2-RBI double by Cutch making it 3-2. The lead would be short-lived because the pen would encounter some trouble in the eighth. Jason Grilli would allow a double sandwiched between two outs before getting replaced by Tony Watson. Watson would then allow Gonzalez's second two-run shot of the night to put the Rox back on top 4-3.

     The scoring would be finished in the bottom when Clint "Always Smooth" Barmes would take a 2-0 fastball over the left-field fence to tie it at 4. Casey McGehee would then get the winning hit with two-out scoring pinch-runner, Nate McLouth, to make it 5-4. Hanrahan would the close it 1-2-3 in the ninth to earn his third save of the season. Watson is credited with the win and a blown save.

     The two teams will be back at it with a doubleheader starting at 12:35.

Pitchers Lines
Correia: 6 IN, 4 H , 2 R, 2 ER, 4 K's (2 to Moyer)
Moyer: 6 IN, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 3 K's (2 to Correia)

Turning Point
     Clint Barmes's solo shot in the eighth. It tied the game back up and ignited the offense to take the lead and lock down the victory.
     
Stud/Dud of the game
Stud: Clint Barmes - 3-3, 2 2B, Tieing HR in the 8th.
Dud: Neil Walker - 0-4, 5 runners stranded on-base.

Final Thoughts
-- Alex Presley is now on an 8 game hit-streak after his lead-off double in the first.

-- Casey McGehee went 1-2 with 3 BB and the go-ahead RBI single in the eighth.

-- This is the 16th consecutive game to start the season that the Bucs neither gave up or scored more than 5 runs in a game tieing the '65 Pirates for the NL record mark. They can hold the Major League mark by doing the same in both games of the DH tomorrow. (17 by the '43 Tigers)

This day in 1992
     Gary Redus would score on a double play in the eighth as the Buccos squeeked out a 3-2 victory over the Cubs at Wrigley. Jay Bell (3-4) and Barry Bonds (2-3, BB) would record RBI's in the win.
     Andy Van Slyke would go 0-3 with 2 BB and a strikeout.