McLouth's ninth-inning blast ignites Pirates, 6-4

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PIT Post-Gazette: McLouth’s ninth-inning blast ignites Pirates
Published 4/15/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
PIT Post-Gazette: McLouth’s ninth-inning blast ignites Pirates One of these days, Nate McLouth is going to come back and touch Terra Firma. Not quite yet, apparently. He stepped to the plate with two outs in the ninth inning, his team down a run, two aboard and one of the game’s finer closers, Los Angeles’ Takashi Saito, on the mound. Crack! Three-run home run. Thirteen-game hitting streak. And, after closer Matt Capps went 1-2-3 in the bottom half for his fourth save, the Pirates had their most uplifting victory of the young season, 6-4, last night at Dodger Stadium. ...

THE NEWS
Published 4/15/2008 by mondesishouse at Mondesishouse.com
... --Nate McLouth-Pujols hit a three-run home run in the 9th inning, leading the Buccos to a 6-4 win at Dodger Stadium. --Stay away from Adam LaRoche...he's got the flu. --Pitt is a #1 seed in next year's NCAA Tournament, according ...

Rooting for the underdog
Published 4/15/2008 by Deaner at Blue Collar Baseball
... with two outs in the ninth inning to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 6-4 win over the L.A. Dodgers. McLouth's clout also extending his 13-game hitting streak. ...