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sports.yahoo.com - 6/8/2008
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Chris Snyder hit a home run to lead off the ninth inning, giving the Arizona Diamondbacks a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday night. The Arizona catcher hit a 1-1 pitch into the left-field seats off reliever John Grabow (4-2) for his sixth home run of the season. The Diamondbacks, who blew a 3-0 lead, beat Pittsburgh for the second straight night.
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Diamondbacks 4, Pirates 3: He-Wolves of the Wasteland
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... got over-saturated with apparently endless series about high-school ping-pong societies] As yesterday, the save was not without drama. A lead-off single brought in a pinch-runner, who broke for second with one out. Snyder, however, gunned him down - that'll help our poor showing in the area so far, where we came into the game having nailed only 16% of thieves, ahead only of the Padres (14%). "At some point, when they put in a pinch-runner like Rivas, he’s going to go," Snyder said. "Lyon gave me a good pitch to throw, I made a good throw and got him." ...
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