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Wednesday, Jun. 7 7:05pm ET
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PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Luis Sojo and Kevin Young shook off slumps with home runs Wednesday night to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Detroit Tigers 4-3. Todd Ritchie (4-3) won his second straight start, allowing two runs and five hits in eight innings with six strikeouts. Prior to beating Kansas City last Friday, Ritchie had one win in his previous seven starts. Mike Williams finished for his ninth save in 10 chances, allowing a one-out RBI single to Rob Fick. With runners on second and third, Williams struck out Brad Ausmus, then walked Rich Becker before retiring Damion Easley on a groundout. With Pittsburgh trailing 2-1 in the fourth, Sojo broke out of a 4-for-31 skid by homering off Hideo Nomo (2-5). Ritchie singled, Jason Kendall walked with two outs and Wil Cordero singled for a 3-2 lead. Young, in a 4-for-30 slump that caused the Pirates to drop him to sixth in the batting order, homered off C.J. Nitkowski in the seventh. Young started the year in the cleanup spot, then was dropped to fifth at the beginning of May. He had struck out three times against Nomo before the home run. Run-scoring doubles by Dean Palmer in the second and Deivi Cruz in the third gave the Tigers a 2-0 lead. Nomo walked Brian Giles with the bases loaded in the third. Game notesNomo has lost four of his last five decisions. He had been 5-2 against Pittsburgh. ... Nomo was 0-for-2 at the plate, and Tigers pitchers have one hit in 13 at bats in interleague games. Willie Blair had the only hit, a single. ... The Pirates were again without SS Pat Meares (bruised calf) and 2B Warren Morris (bruised ankle). Both are expected to be ready for the weekend series in Kansas City. ... Pirates manager Gene Lamont said John Vander Wal will be the Pirates' designated hitter in the games against the Royals. Ritchie's previous longest start this year was 7 2/3 innings against San Diego on April 25. | ALSO SEE Baseball Scoreboard Detroit Clubhouse Pittsburgh Clubhouse RECAPS Chi. White Sox 6 Cincinnati 4
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