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MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Jose Silva focused on the eight solid innings
he pitched rather than the one he didn't.
Wil Cordero drove in three runs with a pair of doubles and Silva
won for the first time since June 13, leading the Pittsburgh
Pirates over the Milwaukee Brewers 9-2 Thursday.
Silva (6-4) allowed four hits in eight innings, struck out five
and walked three as Pittsburgh won for only the second time in
eight games following the All-Star break. Silva had gone 0-2 in six
starts since his previous win, which was in relief.
|  | | Brian Giles, who homered earlier in the game, scores on Bruce Aven's double in the sixth inning. |
"Everything was going good today," Silva said. "We scored a
lot of runs. You can go out and pitch a little bit more relaxed.
You just throw the ball, hit your spots and pitch more relaxed.
Scott Sauerbeck pitched the ninth, depriving Silva of his first
complete game in 41 career starts.
"I haven't been out there that long in maybe a year," said
Silva, who retired 17 of his last 18 batters. "The manager made
the decision. It really doesn't matter to me. I'm happy that we
won.
"For me, eight innings, I haven't done that in a long, long
time. My last outing was an inning and two-thirds. I'm very happy
with the outcome today. I went eight, kept the ball down, threw
strikes."
Jimmy Haynes (9-9) allowed five runs and seven hits in 4 2/3
innings.
Brian Giles hit a two-run homer in the first, his 23rd,
following a two-out single by Cordero, and Mike Benjamin's homer
made it 3-0 in the third.
"It's always tough to fall behind in a game anyway," Haynes
said. "Your team is not going to come back and score five, six
runs every game out."
Geoff Jenkins' two-run homer pulled Milwaukee within a run in
the bottom half, but Pittsburgh increased the lead to 5-2 on Pat
Meares' run-scoring single in the fourth and Cordero's RBI double
in the fifth.
"When you get behind, you just can't throw the ball over the
plate," Brewers manager Davey Lopes said of Haynes. "You've got
to put it in the area where they can't hit it. He's not been able
to do that. Consequently, bad things happen."
Cordero hit a two-run double in the sixth off Valerio De Los
Santos. Bruce Aven hit an RBI double off David Weathers later in the
inning.
"It's been a while since we got good pitching and good hitting
in the same game," Pirates manager Gene LaMont said. "We scored
some runs. Today, we put them both together. Hopefully, we can
build on that."
Game notes
1B Tyler Houston was ejected in the third inning after
being called out on a close play at first base. Angel Echevarria,
acquired on waivers Wednesday from Colorado, made his Brewers debut
in replacing Houston. ... Giles' home run was his fourth in 34
games after hitting 19 in his first 60. ... Giles walked three
times after his home run. ... Brewers OF Mark Sweeney, on the
disabled list with tendinitis in his left rotator cuff, will begin
a 20-day rehab assignment Friday at Triple A Indianapolis. ... Luis
Lopes was 0-for-3, snapping his seven-game hitting streak. ...
Haynes entered 4-0 in four starts against NL Central opponents.
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