Pirates Win 7-5 in 10 Innings

The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Florida Marlins 7-5 in 10 innings Wednesday night. Xavier Nady(12,13) hit two homers, including the game winning solo shot in the 10th, Ryan Doumit(4) hit one the next at-bat to make the score 7-5. Jose Bautista(7) hit a two-run homer in the 3rd. Nady was 3 for 5 with 2 RBI's(45). Freddy Sanchez was also 3 for 5 and his average is now .297. John Van Benschoten started tonight but only lasted 4 innings, giving up 2 runs on 3 hits, but he also walked 5 batters. Shawn Chacon(4-1) got the win and Matt Capps pitched the bottom of the 10th to get his 7th save. Hanley Ramirez(11) hit a home run for the Marlins. Kevin Gregg(0-3) gave up the solo homers in the 10th for the loss. The Pirates are now 33-44 and 12.5 games back of Milwaukee.