Pirates win 8-4 over Mets

The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the NY Mets 8-4 on Thursday afternoon in New York, to stop a sweep. Paul Maholm(7-12) won his second straight start(the only 2 wins for the Pirates since the break). He pitched 6 innings giving up 3 runs on 6 hits. Ex-Pirate Olly Perez(9-7) got the loss also going 6 innings, giving up 5 runs(0 earned) on 5 hits. Josh Phelps was 3 for 4 with 3 RBI(15) including his 3rd home run of the year. Xavier Nady also had 3 RBI(56) going 2 for 4. Jose Reyes(7) and Lastings Milledge(3) hit home runs for the Mets. The Bucs are now 42-58