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GAME LOG
PHOENIX (AP) _ Tony Womack extended his hitting streak to 20
games, the longest in the majors this year, with a go-ahead double
in the sixth inning as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Pittsburgh
Pirates 7-5 Thursday night. Arizona swept the three-game series and extended its
franchise-record home winning streak to nine games. Omar Daal (2-5) won for the first time in four starts since May
8 despite allowing three runs, six hits, four walks and a hit
batter in six innings. He gave up a three-run homer to Bruce Aven
in the fifth. Matt Mantei pitched the ninth for his first save this year. He
has spent most of the year on the disabled list with biceps
tendinitis. With the score 3-all in the sixth, Damian Miller and
pinch-hitter Hanley Frias singled off Kris Benson (4-5), and Womack
doubled down the right-field line. A throwing error by Aven in
right made it 5-3. Kevin Young had an RBI single in the seventh, but Arizona added
a pair of runs in the bottom half on Steve Finley's second RBI
single, which tied him with Sammy Sosa for the NL RBIs lead at 48,
and Andy Fox's run-scoring double. Giles had a run-scoring double in the ninth. Daal survived bases-loaded situations in the first and fourth,
retiring Aven and Mike Benjamin on inning-ending flyouts. Fox, Arizona's right fielder, also robbed Benjamin in the first,
racing to right center and sliding into the fence as he caught the
ball for the first out of the game. Benson, who had allowed just one earned run in 22 innings coming
in, fell behind 2-0 in the first when Luis Gonzalez hit an RBI
single and Finley doubled in a run. Erubiel Durazo's RBI single made it 3-0 in the third, but the
Pirates tied it in the fifth on Aven's homer. Notes: Players from Texas, the No. 2 seed in an NCAA regional that
begins Friday at Arizona State, watched the Diamondbacks take
batting practice and toured their locker room as guests of reliever
Greg Swindell, who helped Texas reach the College World Series
twice. ... The Diamondbacks are 11-3-1 in series this season; the
Pirates 5-10. ... Kendall has reached base in 41 of his 42 starts
at catcher.
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