Chris Coste has 3 hits, 3 RBIs in Philadelphia's 6-5 win over Pittsburgh
Associated Press | Apr 25, 08 9:15 PM CDT in
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Chris Coste had three hits and three RBIs, and the Phillies' bullpen pitched more than five innings of effective relief in Philadelphia's 6-5 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night.
Jayson Werth hit his fourth home run in five games and had two RBIs for Philadelphia, which has won five of six games.
Tom Gordon (2-2) pitched one inning of relief to pick up the win. Brad Lidge pitched a perfect ninth for his sixth save in six chances. He has pitched 11 innings without allowing a run.
Xavier Nady had two hits and three RBIs, Ryan Doumit added two hits, and Jason Bay homered for the Pirates, who have lost eight of 10.
The Phillies, whose last three wins were thanks to late-inning rallies, jumped out to a six-run lead against Zach Duke (0-2).
Philadelphia scored twice in the first on a two-run double from Coste, who went 3-for-5 and is now 6-for-12 with five RBIs in his career at PNC Park.
With one out in the third, Werth hit his fifth home run of the season. Later in the inning, Coste added another run with a single that scored Pat Burrell. Brad Harman and Werth then had run-scoring hits in the fourth to make it 6-0.
Duke allowed six runs and nine hits in six innings. He walked two and struck out two.
The Pirates rallied against starter Adam Eaton and reliever Chad Durbin by scoring three runs in the fourth and two more in the fifth.
Bay started the rally with his fifth home run of the season, which came with one out in the fourth. Nady extended his hitting streak to 13 games with an RBI double and later scored on a double from Doug Mientkiewicz to make it 6-3.
Durbin, who relieved Eaton with two outs in the fourth, allowed a two run single to Nady in the fifth that pulled the Pirates to within one run.
But the Pirates, who rallied from a 4-0 deficit to beat St. Louis on Wednesday, couldn't complete the comeback this time and were shut out over the final four innings.
Eaton lasted 3 2-3 innings and was charged with three runs and five hits. He walked two batters and struck out three.
Notes:@ Philadelphia's Ryan Howard did not start for the second straight game. He was used as a pinch hitter in the eighth. He struck out against Damaso Marte and then remained in the game at first base. ... Chase Utley, normally Philadelphia's second baseman, made his first start of the season at first base in place of Howard. ... Harman and Durbin each collected their first major-league hit. ... A fireworks promotion drew a crowd of 23,930, the Pirates' largest since Opening Day. ... Werth went 2-for-4 and has four multi-hit performances in his last five games.
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