run pitch ''where he wanted it.''Wacha lasted five innings and gave up three runs on seven hits with seven strikeouts and one walk as his winless streak reach five starts. He said getting hit by the line drive did not affect his performance.''The shin had nothing to do with it,'' Wacha said.Mercer had three of the Pirates' 12 hits, while Ike Davis, who hit a two-run double in the first inning to open the scoring,Nike Air Max 2015 Mens, and Tabata had two hits apiece. Pittsburgh beat St. Louis for the 10th time in 13 games at home.St. Louis had gone ahead in the top of the seventh on Jhonny Peralta's solo home run, his eighth. Allen Craig's three-run home run,Free Run Shoes, his fourth, accounted for the Cardinals' other runs.Peralta and Craig had two hits apiece in the Cardinals' second loss in five games.Craig, who is hitting just .211, had been given a two-day break by Matheny, sitting out Wednesday's win at Atlanta before St. Louis' off day Thursday.''The obvious is how the ball jumped there on the home run,'' Matheny said. ''That's what Allen Craig does, too, when we need the big hit of any kind. It was perfect. He's not that far off.''Justin Wilson (1-0) struck out the only batter he faced, Matt Adams, to end the top of the seventh. Mark Melancon, filling as the closer for injured Jason Grilli, pitched a scoreless ninth for his third save.NOTES: The game was delayed 25 minutes in the top of the fourth inning because of rain. ... Pirates OF Travis Snider's appeal of his two-game suspension for his actions in an April 20 brawl were upheld and he began serving his penalty Friday night. ... The Cardinals recalled OF Joey Butler from Triple-A Memphis and optioned OF Randal Grichuk to the same club. ... Pittsburgh recalled INF Brent Morel from Triple-A Indianapolis. They had optioned RHP Phil Irwin to Indianapolis on Thursday. ... Grilli threw from the top of the mound Friday for the first time since April 21 when the closer went on the disabled list with a strained left oblique. ... Cardinals RHP Lance Lynn (4-1, 3.51) will start Saturday night against RHP Edinson Volquez (1-3, 4.19).
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Jean Machi has been playing professional baseball in the United States since 2002 when he pitched for the Philadelphia Phillies' team in the rookie-level Gulf Coast League.Advertisement Yet the beefy right-handed reliever, now with the San Francisco Giants, had never been asked to bunt until the 13th inning Monday night. Not only did he successfully execute get the bunt for a sacrifice, but caused Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Jared Hughes to rush a wide throw to first base.The error enabled Hunter Pence to score from second base and give the Giants an 11-10 victory.''I saw (Hughes) got a late break off the mound and slipped and I knew I had to run hard,'' Machi said through a translator. ''I was excited because I did my job. They wanted me to move the runners up and I did that.''San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy said he was confident the 6-foot, 255-pound Machi could bunt despite the lack of experience.''Looks are deceiving in his case,Air Jordan 1 White Blue,'' Bochy said. ''He's a lot more athletic than he looks.''San Francisco overcame a six-run deficit to run its winning streak to a season-best six games and also win for the 10th time in 11 games while sending the Pirates to their 18th loss in 23 games.Hughes (1-1) came on to start the 13th with the score tied at 10. With one out, he walked Pence and hit Juan Perez with a pitch to put runners on first and second base.Machi (5-0) then dropped down his bunt and wound up tied for the major league lead in victories with three starting pitchers: the Los Angeles Dodgers' Zack Greinke, St. Louis' Adam Wainwright and Toronto's Mark Buehrle.Giants backup catcher Hector Sanchez had four hits and three RBIs,Nike Free Run 2 Black Grey CA, while Buster Posey, who got a day off from catching and played first base, had three hits, three runs scored and two RBIs. Pence finished with three hits and scored four times and Angel Pagan also had three of San Francisco's 20 hits. Michael Morse drove in two runs with a pair of doubles.Posey forced extra innings when his RBI single i