[新聞] Correia stays hot, shuts down Rockies offense
Correia stays hot, shuts down Rockies offense
Pirates win in Hurdle's first game back as visiting manager
By Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com | 4/29/2011 11:35 PM ET
DENVER -- It's probably still too early to bestow the 'staff ace' label upon
Kevin Correia. His early impact in the Pirates' rotation, however, cannot be
understated.
Correia capped off a stellar month of April by notching win No. 4 with
arguably his strongest start yet. Not only did the Pirates ride it to a 3-0
victory over the Rockies at Coors Field on Friday night, but the outing
further solidified Correia's standing as one of the best offseason free agent
signs to this point.
Correia had already notched a complete game this month. He had outdueled
Chris Carpenter with seven scoreless innings prior to that. And then there
was his effort on Friday, an effort that was at least as good as either of
those other two outings.
Facing one of the league's better offenses in an undeniably hitter-friendly
park, Correia helped the Pirates become the first team this year to keep the
Rockies off the scoreboard. He limited the club to three singles and four
baserunners total in 6 2/3 innings.
He retired the first seven hitters he faced. And after allowing a single, he
retired the next seven in order as well. Manager Clint Hurdle pulled Correia
after Seth Smith's two-out single in the seventh, but Jose Veras ensured
Correia's line stayed clean by stranding Smith at first.
With the win, Correia became the first Pirates pitcher since Jeff Suppan in
2003 to win four games in April. He finished the month with a 2.90 ERA and 40
1/3 innings pitched.
A pair of solo homers and an RBI triple provided Correia with more than
enough support on a frigid and sometimes snowy night at the ballpark.
Andrew McCutchen had the first homer, dropping a one-out shot into the
right-field bullpen in the third. The blast gave the Pirates an early 1-0
lead, and also ended Jhoulys Chacin's scoreless innings streak at home. The
Colorado starter had not given up a run in his first 18 innings at Coors
Field this year.
Garrett Jones delivered the second shot. Hooking a ball just inside the
right-field foul pole, Jones bumped his team-leading home run total to five.
The sixth-inning homer was one of two hits for Jones, who is now hitting .341
on the road this season.
In the seventh, Pittsburgh finally discarded the distinction of being the
only team not to have hit a triple this year. The first three-base hit came
from Ronny Cedeno. The triple plated Pedro Alvarez, who had preceded Cedeno
with a two-out single.
With April not yet over, the Pirates have already collected eight road wins.
The club had 17 victories away from home all of last season. This also marked
the second shutout pitched by the Pirates this season. The first came just
two days earlier.
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