Wednesday, March 14, 2012

2 errors in 6-run inning doom Padres in 7-4 loss

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Padres pride themselves on pitching and defense. Both came up short in a 7-4 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Ryan Doumit's grand slam highlighted a six-run third inning and Kevin Correia beat his old team Wednesday, when the Pirates won to take two of three from the Padres.

Two errors in the third inning led to six unearned runs for the Pirates.

"It hasn't (clicked)," manager Bud Black said of the Padres' defense. "Those games where we've had miscues, we haven't been able to overcome them by outscoring the other team."

The Pirates are playing well away from Pittsburgh. They've won five road series already, one more than they did all …

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