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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 11, Milwaukee 9
When: 7:05 PM ET, Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Where: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Temperature: 82°
Umpires: Home - Derryl Cousins, 1B - D.J. Reyburn, 2B - Mike Muchlinski, 3B - Marvin Hudson
Attendance: 13202
Neil Walker went 5-for-5 and Pedro Alvarez homered twice, including a grand slam in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ wild 11-9 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday.

Alvarez's grand slam came in the first and keyed a nine-run outburst, the first time the Pirates scored nine runs in the first inning since June 6, 1989 against Philadelphia. They hadn’t done it at home since Aug. 8, 1893, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

Alvarez finished with five RBIs and now has hit safely in seven of his last eight games. He has hit three of his five home runs this year in his last six games.

But in true Pittsburgh fashion the Pirates nearly blew it, allowing the Brewers to close within 10-9 on Ryan Braun’s two-run homer in the sixth, his 15th this year.

Jim Edmonds also homered for Milwaukee.

Walker, Pittsburgh’s first-round pick in 2004, raised his average 22 points to .311 in one game. He singled four times and doubled once.

Dave Bush (4-8) allowed 10 runs, but only five were earned because of three Brewers errors.

Pittsburgh’s D.J. Carrasco (2-2) pitched 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief in place of rookie Brad Lincoln, who was pounded for seven runs in 2 1/3 innings in what was easily the shortest outing of his brief career.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Milwaukee   Pittsburgh
David Bush Player Brad Lincoln
Loss W/L No Decision
4.0 IP 2.1
2 Strikeouts 1
9 Hits 9
11.25 ERA 27.00
Hitting
Milwaukee   Pittsburgh
Jim EdmondsPlayer Neil Walker
4 Hits 5
3 RBI 1
1 HR 0
9 TB 6
.800 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Milwaukee 14 2 25 .350 18 12 9 2 1 3
Pittsburgh 11 2 20 .314 9 9 10 4 0 0