PNC PARK Meadows lifts Bucs past Rockies

The Pittsburgh pitcher raised his career record to 3-8.
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Brian Meadows took Jeff Suppan's spot in the rotation and pitched seven shutout innings, leading the Pittsburgh Pirates past the Colorado Rockies 1-0 Saturday.
Abraham Nunez, whose son, Abraham Jr., was born 21/2 hours before the game, drove in the only run with a second-inning groundout.
The Rockies put runners on first and third with one out in the ninth against Brian Boehringer. Mike Lincoln relieved and got Jay Payton to ground into a game-ending double play.
The pitcher's duel came one night after Pittsburgh beat the Rockies 12-11.
Rockies outfielders Preston Wilson and Larry Walker were involved in a violent collision in the third inning while chasing Jason Kendall's drive to the warning track in right-center.
Just as Wilson caught the ball, Walker crashed into him, sending them tumbling to the ground. Wilson held onto the ball, and both players were down on the track for several seconds before Rockies medical personnel could attend to them.
After about four minutes of medical attention, both players rose to their feet and stayed in the game.
Suppan led the Pirates with 10 victories before he was traded to the Boston Red Sox on Thursday.
Strong showing
Meadows (2-1) allowed five singles in his second start of the season and first since May 25. He walked one and struck out three to raise his career record to 3-8.
The largest crowd of the season -- 37,820 -- at PNC Park saw Meadows throw 93 pitches before he was removed for a pinch-hitter in the seventh.
Brian Boehringer pitched 11/3 innings and Lincoln got his fourth save.
Jason Jennings (10-9) lost despite pitching three-hit ball for seven innings.
The Rockies dropped their fourth in a row and fell to an NL-worst 18-41 on the road.
Randall Simon led off the Pirates' second inning with a walk and advanced to third on Jose Hernandez's double off the right-field wall. After Jack Wilson struck out, Nunez bounced out to second to drive home Simon.
Pirates buy Redman contract
The Pirates purchased the contract of outfielder Tike Redman from Triple-A Nashville on Friday and had him hitting leadoff that night against the Colorado Rockies.
Redman, 26, hit .294 with 12 doubles, seven triples, four home runs and 29 RBIs at Nashville. He was second in the Pacific Coast League with 42 stolen bases.
In 46 major league games before Friday, all with the Pirates, the left-handed hitting Redman had a .238 average and was successful on four of nine steal attempts.
Manager Lloyd McClendon said Redman would be the team's everyday center fielder for the immediate future.
Notes
Nunez was questionable for the game because his wife gave birth Saturday at 3:59 p.m. The game started at 6:35 p.m. Abraham Jr. weighed in at 6 pounds, 9 ounces.
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