Bucs have big first inning

The Pirates scored three runs in a long first inning, and went on to a 7-2 win.
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Jack Wilson got the Pittsburgh Pirates started with a big at-bat.
He stared down Padres starter Adam Eaton, fouled off seven pitches and then singed and scored in the Pirates' big first inning of their 7-2 win over San Diego Tuesday night.
"It really kind of rallied everyone in the dugout," Pirates manager Lloyd McClendon said. "It fired everyone up."
The Pirates scored three runs before the Padres batted, and forced Eaton (1-2) to throw 45 pitches.
"The first inning felt like it wouldn't get over," said Eaton, who had his shortest outing of the season, at 31/3 innings. "That Jack Wilson at-bat just wouldn't get over."
Bucs get out of slump
Pittsburgh, which had only 11 runs during its losing streak, scored more than three runs for just the fourth time in 21 games.
The breakout offensive performance helped Jeff D'Amico, who pitched with an upset stomach and dizziness.
"You go out there a little bit more relaxed," D'Amico said. "Maybe this is what we need to snap out of this and start doing this more often."
D'Amico (2-2) allowed just one run -- Eaton's first career home run in the third -- on six hits over six innings. McClendon pulled the right-hander after noticing he wasn't feeling well.
"Considering he was under the weather, it was an outstanding start," McClendon said. "He really seemed to find his groove."
Bucs' leaders
Randall Simon drove in two runs for Pittsburgh and Rob Mackowiak hit a solo homer.
The Pirates scored their three first-inning runs without hitting the ball hard off Eaton. Simon drove in Wilson after Jason Kendall was hit by a pitch.
"I'm just trying to do whatever I can there to get on and get us going," Wilson said. "I know Adam has a great [slider] and a good fastball. I was just slapping balls foul until I got a good pitch to hit."
After Simon's RBI, Eaton moved the runners up with a wild pitch. Kendall and Simon then scored on an error by third baseman Sean Burroughs, who failed to backhand Aramis Ramirez's grounder.
Eaton inconsistent
Eaton (1-2) gave up five runs on seven hits. Although he struck out six, Eaton walked one, hit a batter and tied a club record with four wild pitches.
"My pitches were doing thing that I have never seen before tonight," Eaton said. "It was definitely a strange night for me."
Eaton was knocked out of the game in the fourth after a one-out walk to Wilson, another wild pitch and a run-scoring triple by Kendall that made it 5-1.