PNC PARK Kearns' four hits, 5 RBIs overpower Bucs in slugfest

The Reds tied season highs for runs and hits in the 14-8 win.
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Austin Kearns had a career-high four hits, including a homer, and five RBIs in the Cincinnati Reds' 14-8 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night.
Bay homers
Rob Mackowiak and Jason Bay homered for the Pirates, who have lost four straight and nine of their last 11.
Pirates starter Ryan Vogelsong didn't make it out of the first inning. Vogelsong (6-13), who entered with a 12-inning shutout streak, failed to record an out for the first time in 32 career starts. He faced just seven batters, allowed seven runs and four hits and walked three before being pulled for Frank Brooks.
Of Vogelsong's 33 pitches, only 12 were for strikes and his ERA jumped from 6.19 to 6.68.
Ryan Freel led off the game with a single, went to second when Lopez walked and scored on Sean Casey's single.
After Adam Dunn walked to load the bases, Vogelsong walked D'Angelo Jimenez to score Lopez, then Kearns singled home Casey to put the Reds ahead 4-0.
With the bases still loaded, Jason LaRue hit a routine fly ball to center that Tike Redman misplayed into a ground-rule double that scored a pair and sent Vogelsong to the bench for Brooks.
Kearns made it 8-0 with a solo shot off Brooks with one out in the second.
The Reds added a pair of runs in the fifth off Brooks and two more off Mark Corey in the sixth to put it away.
Game notes
Casey went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and one RBI to give him 99 on the season. ... LaRue needs one more RBI to tie his career high of 52 set in 2002. ... Pittsburgh's Jack Wilson went 2-for-2 including a third-inning RBI single, and is 10 hits shy of becoming the first Pirates player since Dave Parker in 1977 to get 200 in a season. ... Dunn scored a run but struck out twice to raise his total for the season to 172. He needs 18 more to break Bobby Bonds' single-season record of 189 set in 1970.
Pirates' staff
The Pirates retained manager Lloyd McClendon and made offers Friday to retain all of his staff.
McClendon signed a contract extension through the 2005 season in April, with a club option for 2006. If the coaches accept the team's offers, it will mark the second straight year that no changes will be made to the coaching staff.
"My coaches have done a fine job," McClendon said. "I think it's just a formality."
McClendon was last forced to overhaul his coaching staff after the 2002 season, when the Pirates went 72-89.
At the time, he replaced several coaches, among them hitting coach Dave Clark who is one of McClendon's closest friends, and replaced him with Gerald Perry.
"We try to win every game, but the bigger picture is trying to figure out what approach to take," Pirates bench coach Pete Mackanin said. "It's a constant monitoring process."
Pittsburgh is 277-361 in McClendon's four years as manager.