Bay bats No. 6, Keys Bucs' win

Jason Bay, dropped in the Bucs' batting order, had four RBIs in a 12-9 win.
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- With his star player hitting only .194 with three RBIs in May, Pittsburgh Pirates manager Jim Tracy found an unconventional way to get Jason Bay going.
Tracy dropped him down in the batting order.
Bay, hitting in the No. 6 spot for the first time in two years, had four RBIs to lead the Pirates to a 12-9 win over the Florida Marlins in a wild game between the National League's two worst teams Friday night.
"You have a guy we wanted to move just to relax him a little," Tracy said. "But the game found him all night long. And the great thing was he responded all night long."
Bay had a bases-loaded triple and the go-ahead sacrifice fly as the Pirates won for the third time in their last five games, improving to 11-25. The Marlins (9-24) have dropped six of seven and 11 of 14.
"It's funny how it doesn't matter where you are hitting, when you are not going well, situations will find you," Bay said. "I'm a big part of the offense as far as driving in runs, so this is a big weight off my shoulders."
Wilson, Castillo sparkle
Craig Wilson and Jose Castillo each had three hits for the Pirates, who were down 5-0 in the first. Jeromy Burnitz and Freddy Sanchez drove in two runs apiece, and Nate McLouth scored four times.
"It obviously wasn't the cleanest game in the world, I think it's safe to say that," Tracy said. "However, I thought that we showed a lot of character."
After blowing its lead and falling behind by four, Florida rallied to tie it at 9 before Bay's sacrifice fly off Todd Wellemeyer (0-2) scored McLouth for the go-ahead run in the eighth. Ronny Paulino added a two-run single.
Matt Capps (1-0) got two outs for his first major league win.
"We showed all year we're not going to lay down for anybody," Capps said. "We never lost confidence in ourselves."
Mike Gonzalez earned his fifth save with a scoreless ninth. With the bases loaded, he struck out Reggie Abercrombie and retired pinch-hitter Chris Aguila on a soft 'looper' to second to end it.
Mitre's shoulder hurting
Marlins starter Sergio Mitre threw only three pitches before leaving with right shoulder discomfort. Manager Joe Girardi said it was likely Mitre would miss a couple of starts. Jason Vargas was handed a 5-0 cushion when he entered during the Pirates' first at-bat.
Six of the Marlins' first seven batters got hits against starter Victor Santos. The first four Florida players reached base, with Miguel Cabrera's single driving in Hanley Ramirez, and Josh Willingham's double scoring Dan Uggla.
After Joe Borchard flied out, Mike Jacobs doubled off the left-center wall to score Cabrera and Willingham. Jacobs -- who had two RBIs and two runs -- scored when Miguel Olivo doubled.
"Give Victor Santos a lot of credit," Tracy said. "It was just a rugged first inning and the top of the second starts out with another base hit, but he kept us right there, and if you're going to come back in a game like that, it absolutely has to happen."
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