LATE MONDAY Arizona survives Bucs' rally

The Pirates scored twice in the ninth but Jose Valverde squelched the uprising.
PHOENIX (AP) -- Luis Gonzalez had an RBI bunt single, Orlando Hudson drove in the go-ahead run with an eighth-inning sacrifice fly and the Arizona Diamondbacks held off the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 Monday night.
Trailing by three, the Pirates loaded the bases with none out in the ninth against closer Jose Valverde.
After Ronny Paulino popped out, Jose Castillo hit a two-run single to cut the deficit to one.
But pinch-hitter Jose Hernandez struck out and Nate McLouth flied out to end it.
Jason Bay homered for Pittsburgh, which dropped to 4-20 on the road.
Shawn Green walked leading off the Arizona eighth against Damaso Marte (0-3), Damion Easley blooped a single to center and Johnny Estrada advanced the runners with a sacrifice bunt.
Hudson then hit a slicing fly to right field. Jeromy Burnitz chased the ball to the line, but it bounced out of his glove for an error as Green scored.
Hudson was credited with a sacrifice fly.
Marte struck out pinch-hitter Tony Clark for the second out. But Easley and Hudson scored when Marte fielded Craig Counsell's high chopper to the right of the mound, spun and threw the ball down the right-field line for a three-base error.
Medders gets first win
Brandon Medders (1-1) pitched a scoreless eighth for the win, and Valverde got his 13th save in 14 chances.
Gonzalez tied the score with two outs in the seventh on his first bunt hit in more than a year, pushing the first pitch he saw from Marte down the third base line as Andy Green sprinted home.
Pirates third baseman Freddy Sanchez barehanded the ball halfway between third and home but had no play at first.
Green led off the inning with a walk, went to second on a sacrifice and moved to third on a grounder.
Bay gave the Pirates a 1-0 lead when he drove Orlando Hernandez's first pitch of the second inning about 12 rows up into the left-field stands for his team-leading 10th home run.
Gonzalez's bunt hit negated a strong outing by Pittsburgh starter Oliver Perez, who threw six scoreless innings.
Perez allowed four hits with three walks and four strikeouts.
The Diamondbacks loaded the bases against Perez in the first when Counsell singled, Gonzalez hit a one-out double and Perez hit Conor Jackson with a pitch.
But the left-hander recovered to retire Shawn Green and Easley to end the inning.