Diamondbacks beat Pirates 11-6 in 12 innings

August 7, 2009 at 12:00a.m.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Alex Romero’s two-run double highlighted Arizona’s five-run 12th inning and the Diamondbacks won their fifth straight, rallying for the second straight game for an 11-6 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday night.

Romero’s fourth hit was a double to right-center off Steven Jackson (2-2) with the bases loaded and one out in the 12th.

Pitcher Dan Haren followed with a sacrifice fly as a pinch-hitter, and Miguel Montero added an RBI single with Gerardo Parra scoring on a throwing error for the final run.

Mark Reynolds, Stephen Drew and Trent Oeltjen homered and Parra had four hits for Arizona, which trailed 6-3 after six innings but won for the seventh time in eight games. Arizona finished with 21 hits.

Delwyn Young, Ronny Cedeno and Lastings Milledge all had two hits and an RBI for the Pirates, who have lost five straight and 10 of 12.

Kevin Hart was in line to win his debut with the Pirates a week after he was acquired from the Chicago Cubs in a trade, but for the second straight night, Pittsburgh’s bullpen couldn’t hold a lead.

Jon Rauch (2-0) worked out of a two-on, no-out jam in the 11th for the win. Romero went 4 for 7 with three RBIs and two runs, while Parra was 4 for 6.

Making his major league debut because Justin Upton was placed on the disabled list, Oeltjen hit a towering homer into the elevated right-field seats leading off the eighth to tie the game at 6.

Reynolds’ homer was his 33rd and 12th since July 1 — most in the majors in that time. It led off the sixth and went deep into the far bullpen in left-center to give Arizona its first lead, 3-2. Reynolds had an RBI double in the third.

The Pirates made it 6-3 with a four-run sixth. Cedeno’s two-run single gave the Pirates a 4-3 lead and knocked out Max Scherzer. He allowed five runs, seven hits and four walks with five strikeouts in 5 1-3 innings.

Pinch-hitter Steve Pearce followed with a double to center off Juan Gutierrez to drive in Cedeno and he would come around to score on an errant throw by Montero.

Drew led off the seventh with his eighth homer and Montero had an RBI groundout.

Hart allowed three runs and nine hits with five strikeouts in six innings. He has yet to allow more than three runs in any of his five major league starts.