? Paul Maholm, who allowed four runs in six innings, didn't win a game last year in which he allowed more than three earned runs. On 11 different occasions last year, the tough-luck left-handed ace held the opponent to three runs or fewer, and still didn't get the win. Wednesday, he was pulled for a pinch-hitter in the sixth inning of a tie game, and the Pirates pushed across two runs to help improve Maholm to 3-0. "As good as he's been throwing, it's nice to go out and score seven or eight runs for him," Adam LaRoche said.
? Catcher Ryan Doumit will have surgery today to insert a pin in the fractured scaphoid bone in his right wrist. Dr. Mark Baratz will perform the surgery at Allegheny General Hospital on the scaphiod, a small kindey bean-shaped bone that sits below the thumb. Doumit is expected to miss eight to 10 weeks. ? Brandon Moss continues his elusive bid for his first RBI of the season. The Pirates' every-day right fielder had a couple of chances, but came away empty. With no outs in the third, he grounded out with runners on first and third. With no outs in the seventh, he popped out with a runner on second. He missed two other chances when he was intentionally walked. Moss has 40 at-bats this year without an RBI, by far the most of anyone in Baseball. Toronto's Jose Bautista entered last night's game with the second most (29).
? Delwyn Young, who led the Dodgers with 14 pinch-hits last year, recorded his first hit as a Pirate - on a pinch-hit double in the sixth.
? Third baseman Andy LaRoche went 1-for-3 and drove in two runs, his third multi-RBI game in 63 games with the Pirates . He is batting .409 (9 for 22) since opening the season hitless in his first 18 at-bats.
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21 -- Double plays turned by the Pirates this year, second only to Houston in the majors.
