8/3 Linescore of the Day — Brad Eldred

BRAD ELDRED — 4 ab, 1 r, 4 h, 3 rbi, 3 doubles, 1 hbp.

Doubled in the 7th to tie the game. Doubled in the 9th to win it.

Rookie Brad Eldred had the best game of his young career.

Eldred went 4-for-4, including a ninth-inning double that scored Rob Mackowiak to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 9-8 victory over the Padres.

Eldred, who entered Wednesday with four hits in 23 at-bats after hitting .282 with 15 homers and 48 RBI in 54 games at Class AAA Indianapolis, tied the contest in the seventh with an RBI double.

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