Duke flat in loss to Twins

03/31/2006
Pirates at the plate: Humberto Cota hit a solo homer in the fifth. The homer was Cota's first of the Grapefruit League season. Chris Duffy had a pair of hits, including a double.
Twins at the plate: Tony Batista hit his fourth homer of the spring, a solo shot in the bottom of the second inning that tied the game at 1. Lew Ford then broke the tie with a solo homer in the same inning. In the third, Batista's single knocked in two more runs for the Twins. Joe Mauer had three hits.
Pirates on the mound: Left-hander Zach Duke didn't necessarily have the kind of outing he'd have liked. His five innings against the Twins looked like this: five runs on 10 hits. Two of those five runs came on solo homers.
Twins on the mound: Right-hander Brad Radke looked ready for the season. In his last outing of Spring Training, Radke worked five innings and gave up two runs. He allowed six hits and fanned three.
Grapefruit League records: Twins 18-13; Pirates 15-16-1.

Source: http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/