Unearned runs boost Bucs past Rockies

? Josh Fogg won his first home game of the season, and Matt Stairs drove in two runs as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Colorado Rockies, 5-3, Friday night.

The Pirates scored three unearned runs in the fifth inning en route to their eighth win in 12 games after losing six in a row. The Pirates have won six of eight at home since starting the season 8-21 at PNC Park.

Fogg (4-3) allowed nine hits and two runs in 5 1/3 innings to win for the first time in four starts at home this season — he was 0-2. He last won at PNC Park on Sept. 7 vs. Florida.

The crowd of 37,566 marked the Pirates’ third consecutive sellout after they failed to sell out their first 34 home games. They drew 36,856 for Saturday’s interleague matchup against Cleveland and 37,803 Sunday. Only twice before have the Pirates sold out three straight at PNC Park, which opened for the 2001 season.

Mike Williams pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his 21st save.

Stairs, normally a right fielder, made his third start at first base. He gave the Pirates a 2-1 lead in the fourth when he pulled Jason Jennings’ 3-1 pitch over the wall in right-center for his fifth homer of the season.