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MLB Notebook: Small gathering

By Associated Press
Published: 9/25/2009 2:26 AM
Last Modified: 9/25/2009 5:30 AM

Pittsburgh, long since assured of a record 17th consecutive losing season, has lost 23 of 26 amid the franchise's worst September spinout since it went 5-22 in September 1998.

At least for the Pirates' sake, there weren't many spectators for Thursday's 4-1 home loss to Cincinnati. The paid attendance was 15,892, but the turnstile count was about 3,000. The crowd was so small that the Pirates closed PNC Park's upper deck for the first time since the 38,362-seat ballpark opened in 2001 and allowed fans to sit in the lower level.

Crowd? The players didn't notice one.

"It didn't bother me. I still have to do what I do best, and that goes for the team as well," said Lastings Milledge. "We always want a lot of fans to show up, but at the same time we have a job to do and we take a lot of pride in what we do. I didn't think it really mattered, we still tried to play hard for the win, regardless of whether there's one fan or 30,000 in here."

Greinke, manager ejected: Kansas City Royals ace pitcher Zack Greinke and manager Trey Hillman were ejected by home plate umpire Greg Gibson in consecutive innings of Thursday's home loss to Boston.

Greinke was ejected with one out in the third inning after yelling from the bench on a 1-2 pitch from Royals starter Anthony Lerew to Jacoby Ellsbury.

Hillman was sent off in the fourth after Lerew nearly hit Mike Lowell with consecutive breaking balls. Gibson warned Lerew and both benches, sending Hillman charging out of the dugout. He was ejected within a few seconds, then had to be separated from Gibson by crew chief Tim McClelland. By Associated Press

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