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Duke helps Pirates get back on track

Published May. 13, 2009 4:05 a.m. ET

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Albert Pujols' home run in the first inning struck halfway up the batter's backstop in center field, the kind of drive that can unnerve a pitcher. Instead, it almost seemed to calm down Zach Duke.

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