Juan Pierre batted in the ninth slot on Wednesday night, allowing pitcher Eric Stults to bat eighth. "I've been threatening it, right?" Manager Joe Torre said. "It's just seemed like a situation, with a player like Juan, he'd be freer to steal and stuff with [Rafael] Furcal hitting behind him instead of the pitcher. To me, it makes sense with a guy with speed. I just don't want to take away some of his tools from him." Torre said he considered batting Pierre eighth when he started Sunday in Colorado.