Scores:
Friday: 6-1 Loss vs Cincinnati. No bats. Box score.
Saturday: 3-2 Win vs Cincinnati. James McDonald is on. Box score.
Sunday: 5-0 Loss vs Cincinnati. No bats again. Box score.
Season Record: 12-16, 4th place (tie) in NL Central, 5 games back
Notes: Well, I was wrong about this one. I thought the Reds’ pitching was weak enough for the Pirates to score some runs. Four runs in three games is horrible. Andrew McCutchen missed two more games with the flu. Nate McLouth did okay in his place. Pedro Alvarez‘s hot hitting has resulted in being moved up to the cleanup spot.
Combined Box
| Pittsburgh | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | OBP |
| Walker, 2B | 11 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0.364 | 0.417 |
| Tabata, RF | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.200 | 0.333 |
| Barmes, SS | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0.100 | 0.100 |
| Presley, LF | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.111 | 0.111 |
| McLouth, CF | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.375 | 0.444 |
| Alvarez, 3B | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0.143 | 0.417 |
| McGehee, 1B | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0.143 | 0.250 |
| Jones, G, RF, 1B | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0.167 | 0.167 |
| Barajas, C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| McKenry, C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| McCutchen, A, CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.333 | 0.500 |
| Navarro, PH-LF, SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Correia, P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.500 | 0.500 |
| Morton, P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| McDonald, J, P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Harrison, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| 91 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 39 | 0.176 | 0.250 |
Batting
Doubles (3): Barmes (7), Jones (5), Tabata (5)
HomeRuns (2): Walker (1), Presley (2)
BaseRunning
CS: Tabata (4)
PO: Tabata, McCutchen
Fielding
Errors: Morton (3), Alvarez (6)
Double Plays: McGehee-Barajas, Barmes-Walker-McGehee, Barmes-McGehee, McCutchen-Walker, Alvarez-Walker-McGehee (2)
Pitching
| Pittsburgh | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | WHIP |
| Correia(L, 1-2) | 7.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6.43 | 1.43 |
| McDonald, J(W, 2-1) | 6.3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1.42 | 1.26 |
| Morton(L, 1-3) | 6.0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6.00 | 1.50 |
| Hughes, J | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.50 |
| Resop | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4.50 | 3.00 |
| Hanrahan(S, 5) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Lincoln | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| Grilli(H, 6) | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9.00 | 3.00 |
| Cruz, J(H, 4) | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 27.0 | 30 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 4.00 | 1.52 |
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Filed under: baseball, Pirates | Tagged: Andrew McCutchen, baseball, James McDonald, Nate McLouth, Pedro Alvarez, Pirates, Reds |
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