Scores:
Friday: 1-0 Win vs Chicago Cubs. Pitching makes one run hold up. Box score.
Saturday: 3-2 Win vs Chicago Cubs. Hague walk-off HBP. Box score.
Sunday: 10-4 Win vs Chicago Cubs. First time scoring 10 runs this year. Box score.
Season Record: 23-24, 3rd place in NL Central, 4.0 games back
Notes: Finally, some hitting and pitching in the same series and the Pirates sweep the Cubs. The Bucs’ .348 OBP for the series was their highest this month and first time over .300 since the Cardinals series May 1-3 (.319). Gorkys Hernandez got his first major league hit.
Combined Box
| Pittsburgh | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | OBP |
| Alvarez, 3B | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0.250 | 0.231 |
| Tabata, LF-RF | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.273 | 0.333 |
| McCutchen, A, CF | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0.400 | 0.538 |
| Harrison, RF, SS-2B | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0.100 | 0.250 |
| Walker, 2B | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0.333 | 0.462 |
| Hague, 1B | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0.333 | 0.500 |
| Barmes, SS | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0.125 | 0.125 |
| Jones, G, RF | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.333 | 0.333 |
| Barajas, C | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.333 | 0.500 |
| McKenry, C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.333 | 0.500 |
| Correia, P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Hernandez, Go, LF-CF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.500 | 0.500 |
| Bedard, P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Burnett, AJ, P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| McGehee, PH-1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Navarro, LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Totals | 95 | 14 | 24 | 14 | 13 | 20 | 44 | 0.253 | 0.348 |
Batting
Doubles (2): Walker (7), Jones (7)
Triples (1): Tabata (3)
HomeRuns (3): Alvarez (8), McCutchen (8), Jones (5)
BaseRunning
SB: Harrison 2 (2), Walker (2), McCutchen 2 (10)
Fielding
Errors: Correia (1)
Double Plays: (Barmes-Walker-Hague), (Walker-Harrison-Hague), (Harrison-Walker-Hague)
Pitching
| Pittsburgh | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | WHIP |
| Correia | 6.3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2.84 | 1.11 |
| Bedard (W, 3-5) | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Burnett, AJ (W, 3-2) | 5.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.50 |
| Hanrahan(S, 11), (W, 2-0) | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Cruz, J (H, 8) | 2.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | 2.00 |
| Resop | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 1.50 |
| Lincoln | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Grilli (H, 11) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Hughes, J (H, 4) | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Watson | 0.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Totals | 27.0 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 2.00 | 1.19 |
Transactions: Designated OF Nate McLouth for Assignment. Recalled 1B Matt Hague from AAA.
Filed under: baseball, Pirates Tagged: | baseball, Cubs, Gorkys Hernandez, Matt Hague, Nate McLouth, Pirates
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