Scores:
Monday: 4-1 Win vs Cincinnati. McDonald is the ace. Box score.
Tuesday: 8-1 Loss vs Cincinnati. Morton, Hughes not sharp. Box score.
Wednesday: 2-1 Win vs Cincinnati. Hague’s double supports Burnett. Box score.
Season Record: 25-25, 3rd place in NL Central, 3.0 games back
Notes: A 6-3 homestand gets the Bucs back to the .500 mark. Charlie Morton may get pulled from the rotation when Jeff Karstens comes off the DL. Doug Slaten threw a perfect inning in his Pirates debut. New SS Jordy Mercer had a hit in his first start. Rod Barajas went 3 for 7 and had three walks.
Combined Box
| Pittsburgh | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | OBP |
| Alvarez, 3B | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.182 | 0.250 |
| McCutchen, A, CF | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0.182 | 0.182 |
| Tabata, LF-RF | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0.091 | 0.167 |
| Hague, 1B | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.300 | 0.300 |
| Jones, G, RF | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.300 | 0.300 |
| Walker, 2B | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0.200 | 0.333 |
| Barajas, C | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.429 | 0.600 |
| Mercer, SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.200 | 0.200 |
| Barmes, SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Harrison, SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| McDonald, J, P | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Burnett, AJ, P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.500 | 0.667 |
| McGehee, 1B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.500 | 0.500 |
| Hernandez, Go, LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Morton, P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Totals | 93 | 7 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 33 | 0.204 | 0.267 |
Batting
Doubles (5): Alvarez 2 (9), Walker (8), Hague 2 (2)
Triples (2): McCutchen (2), Jones (1)
BaseRunning
SB: Hernandez, Go (1)
Fielding
Errors: Harrison (1), Alvarez (10), Walker (3)
Double Plays: (Alvarez-Walker-Hague), (Harrison-Walker-Hague), (Mercer-Walker-Hague)
Pitching
| Pittsburgh | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | WHIP |
| McDonald, J (W, 4-2) | 8.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.75 |
| Burnett, AJ (W, 4-2) | 7.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.57 |
| Morton (L, 2-6) | 4.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1.75 |
| Grilli (H, 12) | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.50 |
| Hanrahan (S, 12,13) | 1.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.50 |
| Lincoln | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Slaten | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Resop | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9.00 | 3.00 |
| Hughes, J | 1.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27.00 | 5.00 |
| Watson | 0.7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13.50 | 3.00 |
| Totals | 27.0 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 3.00 | 1.11 |
Transactions: Placed RHP Juan Cruz on the Restricted List. Called up LHP Doug Slaten from AAA. Optioned IF/OF Yamaico Navarro to AAA. Recalled IF Jordy Mercer from
AAA.
Filed under: baseball, Pirates Tagged: | baseball, Pirates, Jeff Karstens, Charlie Morton, Rod Barajas, Yamaico Navarro, Juan Cruz, Reds, Doug Slaten, Jordy Mercer
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