Scores:
Friday: 4-2 Win vs Kansas City. Bedard rolls through 7. Box score.
Saturday: 5-3 Win vs Kansas City. In the big inning, Bucs score 5. Box score.
Sunday: 3-2 Win vs Kansas City. McCutchen, Burnett lead the way. Box score.
Season Record: 32-27, 1st place tie in NL Central, 0.0 games ahead
Notes: Sweep! Detroit helps out, taking two from Cincy and putting the Pirates are in a first place tie. Andrew McCutchen had a big day Sunday, but the rest of the offense was spread out over the weekend and over the whole team. James McDonald struggled for the first time in over a month. Jose Tabata needs to be stopped from running. If he’s hurt, put him on the DL.
Combined Box
| Pittsburgh | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | OBP |
| Presley, LF | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.231 | 0.231 |
| Walker, 2B | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0.364 | 0.417 |
| Barajas, C | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0.300 | 0.364 |
| McCutchen, A, CF | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.200 | 0.333 |
| Barmes, SS | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0.200 | 0.200 |
| Tabata, RF | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0.250 | 0.333 |
| Jones, G, PH-RF-1B | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.286 | 0.286 |
| McGehee, 3B, 1B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.400 | 0.400 |
| Alvarez, 3B | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0.200 | 0.500 |
| Hague, PH-1B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0.000 | 0.200 |
| Harrison, RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Burnett, AJ, P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bedard, P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| McDonald, J, P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Mercer, PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | —- | 1.000 |
| Totals | 91 | 12 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 41 | 0.231 | 0.307 |
Batting
Doubles (4): Jones (8), Alvarez (10), McGehee (6), McCutchen (10)
Home Runs (1): McCutchen (11)
BaseRunning
SB: Walker 2 (5), Presley 3 (6), McCutchen (11)
CS: Tabata 2 (7), Mercer (1)
PO: Tabata
Fielding
Errors: Resop (2)
Double Plays: (Barmes-Hague)
Pitching
| Pittsburgh | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | WHIP |
| Burnett, AJ (W, 6-2) | 7.3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2.45 | 0.95 |
| Bedard (W, 4-6) | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2.57 | 1.14 |
| McDonald, J | 4.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6.75 | 1.75 |
| Hughes, J (W, 2-0) | 2.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.43 |
| Grilli (H, 15) (S, 1) | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Hanrahan (S, 16, 17) | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Resop | 1.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Slaten (H, 2) | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Cruz, J (H, 11) | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Watson (H, 6) | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Totals | 27.0 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 2.33 | 1.11 |
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