Scores:
Friday: 6-5 Loss vs San Francisco. Bedard struggles again. Box score.
Saturday: 3-1 Win vs San Francisco. JMac dominates. Box score.
Sunday: 13-2 Win vs San Francisco. Pirates batter Lincecum. Box score.
Season Record: 48-37, 1st place in NL Central, 1.0 game ahead
Notes: The Pirates enter the All Star break in first place for the first time since 1997. The Bucs are 11 games over .500 and sport the fourth best record in the majors. What a series for Neil Walker: 8 for 12 with 4 doubles and a homer. Andrew McCutchen was nearly as good with 2 homers among his 7 hits in 14 at bats. Cutch was named to participate in the Home Run Derby as a late replacement for Giancarlo Stanton. James McDonald continued his All Star-worthy campaign with 10 K’s in 7 innings. The bullpen was stellar once again, allowing only one run (by Juan Cruz) in 10 innings.
Combined Box
| Pittsburgh | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | OBP |
| McCutchen, A, CF | 14 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0.500 | 0.500 |
| Sutton, LF-RF | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0.154 | 0.143 |
| Walker, 2B | 12 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.667 | 0.692 |
| McGehee, 1B | 12 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0.333 | 0.333 |
| Alvarez, 3B | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0.182 | 0.250 |
| Jones, G, RF-1B | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0.100 | 0.100 |
| Barmes, SS | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.286 | 0.286 |
| Barajas, C | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0.167 | 0.444 |
| Hernandez, Go, PR-LF | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Mercer, PH-SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| McKenry, C | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.667 | 0.667 |
| Burnett, AJ, P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.333 | 0.333 |
| Harrison, SS | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
| McDonald, J, P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
| Lincoln, P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
| Bedard, P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Fryer, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Totals | 107 | 21 | 34 | 19 | 6 | 18 | 43 | 0.318 | 0.357 |
Batting
Doubles (9): Walker 4 (21), McKenry (7), Alvarez (15), Sutton (10), Barajas (8), McGehee (12)
Triples (1): McCutchen (5)
Home Runs (6): McGehee (6), Alvarez (16), McKenry (7), McCutchen 2 (18), Walker (6)
Baserunning
SB: Hernandez (2)
Fielding
Errors: Walker (4), Harrison (3), McKenry (1), Sutton (1)
Double Plays: (Bedard-Harrison-McGehee), (Mercer-Walker-McGehee), (Barmes-Walker- McGehee)
Pitching
| Pittsburgh | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | WHIP |
| McDonald, J(W, 9-3) | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1.29 | 0.57 |
| Burnett, AJ(W, 10-2) | 6.3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2.84 | 0.95 |
| Bedard(L, 4-10) | 3.7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9.82 | 1.91 |
| Lincoln | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Resop | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Hughes, J | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Grilli(H, 21) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Hanrahan(S, 23) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Cruz, J | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2.00 |
| Totals | 27.0 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 2.67 | 0.81 |
Transactions: Outrighted Chris Leroux and Doug Slaten to AAA. Optioned C Eric Fryer to AAA. Recalled 1B Matt Hague from AAA.
Filed under: baseball, Pirates Tagged: | Andrew McCutchen, baseball, Chris Leroux, Doug Slaten, Eric Fryer, Giancarlo Stanton, Giants, James McDonald, Juan Cruz, Matt Hague, Neil Walker, Pirates
