Scores:
Tuesday: 5-4 Win vs Washington. Burnett stellar, Barajas walk off HR. Box score.
Wednesday: 4-2 Win vs Washington. Cutch, bullpen great. Box score.
Thursday: 4-2 Loss vs Washington. Correia good but Strasburg rolls. Box score.
Season Record: 14-17, 3rd place (tie) in NL Central, 6.0 games back
Notes: Three very close games. A.J. Burnett shrugged off his blow up in St. Louis last week, looking every bit as good as he did in his first two starts. Andrew McCutchen (.667/.750/.1.333) played like one of the best players in the majors again after missing a few games due to the flu. McCutchen and Rod Barajas both got off the schneid, hitting their first homeruns of the season. Barajas did his in walk-off style. Erik Bedard had to leave his start due to back spasms. He is day-to-day for his next turn. The bullpen was excellent to pick up eight innings that game. The Pirates normally strike out a lot. Stephen Strasburg is a very good strikeout pitcher. Put those two things together and it means, unsurprisingly, that Strasburg K’s 13 in six innings. Kevin Correia was effective enough to keep the Bucs in the game.
Combined Box
| Pittsburgh | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | OBP |
| Tabata, RF | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.250 | 0.250 |
| Alvarez, 3B | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0.000 | 0.083 |
| Walker, 2B | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.300 | 0.333 |
| McCutchen, A, CF | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.667 | 0.750 |
| McGehee, 1B | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.111 | 0.111 |
| Barajas, C | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.143 | 0.143 |
| Jones, 1B, RF | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0.143 | 0.143 |
| Barmes, SS | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Presley, LF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.200 | 0.200 |
| Navarro, LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.250 | 0.250 |
| McKenry, C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.333 | 0.333 |
| Lincoln, P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Correia, P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Burnett, AJ, P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Harrison, SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| McLouth, PH-LF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.500 |
| Bedard, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | —– | —– |
| Totals | 93 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 0.194 | 0.242 |
Batting
Doubles (2): Walker (3), McKenry (2)
HomeRuns (4): McCutchen, A 2 (2), Jones (4), Barajas (1)
BaseRunning
CS: Navarro (1)
Fielding
Errors: Alvarez (7), Barajas (2)
Double Plays: (Barmes-Walker-McGehee), (Alvarez-Walker-McGehee), (Walker-Barmes-Jones)
Pitching
| Pittsburgh | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | WHIP |
| Burnett, AJ | 8.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2.25 | 0.875 |
| Correia(L, 1-3) | 7.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3.86 | 1.143 |
| Lincoln(W, 2-0) | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.667 |
| Hughes, J | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 |
| Hanrahan(BS, 1)(S, 6) | 1.7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10.80 | 1.800 |
| Watson(W, 2-0) | 1.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.500 |
| Bedard | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| Grilli(H, 7) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.000 |
| Cruz, J(H, 5) | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2.000 |
| Resop | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 2.000 |
| Totals | 27.0 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 5 | 3.00 | 1.148 |
Transactions: Joel Hanrahan was placed on the Bereavement List. Daniel McCutchen was recalled from AAA.
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