Weekend Wrap Up 4/15/12

Scores:
Friday: 5-0 Loss at San Francisco. Matt Cain dominates. Recap. Box score.
Saturday: 4-3 Loss at San Francisco. Close game falls apart in the ninth. Recap. Box score.
Sunday: 4-1 Win at San Francisco. Finally, a solid game. Recap. Box score.

Season Record: 3-6, 5th place in the NL Central.

Good: Another good start from Kevin Correia breaks the five game losing streak. Charlie Morton looks to be in good health in his season debut. Neil Walker with two two-hit days.
Bad: Two shaky outings from Joel Hanrahan. Chris Resop wasn’t sharp but the defense let him down. Jose Tabata went 0-9 and left 7 men on base.

Combined Box:

Pittsburgh	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB
Presley, LF	13	1	3	1	1	4	2
Walker, 2B	11	1	4	2	0	3	0
McCutchen, A, CF	11	2	2	0	1	1	2
McGehee, 1B	9	2	2	0	0	1	2
Tabata, RF	9	0	0	0	0	3	7
Jones, G, 1B, RF	7	1	2	1	0	4	0
Harrison, 3B, SS	7	0	1	1	0	0	3
Barmes, SS	7	0	1	0	0	1	3
Barajas, C	6	0	0	0	1	0	0
Alvarez, 3B	6	0	0	0	0	5	1
McDonald, J, P	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
Navarro, PH	2	0	0	0	0	1	4
Correia, P	2	0	0	0	0	1	3
Morton, P	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
McKenry, C	1	0	0	0	3	1	0
McLouth, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Hague, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	97	7	16	5	6	26	29

Batting:
Triples: Harrison (1)
Homers: Jones (1)

Baserunning:
SB: Tabata (2), Jones (1)
CS: McCutchen (2)

Fielding:
Errors: Morton (1), Barmes 2 (2)

Pittsburgh	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Correia(W, 1-0)	6.0	3	1	1	1	2	0
McDonald, J (L, 0-1)	5.7	6	3	3	3	1	0
Morton	5.0	7	3	3	0	2	0
Hanrahan(S, 1)	2.0	2	2	2	2	1	1
Grilli(H, 1)	2.0	1	0	0	1	3	0
Watson	1.3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hughes, J(H, 1)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Cruz, J	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0
Meek	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Resop (L, 0-1)	0.0	2	1	0	1	0	0
Totals	25.0	23	10	9	10	10	1

Transactions: Activated RHP Charlie Morton from the 15-day Disabled List. Optioned 1B Matt Hague to AAA Indianapolis.

Up Next: A three game set in Arizona ends the road trip. Expected matchups: Erik Bedard (0-2) vs. Joe Saunders (0-0), Jeff Karstens (0-1) vs. Ian Kennedy (2-0), and James McDonald (0-1) vs. Daniel Hudson (1-0).