Scores:
Monday: 8-3 Loss at Philadelphia. Nothing worked. Box score.
Tuesday: 5-4 Loss at Philadelphia. There were chances to win this one. Box score.
Wednesday: 11-7 Win at Philadelphia. The bats save a win. Box score.
Thursday: 5-4 Win at Philadelphia. Score 5 early, hang on late. Box score.
Season Record: 40-35, 2nd place in NL Central, 1.0 game back
Notes: Rough, rough series. The Pirates didn’t play very well at all and still came away with a split on the road. Michael McKenry stepped up in a huge way. The Fort caught all 33 innings after Rod Barajas was injured in the first game while going 8 for 14 with a double and two homers. Drew Sutton made a good first impression by going 4 for 8. Andrew McCutchen and Pedro Alvarez continued to rake, with Neil Walker joining in too. In fact, the only player who had a bad offensive series was Clint Barmes, to noone’s surprise. Apart from Brad Lincoln and Joel Hanrahan the pitching was pretty bad. As my grandfather used to say, they gave up a lot of “crooked numbers.”
Combined Box
| Pittsburgh |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
LOB |
AVG |
OBP |
| McCutchen, A, CF |
18 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
9 |
0.278 |
0.278 |
| Alvarez, 3B |
16 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
9 |
0.250 |
0.294 |
| Walker, 2B |
15 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
11 |
0.333 |
0.444 |
| McKenry, C |
14 |
2 |
8 |
6 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
0.571 |
0.625 |
| Tabata, RF |
13 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
0.231 |
0.231 |
| Barmes, SS |
13 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
10 |
0.077 |
0.143 |
| McGehee, 1B |
12 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
0.250 |
0.357 |
| Sutton, LF, PH |
8 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0.500 |
0.600 |
| Jones, G, RF,1B |
5 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
0.400 |
0.571 |
| Harrison, PH-RF, SS |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0.200 |
0.200 |
| Presley, PH-LF |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.375 |
| McDonald, J, P |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0.333 |
0.333 |
| Burnett, AJ, P |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
| Karstens, P |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
| Hague, PH |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
| Bedard, P |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
| Barajas, C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
—- |
—- |
| Totals |
134 |
23 |
37 |
23 |
16 |
35 |
67 |
0.276 |
0.353 |
Batting
Doubles (8): Walker 2 (14), Alvarez (13), McKenry (4), McCutchen 2 (15), Sutton (6), Jones (10)
Home Runs (7): Tabata (3), McKenry 2 (5), McGehee 2 (5), McCutchen (14), Alvarez (14)
BaseRunning
CS: McGehee (1), Harrison (3)
PO: Harrison
Fielding
Errors: Alvarez 2 (13), Tabata 2 (3), Barmes (9), Jones (2)
Double Plays: (Barmes-Walker-McGehee)
Pitching
| Pittsburgh |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
HR |
ERA |
WHIP |
| Burnett, AJ(W, 9-2) |
5.7 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
7 |
1 |
4.76 |
1.41 |
| Bedard(L, 4-8) |
6.0 |
8 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
6.00 |
1.67 |
| McDonald, J(W, 7-3) |
5.7 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
6.35 |
1.41 |
| Karstens(L, 0-2) |
5.0 |
11 |
7 |
6 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
10.80 |
2.20 |
| Hanrahan(S, 20) |
2.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
1.00 |
| Grilli(H, 18) |
2.0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
4.50 |
1.00 |
| Slaten |
2.0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
4.50 |
2.00 |
| Hughes, J |
1.3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
6.75 |
1.50 |
| Cruz, J(H, 13) |
1.3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
6.75 |
3.00 |
| Lincoln(H, 1) |
1.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Watson |
1.0 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
9.00 |
3.00 |
| Totals |
33.0 |
41 |
24 |
22 |
13 |
29 |
7 |
6.00 |
1.64 |
Transactions: Activated RHP Jeff Karstens from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Bryan Morris to AAA. Activated IF Drew Sutton. Called up C Eric Fryer from AAA. Optioned 1B Matt Hague to AAA. Designated LHP Daniel Moskos for assignment. Traded RHP Shairon Martis to Minnesota. Claimed 2B Oscar Tejeda of waivers from Boston and optioned him to AA. Designated LHP Doug Slaten for assignment.
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