Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
Pittsburgh 4,
Minnesota 2
When: 1:05 PM ET, Friday, March 20, 2015
Where: CenturyLink Sports Complex, Fort Myers, Florida
Temperature: 81°
Umpires: Home - Tom Honec, 1B - Brian O'Nora, 3B - Marvin Hudson
Attendance: 7876
Where: CenturyLink Sports Complex, Fort Myers, Florida
Temperature: 81°
Umpires: Home - Tom Honec, 1B - Brian O'Nora, 3B - Marvin Hudson
Attendance: 7876
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
Pittsburgh
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Josh Harrison | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .333 |
| Brad Lincoln | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Taylor Lewis | LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Francisco Cervelli | C | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 |
| Charlie Leesman | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Eric Wood | PH-3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Jaff Decker | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .261 |
| Josh Wall | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Bobby LaFromboise | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jung-ho Kang | 2B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .130 |
| Maxwell Moroff | 2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Andrew Lambo | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .188 |
| Gorkys Hernandez | CF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .368 |
| Austin Meadows | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .000 |
| Pedro Florimon | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .250 |
| Gerrit Cole | SP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Wilkin Castillo | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Totals | 33 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Gorkys Hernandez (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Francisco Cervelli 2 (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Josh Harrison, Francisco Cervelli 8, Andrew Lambo, Gorkys Hernandez 3, Pedro Florimon | |||||||||
| RBI - Josh Harrison (1), Francisco Cervelli 2 (2), Gerrit Cole (1) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Gerrit Cole (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Josh Harrison 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Josh Harrison (1, 2nd by Tonkin/Rohlfing) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Gerrit Cole (W 1-0) | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.95 |
| Charlie Leesman (H 2) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Brad Lincoln (H 2) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 |
| Josh Wall (H 1) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 |
| Bobby LaFromboise (SV 1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10.38 |
| HBP - Brian Dozier (by Cole), Eduardo Nunez (by Lincoln) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Gerrit Cole 0-0, Charlie Leesman 0-0, Brad Lincoln 0-0, Josh Wall 0-0, Bobby LaFromboise 0-0 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Gerrit Cole 6-4, Charlie Leesman 1-0, Brad Lincoln 0-0, Josh Wall 2-1, Bobby LaFromboise 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Gerrit Cole 19, Charlie Leesman 4, Brad Lincoln 4, Josh Wall 4, Bobby LaFromboise 3 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Brian Dozier | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .478 |
| Jose Martinez | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 |
| Torii Hunter | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 |
| Eric Farris | RF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
| Joe Mauer | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .158 |
| James Beresford | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .118 |
| Trevor Plouffe | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .179 |
| Kurt Suzuki | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .350 |
| Dan Rohlfing | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Eduardo Escobar | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .345 |
| Doug Bernier | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 |
| Eduardo Nunez | 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .381 |
| Tyler Grimes | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .143 |
| Aaron Hicks | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .261 |
| Shane Robinson | LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .273 |
| Danny Ortiz | LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 32 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Trevor Plouffe (2), Shane Robinson (2) | |||||||||
| 3B - Kurt Suzuki (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Eric Farris, Trevor Plouffe 2, Kurt Suzuki 3, Eduardo Escobar, Eduardo Nunez, Shane Robinson 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Eduardo Escobar (10), Shane Robinson (1) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Eduardo Escobar (7) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Torii Hunter (2), Kurt Suzuki (5) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Shane Robinson (1, 3rd by Cole/Cervelli) | |||||||||
| SB - Eduardo Nunez (3, 2nd off Cole/Cervelli) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Kyle Gibson (L 0-1) | 4.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3.29 |
| Blaine Boyer | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.45 |
| Michael Tonkin | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.75 |
| Stephen Pryor | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Kyle Gibson 0-0, Blaine Boyer 0-0, Michael Tonkin 0-0, Stephen Pryor 0-0 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Kyle Gibson 9-0, Blaine Boyer 2-0, Michael Tonkin 1-0, Stephen Pryor 3-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Kyle Gibson 21, Blaine Boyer 4, Michael Tonkin 4, Stephen Pryor 7 | ||||||||