Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Chi. Cubs 4,
Pittsburgh 3
When: 7:05 PM ET, Saturday, September 8, 2012
Where: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Temperature: 66°
Umpires: Home - Scott Barry, 1B - Jordan Baker, 2B - Gary Darling, 3B - Paul Emmel
Attendance: 35661
Where: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Temperature: 66°
Umpires: Home - Scott Barry, 1B - Jordan Baker, 2B - Gary Darling, 3B - Paul Emmel
Attendance: 35661
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Chi. Cubs | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
| Pittsburgh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
Chi. Cubs
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| David DeJesus | RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .264 |
| Luis Valbuena | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .223 |
| Anthony Rizzo | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .298 |
| Alfonso Soriano | LF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .260 |
| Joe Mather | LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Starlin Castro | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .281 |
| Welington Castillo | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .277 |
| Darwin Barney | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .255 |
| Jeff Samardzija | SP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .100 |
| Tony Campana | CF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .263 |
| Totals | 33 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 20 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Welington Castillo (9), Tony Campana (6) | |||||||||
| HR - Alfonso Soriano (27) | |||||||||
| TB - David DeJesus 2, Anthony Rizzo, Alfonso Soriano 4, Starlin Castro, Welington Castillo 3, Darwin Barney, Tony Campana 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - David DeJesus (45), Luis Valbuena (25), Alfonso Soriano (92) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - David DeJesus (16) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Luis Valbuena 2 (18), Starlin Castro 2 (66), Jeff Samardzija 2 (14), Tony Campana 2 (12) | |||||||||
| S - Jeff Samardzija (7) | |||||||||
| SF - Luis Valbuena (2) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Luis Valbuena (4) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 10 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Starlin Castro (13, 2nd by Resop/McKenry) | |||||||||
| SB - David DeJesus (7, 2nd off Grilli/McKenry), Anthony Rizzo (3, 2nd off Hughes/Barajas), Starlin Castro (23, 2nd off McDonald/Barajas), Tony Campana (27, 3rd off McDonald/Barajas) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Starlin Castro (23) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jeff Samardzija (W 9-13) | 9.0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3.81 |
| HBP - Andrew McCutchen (by Samardzija) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jeff Samardzija 120-81 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jeff Samardzija 10-6 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jeff Samardzija 34 | ||||||||
Pittsburgh
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Brock Holt | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .375 |
| Starling Marte | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .240 |
| Andrew McCutchen | CF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .341 |
| Garrett Jones | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .287 |
| Pedro Alvarez | 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .248 |
| Alex Presley | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .234 |
| Clint Barmes | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .220 |
| Gaby Sanchez | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 |
| Rod Barajas | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .196 |
| Josh Harrison | PR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .238 |
| Michael McKenry | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .260 |
| James McDonald | SP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .146 |
| Tony Watson | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jared Hughes | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jeff Clement | PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 |
| Jason Grilli | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Chris Resop | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 31 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Pedro Alvarez (23) | |||||||||
| TB - Brock Holt, Pedro Alvarez 3, Jeff Clement | |||||||||
| RBI - Pedro Alvarez 2 (73), Jeff Clement (1) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jeff Clement (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Clint Barmes (47) | |||||||||
| S - Starling Marte (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 4 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| James McDonald | 5.2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3.93 |
| Tony Watson | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.65 |
| Jared Hughes | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.62 |
| Jason Grilli (L 1-5) | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.60 |
| Chris Resop | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.69 |
| HBP - Anthony Rizzo (by McDonald), Starlin Castro (by Resop) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - James McDonald 90-56, Tony Watson 13-7, Jared Hughes 9-5, Jason Grilli 22-13, Chris Resop 17-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - James McDonald 7-4, Tony Watson 1-0, Jared Hughes 1-0, Jason Grilli 2-0, Chris Resop 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - James McDonald 26, Tony Watson 4, Jared Hughes 2, Jason Grilli 6, Chris Resop 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Tony Watson 2-0, Jared Hughes 2-0 | ||||||||