Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Pittsburgh 3,
Washington 1
When: 1:35 PM ET, Sunday, July 26, 2015
Where: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Temperature: 85°
Umpires: Home - Chris Conroy, 1B - Gabe Morales, 2B - Scott Barry, 3B - Ted Barrett
Attendance: 37597
Where: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Temperature: 85°
Umpires: Home - Chris Conroy, 1B - Gabe Morales, 2B - Scott Barry, 3B - Ted Barrett
Attendance: 37597
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Washington | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 3 | 5 | 0 |
Washington
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Michael Taylor | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .240 |
| Danny Espinosa | 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| Bryce Harper | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .330 |
| Yunel Escobar | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .322 |
| Clint Robinson | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .269 |
| Ian Desmond | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .222 |
| Wilson Ramos | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .243 |
| Matthew den Dekker | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .184 |
| Joe Ross | SP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .077 |
| Matt Thornton | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Anthony Rendon | PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .284 |
| Casey Janssen | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 32 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Clint Robinson (11) | |||||||||
| HR - Michael Taylor (8) | |||||||||
| TB - Michael Taylor 4, Danny Espinosa 2, Bryce Harper, Clint Robinson 2, Ian Desmond, Anthony Rendon | |||||||||
| RBI - Michael Taylor (39) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Michael Taylor (21) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Bryce Harper 2 (22) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Wilson Ramos (10) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Danny Espinosa (4, 2nd off Cole/Stewart) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Michael Taylor (3) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Joe Ross (L 2-3) | 6.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3.03 |
| Matt Thornton | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.85 |
| Casey Janssen | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.95 |
| HBP - Starling Marte (by Ross) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Joe Ross 78-51, Matt Thornton 8-8, Casey Janssen 9-7 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Joe Ross 6-2, Matt Thornton 0-0, Casey Janssen 0-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Joe Ross 24, Matt Thornton 3, Casey Janssen 3 | ||||||||
Pittsburgh
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Gregory Polanco | RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .243 |
| Starling Marte | LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .291 |
| Andrew McCutchen | CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .292 |
| Aramis Ramirez | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .241 |
| Jung-ho Kang | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .286 |
| Neil Walker | 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .271 |
| Pedro Alvarez | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .232 |
| Sean Rodriguez | 1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .204 |
| Chris Stewart | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .292 |
| Gerrit Cole | SP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .147 |
| Tony Watson | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Mark Melancon | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 27 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Neil Walker (9) | |||||||||
| TB - Gregory Polanco, Starling Marte, Andrew McCutchen, Neil Walker 4, Chris Stewart | |||||||||
| RBI - Gregory Polanco (27), Andrew McCutchen (61), Neil Walker (39) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jung-ho Kang (27) | |||||||||
| S - Gerrit Cole (6) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 3 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Starling Marte (8, 2nd by Ross/Ramos) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Gregory Polanco (Harper at 2nd) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Gerrit Cole (W 14-4) | 7.2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2.24 |
| Tony Watson (H 23) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.99 |
| Mark Melancon (SV 32) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.37 |
| HBP - Yunel Escobar (by Cole) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Gerrit Cole 103-69, Tony Watson 4-3, Mark Melancon 8-5 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Gerrit Cole 8-2, Tony Watson 1-0, Mark Melancon 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Gerrit Cole 29, Tony Watson 1, Mark Melancon 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Tony Watson 2-0 | ||||||||