Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
Tampa Bay 2,
Pittsburgh 1
When: 1:05 PM ET, Saturday, March 17, 2012
Where: McKechnie Field, Bradenton, Florida
Temperature: 83°
Umpires: Home - Chad Fairchild, 1B - Tim Welke, 2B - Mark Lollo, 3B - Adam Hamari
Attendance: 6542
Where: McKechnie Field, Bradenton, Florida
Temperature: 83°
Umpires: Home - Chad Fairchild, 1B - Tim Welke, 2B - Mark Lollo, 3B - Adam Hamari
Attendance: 6542
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Tampa Bay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Luke Scott | DH | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Chris Gimenez | PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Sean Rodriguez | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Elliot Johnson | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Matt Joyce | RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Tim Beckham | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Carlos Pena | 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 |
| Jeff Salazar | CF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jeff Keppinger | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 |
| Brandon Guyer | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Sam Fuld | CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| Greg Sexton | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jose Lobaton | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Stephen Vogt | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jesus Feliciano | LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Bradley Coon | LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Matt Mangini | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Will Rhymes | PR-3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 31 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jeff Salazar (0) | |||||||||
| 3B - Carlos Pena (0) | |||||||||
| HR - Luke Scott (0) | |||||||||
| TB - Luke Scott 5, Carlos Pena 3, Jeff Salazar 2, Jose Lobaton | |||||||||
| RBI - Luke Scott (0) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Carlos Pena (0), Jeff Keppinger 2 (0), Brandon Guyer (0) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| PO - Sam Fuld (1st by Karstens) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Carlos Pena (0) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| James Shields (W 0-0) | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Jake McGee (H 0) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Brandon Gomes (H 0) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Ryan Reid (SV 0) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| WP - Jake McGee, Brandon Gomes | ||||||||
| HBP - Alex Presley (by Shields) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - James Shields 0-0, Jake McGee 0-0, Brandon Gomes 0-0, Ryan Reid 0-0 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - James Shields 7-4, Jake McGee 1-1, Brandon Gomes 1-1, Ryan Reid 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - James Shields 23, Jake McGee 4, Brandon Gomes 4, Ryan Reid 3 | ||||||||
Pittsburgh
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Alex Presley | LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Starling Marte | CF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Nate McLouth | RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Matt Hague | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Andrew McCutchen | CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Gorkys Hernandez | LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Neil Walker | 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Eric Fryer | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Garrett Jones | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 |
| Jason Grilli | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Ryota Igarashi | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jake Fox | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Pedro Alvarez | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 |
| Jordy Mercer | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Rod Barajas | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Yamaico Navarro | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Clint Barmes | SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Josh Harrison | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jeff Karstens | SP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jeff Clement | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Joel Hanrahan | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jose Tabata | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Totals | 33 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 12 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Nate McLouth (0), Josh Harrison (0) | |||||||||
| HR - Andrew McCutchen (0) | |||||||||
| TB - Starling Marte, Nate McLouth 2, Andrew McCutchen 4, Neil Walker, Clint Barmes, Josh Harrison 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Andrew McCutchen (0) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alex Presley (0), Andrew McCutchen (0), Eric Fryer (0), Garrett Jones (0), Jose Tabata (0) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Nate McLouth (0) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Jeff Karstens (0) | |||||||||
| PO - Jeff Karstens (Fuld at 1st) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jeff Karstens (L 0-0) | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Joel Hanrahan | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jason Grilli | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Ryota Igarashi | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| WP - Jeff Karstens, Joel Hanrahan | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jeff Karstens 0-0, Joel Hanrahan 0-0, Jason Grilli 0-0, Ryota Igarashi 0-0 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jeff Karstens 7-1, Joel Hanrahan 0-0, Jason Grilli 2-1, Ryota Igarashi 0-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jeff Karstens 21, Joel Hanrahan 4, Jason Grilli 7, Ryota Igarashi 3 | ||||||||