Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 3,
Chi. White Sox 2
When: 8:10 PM ET, Thursday, June 18, 2015
Where: U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature: 77°
Umpires: Home - Dan Bellino, 1B - Tom Hallion, 2B - Bruce Dreckman, 3B - Alfonso Marquez
Attendance: 21296
Where: U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature: 77°
Umpires: Home - Dan Bellino, 1B - Tom Hallion, 2B - Bruce Dreckman, 3B - Alfonso Marquez
Attendance: 21296
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 |
| Chi. White Sox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Pittsburgh
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Josh Harrison | 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .284 |
| Starling Marte | LF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .285 |
| Andrew McCutchen | CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .294 |
| Jung-ho Kang | 3B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .284 |
| Pedro Alvarez | 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .240 |
| Sean Rodriguez | PR-1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .264 |
| Gregory Polanco | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .241 |
| Jordy Mercer | SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .220 |
| Corey Hart | DH | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .220 |
| Jose Tabata | PR-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .290 |
| Chris Stewart | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .281 |
| Totals | 36 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 19 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| TB - Josh Harrison 2, Starling Marte 2, Andrew McCutchen, Jung-ho Kang 2, Pedro Alvarez 2, Jordy Mercer, Corey Hart 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Josh Harrison (22), Jung-ho Kang (25), Gregory Polanco (16) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Starling Marte 2 (31), Jung-ho Kang (19), Jose Tabata (3) | |||||||||
| SF - Josh Harrison (2) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Pedro Alvarez (1), Chris Stewart (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 10 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Starling Marte (5, 2nd by Samardzija/Soto) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Gerrit Cole (W 11-2) | 7.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1.78 |
| Arquimedes Caminero (H 11) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.97 |
| Mark Melancon (SV 23) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.87 |
| WP - Gerrit Cole | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Gerrit Cole 106-66, Arquimedes Caminero 8-5, Mark Melancon 13-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Gerrit Cole 11-3, Arquimedes Caminero 1-1, Mark Melancon 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Gerrit Cole 27, Arquimedes Caminero 3, Mark Melancon 3 | ||||||||
Chi. White Sox
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Adam Eaton | CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .242 |
| J.B. Shuck | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .269 |
| Jose Abreu | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .283 |
| Adam LaRoche | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .227 |
| Melky Cabrera | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .242 |
| Alexei Ramirez | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .226 |
| Conor Gillaspie | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .242 |
| Geovany Soto | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .215 |
| Gordon Beckham | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .218 |
| Totals | 28 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jose Abreu (10) | |||||||||
| HR - Geovany Soto (4) | |||||||||
| TB - Adam Eaton, Jose Abreu 2, Geovany Soto 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Melky Cabrera (23), Geovany Soto (11) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Geovany Soto (5) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Adam LaRoche (19), Melky Cabrera (19) | |||||||||
| S - J.B. Shuck (2) | |||||||||
| SF - Melky Cabrera (4) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 4 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Adam Eaton (5, 2nd off Cole/Stewart) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jeff Samardzija | 7.0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4.67 |
| Jacob Petricka (L 1-2) | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.92 |
| Zach Duke | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.71 |
| Zach Putnam | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.74 |
| HBP - Chris Stewart (by Samardzija) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jeff Samardzija 114-78, Jacob Petricka 6-5, Zach Duke 14-8, Zach Putnam 19-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jeff Samardzija 8-2, Jacob Petricka 1-0, Zach Duke 1-0, Zach Putnam 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jeff Samardzija 29, Jacob Petricka 2, Zach Duke 3, Zach Putnam 6 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Zach Duke 1-1, Zach Putnam 2-0 | ||||||||