Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 3,
Chi. Cubs 1
When: 7:05 PM ET, Thursday, September 12, 2013
Where: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Temperature: 72°
Umpires: Home - Paul Nauert, 1B - Doug Eddings, 2B - Dana DeMuth, 3B - Mike Estabrook
Attendance: 23541
Where: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Temperature: 72°
Umpires: Home - Paul Nauert, 1B - Doug Eddings, 2B - Dana DeMuth, 3B - Mike Estabrook
Attendance: 23541
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Chi. Cubs | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 3 | 6 | 0 |
Chi. Cubs
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Starlin Castro | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .241 |
| Darwin Barney | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .214 |
| Anthony Rizzo | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .228 |
| Donnie Murphy | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .270 |
| Junior Lake | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .312 |
| Welington Castillo | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .274 |
| Darnell McDonald | RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .237 |
| Ryan Sweeney | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .278 |
| Christopher Rusin | SP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .111 |
| Dioner Navarro | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .302 |
| James Russell | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Blake Parker | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Zachary Rosscup | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Justin Grimm | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 32 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Darnell McDonald (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Starlin Castro, Anthony Rizzo, Junior Lake, Darnell McDonald 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Starlin Castro (40) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Starlin Castro (16) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Welington Castillo (26), Darnell McDonald (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| PO - James Russell (Marte at 1st) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Christopher Rusin (L 2-4) | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.85 |
| James Russell | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.51 |
| Blake Parker | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.85 |
| Zachary Rosscup | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Justin Grimm | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.91 |
| HBP - Josh Harrison (by Rusin) | ||||||||
| IBB - Andrew McCutchen (by Parker) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Christopher Rusin 79-56, James Russell 13-7, Blake Parker 9-4, Zachary Rosscup 4-0, Justin Grimm 3-3 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Christopher Rusin 11-1, James Russell 0-0, Blake Parker 0-0, Zachary Rosscup 0-0, Justin Grimm 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Christopher Rusin 25, James Russell 2, Blake Parker 3, Zachary Rosscup 1, Justin Grimm 1 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Zachary Rosscup 2-0, Justin Grimm 3-0 | ||||||||
Pittsburgh
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Josh Harrison | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Clint Barmes | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .223 |
| Jordy Mercer | SS-2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .282 |
| Andrew McCutchen | CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .326 |
| Justin Morneau | 1B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .286 |
| Marlon Byrd | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .288 |
| Pedro Alvarez | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .232 |
| Russell Martin | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .234 |
| Jose Tabata | LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .269 |
| Felix Pie | LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .174 |
| Gaby Sanchez | PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .254 |
| Starling Marte | PR-LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .282 |
| Jeff Locke | SP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .087 |
| Tony Watson | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| John Buck | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 |
| Mark Melancon | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 28 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jordy Mercer (20), Andrew McCutchen (36) | |||||||||
| TB - Clint Barmes, Jordy Mercer 3, Andrew McCutchen 2, Marlon Byrd, Pedro Alvarez | |||||||||
| RBI - Jordy Mercer (24), Marlon Byrd (80), Pedro Alvarez (90) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jordy Mercer (10), Marlon Byrd (28), Pedro Alvarez (38) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Marlon Byrd 2 (56), Russell Martin (52) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Starling Marte (14, 2nd by Russell/Castillo) | |||||||||
| PO - Starling Marte (1st by Russell) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jeff Locke (W 10-5) | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3.14 |
| Tony Watson (H 20) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.51 |
| Mark Melancon (SV 14) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.10 |
| WP - Mark Melancon | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jeff Locke 100-61, Tony Watson 10-8, Mark Melancon 15-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jeff Locke 10-1, Tony Watson 2-0, Mark Melancon 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jeff Locke 25, Tony Watson 3, Mark Melancon 5 | ||||||||