Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Pittsburgh 7,
Detroit 4
When: 1:10 PM ET, Monday, April 11, 2016
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 56°
Umpires: Home - Ron Kulpa, 1B - Gabe Morales, 2B - Paul Nauert, 3B - Jerry Meals
Attendance: 26271
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 56°
Umpires: Home - Ron Kulpa, 1B - Gabe Morales, 2B - Paul Nauert, 3B - Jerry Meals
Attendance: 26271
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Pittsburgh | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 1 |
| Detroit | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
Pittsburgh
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| John Jaso | 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .321 |
| David Freese | 3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .269 |
| Andrew McCutchen | CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .296 |
| Matt Joyce | DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .286 |
| Michael Morse | PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Starling Marte | LF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .310 |
| Francisco Cervelli | C | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .455 |
| Gregory Polanco | RF | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .381 |
| Josh Harrison | 2B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
| Sean Rodriguez | 3B-1B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .667 |
| Jordy Mercer | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 |
| Totals | 36 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - John Jaso (3), Matt Joyce (1), Starling Marte (1), Gregory Polanco 2 (3), Josh Harrison (1) | |||||||||
| TB - John Jaso 3, Andrew McCutchen, Matt Joyce 3, Starling Marte 3, Francisco Cervelli 3, Gregory Polanco 5, Josh Harrison 3, Sean Rodriguez, Jordy Mercer | |||||||||
| RBI - John Jaso (2), Matt Joyce (1), Francisco Cervelli (5), Gregory Polanco (4), Sean Rodriguez (2), Jordy Mercer 2 (4) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Andrew McCutchen 2 (2), Starling Marte (3), Gregory Polanco (1) | |||||||||
| S - Jordy Mercer (2) | |||||||||
| SF - John Jaso (1), Francisco Cervelli (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Matt Joyce (1), Gregory Polanco (1), Jordy Mercer (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Matt Joyce (1, 2nd by Verlander/McCann), Gregory Polanco (2, 2nd by Verlander/McCann) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Jordy Mercer (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jon Niese (W 1-0) | 6.0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5.73 |
| Neftali Feliz (H 3) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Tony Watson (H 3) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Mark Melancon (SV 3) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.08 |
| WP - Jon Niese | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jon Niese 88-54, Neftali Feliz 20-12, Tony Watson 13-6, Mark Melancon 9-7 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jon Niese 7-4, Neftali Feliz 1-1, Tony Watson 0-0, Mark Melancon 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jon Niese 24, Neftali Feliz 3, Tony Watson 4, Mark Melancon 3 | ||||||||
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Ian Kinsler | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .348 |
| Justin Upton | LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .227 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .263 |
| Victor Martinez | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .231 |
| J.D. Martinez | RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .350 |
| Nick Castellanos | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .353 |
| James McCann | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .133 |
| Jarrod Saltalamacchia | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .286 |
| Tyler Collins | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Jose Iglesias | SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .421 |
| Totals | 32 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - J.D. Martinez (1), Nick Castellanos (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Justin Upton, Victor Martinez, J.D. Martinez 5, Nick Castellanos 4, Jose Iglesias | |||||||||
| RBI - Victor Martinez (4), J.D. Martinez (1), Nick Castellanos (3) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Nick Castellanos (2) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Nick Castellanos (4) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Miguel Cabrera (1), Victor Martinez (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 3 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Justin Verlander (L 0-1) | 4.1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8.71 |
| Drew VerHagen | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Logan Kensing | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.93 |
| Mark Lowe | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Kyle Ryan | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Justin Verlander 111-71, Drew VerHagen 11-6, Logan Kensing 27-15, Mark Lowe 13-9, Kyle Ryan 17-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Justin Verlander 2-5, Drew VerHagen 1-0, Logan Kensing 2-1, Mark Lowe 1-1, Kyle Ryan 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Justin Verlander 23, Drew VerHagen 4, Logan Kensing 7, Mark Lowe 3, Kyle Ryan 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Drew VerHagen 2-2 | ||||||||