Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 2,
Pittsburgh 1
When: 7:05 PM ET, Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Where: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Temperature: 91°
Umpires: Home - Joe West, 1B - Sam Holbrook, 2B - Mike Estabrook, 3B - Rob Drake
Attendance: 19878
Where: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Temperature: 91°
Umpires: Home - Joe West, 1B - Sam Holbrook, 2B - Mike Estabrook, 3B - Rob Drake
Attendance: 19878
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Denard Span | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .285 |
| Ben Revere | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .309 |
| Josh Willingham | LF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .279 |
| Justin Morneau | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .234 |
| Trevor Plouffe | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .252 |
| Brian Dozier | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .242 |
| Jamey Carroll | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .260 |
| Drew Butera | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .240 |
| Francisco Liriano | SP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 |
| Jared Burton | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Darin Mastroianni | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .209 |
| Glen Perkins | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 34 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Josh Willingham (19), Drew Butera (4) | |||||||||
| HR - Josh Willingham (14) | |||||||||
| TB - Denard Span, Josh Willingham 6, Justin Morneau, Trevor Plouffe, Jamey Carroll, Drew Butera 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Josh Willingham (46), Trevor Plouffe (25) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Trevor Plouffe (10) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Denard Span (22), Jamey Carroll 2 (29) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Francisco Liriano | 6.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5.74 |
| Jared Burton (W 1-0) | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.21 |
| Glen Perkins (SV 1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.03 |
| HBP - Pedro Alvarez (by Liriano) | ||||||||
| IBB - Andrew McCutchen (by Liriano) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Francisco Liriano 97-60, Jared Burton 19-15, Glen Perkins 14-7 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Francisco Liriano 9-4, Jared Burton 3-0, Glen Perkins 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Francisco Liriano 27, Jared Burton 5, Glen Perkins 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Jared Burton 2-0 | ||||||||
Pittsburgh
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jose Tabata | LF-RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .225 |
| Josh Harrison | RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .247 |
| Alex Presley | PH-LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .223 |
| Andrew McCutchen | CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .332 |
| Casey McGehee | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .242 |
| Neil Walker | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .263 |
| Pedro Alvarez | 3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .212 |
| Jordy Mercer | PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 |
| Clint Barmes | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .201 |
| Michael McKenry | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .167 |
| Erik Bedard | SP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 |
| Matt Hague | PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 |
| Jared Hughes | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Rod Barajas | PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .218 |
| Jason Grilli | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Doug Slaten | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Garrett Jones | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .252 |
| Totals | 30 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Josh Harrison (7) | |||||||||
| TB - Josh Harrison 2, Andrew McCutchen, Casey McGehee, Clint Barmes, Matt Hague | |||||||||
| RBI - Rod Barajas (16) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jose Tabata (19), Casey McGehee 2 (20) | |||||||||
| S - Jose Tabata (2) | |||||||||
| SF - Rod Barajas (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Erik Bedard | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4.12 |
| Jared Hughes | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.02 |
| Jason Grilli (L 1-2) | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.02 |
| Doug Slaten | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.45 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Erik Bedard 97-64, Jared Hughes 11-7, Jason Grilli 10-9, Doug Slaten 8-5 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Erik Bedard 3-2, Jared Hughes 3-0, Jason Grilli 2-1, Doug Slaten 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Erik Bedard 24, Jared Hughes 4, Jason Grilli 5, Doug Slaten 3 | ||||||||