Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
Tampa Bay 8,
Pittsburgh 2
When: 1:05 PM ET, Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Where: McKechnie Field, Bradenton, Florida
Temperature: 70°
Umpires: Home - Toby Basner, 1B - John Hirschbeck, 2B - Tom Hallion, 3B - Travis Carlson
Attendance: 4266
Where: McKechnie Field, Bradenton, Florida
Temperature: 70°
Umpires: Home - Toby Basner, 1B - John Hirschbeck, 2B - Tom Hallion, 3B - Travis Carlson
Attendance: 4266
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Tampa Bay | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 1 |
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 |
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Ben Zobrist | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 |
| Tim Beckham | 2B | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
| Desmond Jennings | CF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Rich Thompson | CF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .429 |
| Matt Joyce | RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .600 |
| Jason Bourgeois | RF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| Yunel Escobar | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 |
| Hak-Ju Lee | SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .143 |
| Luke Scott | DH | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
| Stephen Vogt | PH-DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .222 |
| Kelly Johnson | LF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 |
| Leslie Anderson | LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .455 |
| Jose Molina | C | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 |
| Chris Gimenez | PR-C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| James Loney | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .286 |
| Shelley Duncan | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 |
| Sean Rodriguez | 3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Mike Fontenot | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .375 |
| Totals | 38 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Tim Beckham (1), Luke Scott (1) | |||||||||
| 3B - Tim Beckham (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Tim Beckham 5, Rich Thompson, Matt Joyce, Jason Bourgeois, Hak-Ju Lee, Luke Scott 3, Kelly Johnson, Jose Molina 2, Chris Gimenez | |||||||||
| RBI - Jason Bourgeois (2), Yunel Escobar (3), Hak-Ju Lee (1), Luke Scott (1), Jose Molina (1), James Loney (1) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Luke Scott (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Stephen Vogt (1), Jose Molina (1), Mike Fontenot (1) | |||||||||
| SF - Yunel Escobar (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Shelley Duncan (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Desmond Jennings 2 (3, 2nd off Cole/McKenry, 3rd off Cole/McKenry) | |||||||||
| PO - Ben Zobrist (1st by Burnett) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Hak-Ju Lee (3) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jeff Niemann | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jeremy Hellickson (W 1-0) | 1.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Juan Sandoval | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.86 |
| J.D. Martin | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Alexander Torres | 1.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.38 |
| Felipe Rivero | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.86 |
| Enny Romero | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Jeff Niemann 0-0, Jeremy Hellickson 0-0, Juan Sandoval 0-0, J.D. Martin 0-0, Alexander Torres 0-0, Felipe Rivero 0-0, Enny Romero 0-0 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jeff Niemann 3-0, Jeremy Hellickson 0-2, Juan Sandoval 2-0, J.D. Martin 1-0, Alexander Torres 1-2, Felipe Rivero 0-2, Enny Romero 0-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jeff Niemann 3, Jeremy Hellickson 8, Juan Sandoval 4, J.D. Martin 3, Alexander Torres 8, Felipe Rivero 6, Enny Romero 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Juan Sandoval 1-0 | ||||||||
Pittsburgh
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Starling Marte | LF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Jose Tabata | LF | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Neil Walker | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Ivan De Jesus | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 |
| Andrew McCutchen | CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Alex Presley | CF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 |
| Pedro Alvarez | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 |
| Matt Hague | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 |
| Garrett Jones | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 |
| Jared Goedert | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 |
| Gaby Sanchez | DH | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 |
| Brandon Inge | PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Brad Hawpe | RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .200 |
| Jerry Sands | RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .111 |
| Michael McKenry | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 |
| Lucas May | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 |
| Clint Barmes | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
| Josh Harrison | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Totals | 35 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 19 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jose Tabata 2 (2), Pedro Alvarez (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Starling Marte, Jose Tabata 4, Alex Presley, Pedro Alvarez 2, Matt Hague, Gaby Sanchez, Michael McKenry | |||||||||
| RBI - Alex Presley (1), Matt Hague (1) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Matt Hague (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Brandon Inge (1), Michael McKenry (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Clint Barmes (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Neil Walker (1), Brad Hawpe (1), Pedro Alvarez (1), Jason Grilli (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| A.J. Burnett (L 0-1) | 2.0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Wandy Rodriguez | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Gerrit Cole | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Jason Grilli | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 |
| Mark Melancon | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Jared Hughes | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| WP - A.J. Burnett, Gerrit Cole | ||||||||
| HBP - Kelly Johnson (by Rodriguez) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - A.J. Burnett 0-0, Wandy Rodriguez 0-0, Gerrit Cole 0-0, Jason Grilli 0-0, Mark Melancon 0-0, Jared Hughes 0-0 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - A.J. Burnett 4-0, Wandy Rodriguez 3-1, Gerrit Cole 2-3, Jason Grilli 1-1, Mark Melancon 2-0, Jared Hughes 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - A.J. Burnett 10, Wandy Rodriguez 9, Gerrit Cole 8, Jason Grilli 6, Mark Melancon 3, Jared Hughes 5 | ||||||||