Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Pittsburgh 5,
Colorado 4
When: 3:10 PM ET, Thursday, September 24, 2015
Where: Coors Field, Denver, Colorado
Temperature: 79°
Umpires: Home - Ron Kulpa, 1B - Larry Vanover, 2B - Brian Knight, 3B - Victor Carapazza
Attendance: 25164
Where: Coors Field, Denver, Colorado
Temperature: 79°
Umpires: Home - Ron Kulpa, 1B - Larry Vanover, 2B - Brian Knight, 3B - Victor Carapazza
Attendance: 25164
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Pittsburgh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 3 |
| Colorado | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
Pittsburgh
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Josh Harrison | 3B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .285 |
| Jaff Decker | RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .250 |
| Andrew McCutchen | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .296 |
| Starling Marte | LF | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .293 |
| Neil Walker | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .273 |
| Jordy Mercer | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .249 |
| Pedro Alvarez | 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .243 |
| Sean Rodriguez | 1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .247 |
| Chris Stewart | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .285 |
| Jeff Locke | SP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .067 |
| Bobby LaFromboise | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Travis Snider | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Joe Blanton | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Antonio Bastardo | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Michael Morse | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .236 |
| Mark Melancon | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 36 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Josh Harrison 2 (26) | |||||||||
| HR - Pedro Alvarez (26) | |||||||||
| TB - Josh Harrison 4, Jaff Decker 2, Andrew McCutchen, Starling Marte 4, Neil Walker, Pedro Alvarez 4, Chris Stewart | |||||||||
| RBI - Jaff Decker (1), Starling Marte (78), Pedro Alvarez 3 (75) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Pedro Alvarez 3 (28) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Josh Harrison (48), Jaff Decker (3), Starling Marte (56), Jordy Mercer (39) | |||||||||
| S - Jeff Locke (7) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Andrew McCutchen (9) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Joe Blanton (1), Jaff Decker (2), Pedro Alvarez (22) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jeff Locke | 5.2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4.49 |
| Bobby LaFromboise | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Joe Blanton (W 5-0) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.82 |
| Antonio Bastardo (H 8) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.83 |
| Mark Melancon (SV 50) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.86 |
| IBB - Nolan Arenado (by Locke), Justin Morneau (by Blanton) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jeff Locke 93-60, Bobby LaFromboise 5-3, Joe Blanton 17-8, Antonio Bastardo 10-7, Mark Melancon 14-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jeff Locke 6-4, Bobby LaFromboise 0-0, Joe Blanton 1-0, Antonio Bastardo 0-0, Mark Melancon 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jeff Locke 27, Bobby LaFromboise 1, Joe Blanton 5, Antonio Bastardo 3, Mark Melancon 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Bobby LaFromboise 1-0 | ||||||||
Colorado
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Corey Dickerson | CF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .305 |
| Cristhian Adames | SS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .293 |
| Nolan Arenado | 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .285 |
| Wilin Rosario | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .264 |
| Scott Oberg | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Carlos Gonzalez | PH-RF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .261 |
| DJ LeMahieu | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .302 |
| Justin Morneau | PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .310 |
| Jairo Diaz | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| John Axford | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Rafael Ynoa | LF-2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .236 |
| Kyle Parker | RF-LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .163 |
| Dustin Garneau | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .164 |
| Chad Bettis | SP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .074 |
| Ben Paulsen | PH-1B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .271 |
| Totals | 36 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Nolan Arenado 2 (38) | |||||||||
| 3B - Cristhian Adames (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Corey Dickerson, Cristhian Adames 3, Nolan Arenado 4, Carlos Gonzalez, Rafael Ynoa, Kyle Parker, Ben Paulsen | |||||||||
| RBI - Cristhian Adames (3), Nolan Arenado 2 (117), Ben Paulsen (48) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Nolan Arenado 2 (54), Ben Paulsen (20) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Corey Dickerson (14), Wilin Rosario 2 (23), DJ LeMahieu (50), Rafael Ynoa (8) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Cristhian Adames (1, 2nd by Blanton/Stewart) | |||||||||
| SB - Kyle Parker (1, 2nd off Locke/Stewart), Ben Paulsen (1, 2nd off LaFromboise/Stewart) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Rafael Ynoa (Marte at 2nd) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Chad Bettis | 6.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4.38 |
| Scott Oberg (H 14) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.24 |
| Jairo Diaz (L 0-1; BS 1) | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.00 |
| John Axford | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.44 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Chad Bettis 97-58, Scott Oberg 14-10, Jairo Diaz 15-12, John Axford 21-14 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Chad Bettis 6-1, Scott Oberg 2-0, Jairo Diaz 2-0, John Axford 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Chad Bettis 25, Scott Oberg 4, Jairo Diaz 6, John Axford 5 | ||||||||