Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
Pittsburgh 8,
Detroit 7
When: 6:05 PM ET, Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Where: McKechnie Field, Bradenton, Florida
Temperature: 81°
Umpires: Home - Bill Welke, 1B - Tom Hallion, 2B - Paul Emmel, 3B - John Tumpane
Attendance: 9018
Where: McKechnie Field, Bradenton, Florida
Temperature: 81°
Umpires: Home - Bill Welke, 1B - Tom Hallion, 2B - Paul Emmel, 3B - John Tumpane
Attendance: 9018
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Detroit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | - | 8 | 7 | 1 |
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Xavier Avery | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .316 |
| Ross Kivett | RF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Jose Iglesias | SS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .095 |
| Dixon Machado | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .318 |
| Ian Kinsler | 2B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .409 |
| Joseph Pankake | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Tyler Collins | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .258 |
| Jason Krizan | LF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 |
| Nick Castellanos | 3B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .296 |
| Francisco Martinez | PH-3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 |
| Alex Avila | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .182 |
| Miguel Gonzalez | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 |
| Daniel Fields | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .345 |
| Wynton Bernard | PH-CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .353 |
| Bryan Holaday | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .158 |
| Jefry Marte | PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .160 |
| Jordan Lennerton | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| Aaron Westlake | 1B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .269 |
| Totals | 39 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 21 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Ian Kinsler 2 (4) | |||||||||
| TB - Xavier Avery, Ross Kivett, Dixon Machado, Ian Kinsler 5, Joseph Pankake, Tyler Collins, Jason Krizan, Nick Castellanos 2, Miguel Gonzalez 2, Aaron Westlake | |||||||||
| RBI - Ian Kinsler (7), Joseph Pankake 2 (2), Tyler Collins (7), Jason Krizan (6), Miguel Gonzalez (1), Jordan Lennerton (4) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Ian Kinsler (4), Jordan Lennerton (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Xavier Avery 2 (3), Jose Iglesias (5), Tyler Collins (3), Nick Castellanos (3) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Alex Avila (1), Wynton Bernard (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| PB - Alex Avila (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Shane Greene (L 1-1) | 3.2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5.19 |
| Alberto Cabrera | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.11 |
| Angel Nesbitt | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.50 |
| Tom Gorzelanny | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9.00 |
| Kyle Ryan | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.86 |
| Alex Wilson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 |
| WP - Alberto Cabrera | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Shane Greene 0-0, Alberto Cabrera 0-0, Angel Nesbitt 0-0, Tom Gorzelanny 0-0, Kyle Ryan 0-0, Alex Wilson 0-0 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Shane Greene 5-1, Alberto Cabrera 1-0, Angel Nesbitt 1-0, Tom Gorzelanny 0-1, Kyle Ryan 2-0, Alex Wilson 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Shane Greene 15, Alberto Cabrera 2, Angel Nesbitt 4, Tom Gorzelanny 5, Kyle Ryan 6, Alex Wilson 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Alberto Cabrera 2-1 | ||||||||
Pittsburgh
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Josh Harrison | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .353 |
| Pedro Florimon | 3B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .294 |
| Jose Tabata | LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 |
| Mel Rojas Jr. | PH-LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .125 |
| Jung-ho Kang | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .150 |
| Gustavo Nunez | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .059 |
| Neil Walker | 2B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .421 |
| Willy Garcia | RF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .238 |
| Starling Marte | CF | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .370 |
| Gorkys Hernandez | CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Pedro Alvarez | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .294 |
| Deibinson Romero | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .176 |
| Tony Sanchez | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .526 |
| Sebastian Valle | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 |
| Andrew Lambo | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .179 |
| Antonio Bastardo | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Casey Sadler | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Alen Hanson | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 |
| Bobby LaFromboise | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Josh Wall | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| A.J. Burnett | SP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Charlie Leesman | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Mark Melancon | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jaff Decker | PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .312 |
| Tony Watson | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Steve Lombardozzi | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 |
| Totals | 31 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 10 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Willy Garcia (1), Starling Marte (1), Tony Sanchez (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Neil Walker, Willy Garcia 4, Starling Marte 6, Tony Sanchez 4, Steve Lombardozzi | |||||||||
| RBI - Willy Garcia 3 (3), Starling Marte 2 (2), Tony Sanchez 2 (7) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Willy Garcia 3 (3), Tony Sanchez 2 (3) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Andrew Lambo 2 (5) | |||||||||
| S - Mel Rojas Jr. (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 3 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Starling Marte (2, 2nd off Greene/Avila) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Gorkys Hernandez (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| A.J. Burnett | 3.2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Charlie Leesman (W 1-0; BS 1) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Mark Melancon (H 2) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Tony Watson (H 2) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Antonio Bastardo (H 2) | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9.00 |
| Casey Sadler | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.24 |
| Bobby LaFromboise | 0.1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13.50 |
| Josh Wall (SV 2) | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.91 |
| Pitches-Strikes - A.J. Burnett 0-0, Charlie Leesman 0-0, Mark Melancon 0-0, Tony Watson 0-0, Antonio Bastardo 0-0, Casey Sadler 0-0, Bobby LaFromboise 0-0, Josh Wall 0-0 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - A.J. Burnett 3-1, Charlie Leesman 1-0, Mark Melancon 2-1, Tony Watson 0-1, Antonio Bastardo 0-0, Casey Sadler 0-0, Bobby LaFromboise 0-0, Josh Wall 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - A.J. Burnett 17, Charlie Leesman 2, Mark Melancon 4, Tony Watson 3, Antonio Bastardo 5, Casey Sadler 4, Bobby LaFromboise 6, Josh Wall 2 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Charlie Leesman 3-1, Josh Wall 2-1 | ||||||||