Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Pirates 2 Twins 1













1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 2






Pittsburgh Batting
Batters AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Harrison, J, LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .270
Snider, RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .364
McCutchen, CF 4 0 0 0 0 3 4 .465
Ishikawa, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .276
Walker, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 .227
Sanchez, G, DH 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 .310
Sanchez, T, C 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .282
   1- Polo, PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Ashley, C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Mercer, SS 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 .243
Barmes, 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .222
Totals 30 2 4 0 1 10 12
1-Ran for Sanchez, T in the 8th.

BATTING
TB: Mercer; Barmes; Sanchez, T; Snider.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Ishikawa; McCutchen 2.
SAC: Snider.
GIDP: Barmes, Ishikawa.
Team RISP: 1-for-6.
Team LOB: 4.

FIELDING
E: Sanchez, T (2, fielding).
DP: (Ishikawa-Mercer-Ishikawa).

Minnesota Batting
Batters AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Dozier, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .255
Mauer, 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .300
Kubel, LF 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .195
Willingham, DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .056
Arcia, O, RF 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 .256
Plouffe, 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .239
Suzuki, K, C 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .200
Hicks, CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 .318
Florimon, SS 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .150
Totals 30 1 4 1 1 6 6


BATTING
2B: Plouffe (4, Cumpton).
HR: Arcia, O (2, 7th inning off Watson, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Plouffe 2; Arcia, O 4; Hicks; Mauer.
RBI: Arcia, O (6).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Hicks; Willingham.
GIDP: Florimon.
Team RISP: 0-for-2.
Team LOB: 4.

FIELDING
E: Florimon (1, fielding), Mauer (2, fielding).
DP: 2 (Dozier-Mauer, Dozier-Florimon-Mauer).

Pittsburgh Pitching
Pitchers IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Cumpton 5.0 2 0 0 1 4 0 2.21
Grilli 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
Watson (W, 1-0) 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0.00
Gomez, J (S, 1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.48

Minnesota Pitching
Pitchers IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Nolasco 4.0 1 0 0 1 3 0 5.50
Swarzak 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.66
Thielbar (L, 1-1) 1.1 3 2 0 0 2 0 1.29
Fien (BS, 1) 1.2 0 0 0 0 3 0 4.05
 
WP: Grilli, Fien.
HBP: Sanchez, T (by Swarzak), Arcia, O (by Cumpton).
Groundouts-flyouts: Cumpton 7-3, Grilli 0-1, Watson 1-2, Gomez, J 0-4, Nolasco 4-4, Swarzak 2-2, Thielbar 1-0, Fien 2-1.
Batters faced: Cumpton 18, Grilli 4, Watson 4, Gomez, J 6, Nolasco 13, Swarzak 7, Thielbar 7, Fien 6.
Inherited runners-scored: Fien 3-2.
Umpires: HP: Brian O'Nora. 1B: Marvin Hudson. 2B: Toby Basner. 3B: Seth Buckminster.
Weather: 60 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 17 mph, In from CF.
T: 2:24.
Att: 6,585.
Venue: Hammond Stadium.
March 26, 2014

Pirates beat the Twins to clinch a winning record for for the spring.  With 3 games left the Pirates are 14-9

The good:  pitching gave up no earned runs and only 4 hits.  travis Snider hit the ball hard, had a single and hit hard ball that led to the 2 run error.  Jordy Mercer had a hit, a walk, and heads up base running to score the winning run.

The bad: 3,4,5,and 6 hitters went 0-16