Sunday, August 31, 2014

Reds 3 Pirates 2

66-71
3 2
Pittsburgh
71-65
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cin 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 7 0
Pit 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 0

Scoring Summary

Bottom 1st: Pittsburgh
Josh Harrison homered (348 ft.) to left
CIN 0 - PIT 1
Bottom 2nd: Pittsburgh
Jordy Mercer homered (402 ft.) to deep left center
CIN 0 - PIT 2
Top 5th: Cincinnati
Chris Heisey homered (418 ft.) to deep left, Ryan Ludwick scored
CIN 2 - PIT 2
Top 9th: Cincinnati
Chris Heisey homered (368 ft.) to deep left
CIN 3 - PIT 2

Batting

Cincinnati

AB R H RBI HR BB K SB LOB AVG
Billy HamiltonCF 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 .267
Kristopher Negron3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 .255
Brandon Phillips2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .258
Todd Frazier1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278
Brayan PeñaC 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .257
Ryan LudwickLF 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .247
Jay BruceRF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .217
Chris HeiseyRF-LF 4 2 2 3 2 0 0 0 1 .227
Ramón SantiagoSS 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250
Johnny CuetoP 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .133
Jack HannahanPH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154
Mike LeakePR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .169
Aroldis ChapmanP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 32 3 7 3 2 3 6 1 7
Batting
HR - C Heisey 2 (7, 5th inning off F Liriano 1 on, 0 Out, 9th inning off J Hughes 0 on, 1 Out)
S - J Cueto 2
RBI - C Heisey 3 (18)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Hamilton 1, K Negron 1, B Phillips 2
Team LOB - 7
Running
SB - B Hamilton (54, 2nd base off F Liriano/C Stewart)
Fielding
DP - 1 (B Phillips-R Santiago-T Frazier)

Pittsburgh

AB R H RBI HR BB K SB LOB AVG
Josh Harrison3B 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .310
Andrew LamboRF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .333
Andrew McCutchenCF 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .307
Neil Walker2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .272
Ike Davis1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 .238
Starling MarteLF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 .272
Jordy MercerSS 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 .258
Chris StewartC 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .274
Russell MartinPH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293
Francisco LirianoP 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .088
Brent MorelPH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .136
Jared HughesP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Justin WilsonP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 34 2 9 2 2 1 8 0 11
Batting
2B - A Lambo (1, J Cueto)
HR - J Harrison (13, 1st inning off J Cueto 0 on, 0 Out), J Mercer (8, 2nd inning off J Cueto 0 on, 1 Out)
RBI - J Harrison (46), J Mercer (43)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - N Walker 1, I Davis 2
GIDP - S Marte
Team LOB - 6
Running
CS - S Marte (9, 2nd base by J Cueto/B Pena)

Pitching

Cincinnati

IP H R ER BB K HR WHIP ERA
Johnny Cueto 8.0 9 2 2 1 6 2 0.97 2.26
Aroldis Chapman 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.86 2.44

Pittsburgh

IP H R ER BB K HR WHIP ERA
Francisco Liriano 7.0 5 2 2 3 5 1 1.33 3.91
Jared Hughes 1.2 2 1 1 0 1 1 1.15 2.06
Justin Wilson 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.34 4.30
WP - F Liriano
Pitches-strikes - J Cueto 113-81; F Liriano 111-67; J Hughes 25-17; J Wilson 6-3
Ground balls-fly balls - J Cueto 10-9; F Liriano 10-5; J Hughes 3-2; J Wilson 0-1
Batters faced - J Cueto 32; F Liriano 29; J Hughes 7; J Wilson 1
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Jim Reynolds. 1B--Manny Gonzalez. 2B--Fieldin Culbreth. 3B--Brian Knight.
Weather: 70 degrees, rain.
Wind: 7 mph, out to left.

The Good: Overall pitching was good.  Mercer, McCitchen, and Harrison each had 2 hits

The Bad:  Pirates never strung hits together to produce runs.  
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