Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates - Box Score - September 07, 2012

Scores for Sep 7, 2012

Final

Series: Game 1 of 3

Chi Cubs leads 1-0 (as of 9/7)

(52-86, 18-52 away)

(72-65, 42-28 home)

Coverage: ROOT Sports

7:05 PM ET, September 7, 2012

PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

W: T. Wood (5-11)

Chicago Cubs
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D DeJesus RF	5	1	0	0	0	0	21	.262	.350	.400
A Cabrera P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
J Russell P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
b-A Cardenas PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.220	.250	.340
C Marmol P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
L Valbuena 3B	4	2	1	2	2	1	29	.227	.319	.369
A Rizzo 1B	3	2	1	1	2	0	19	.298	.349	.480
c-B LaHair PH-1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.254	.335	.448
A Soriano LF	5	1	3	3	0	1	20	.261	.315	.492
D Sappelt PR-LF	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.222	.000
S Castro SS	5	1	3	4	0	0	13	.281	.315	.426
S Clevenger C	5	0	1	1	0	2	17	.214	.274	.297
B Jackson CF	3	1	1	0	0	1	11	.191	.309	.404
a-T Campana PH-CF	2	1	1	0	0	0	7	.256	.295	.287
D Barney 2B	5	1	1	0	0	0	23	.255	.297	.366
T Wood P	4	1	0	0	0	1	9	.195	.195	.341
J Mather RF	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	.200	.245	.305
Totals	44	12	12	11	4	7	180
a-reached on error for B Jackson in the 7th b-flied out to center for J Russell in the 9th c-grounded to second for A Rizzo in the 9th
BATTING 2B: L Valbuena (17, J Wilson); S Castro (22, H Takahashi) RBI: A Soriano 3 (91), S Castro 4 (71), S Clevenger (16), L Valbuena 2 (24), A Rizzo (34) 2-out RBI: S Castro 4, S Clevenger, A Rizzo, A Soriano 2 GIDP: D Barney Cubs RISP: 6-19 (D DeJesus 0-2, S Clevenger 1-5, A Soriano 2-3, S Castro 2-4, D Barney 0-2, T Wood 0-2, L Valbuena 1-1) Team LOB: 9
BASERUNNING SB: S Castro (22, 2nd base off A Burnett/R Barajas)
FIELDING DP: 1 (D Barney-S Castro-A Rizzo).

Chicago Cubs
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
T Wood (W, 5-11)	6.0	1	0	0	3	5	0	83-52	4.42
A Cabrera	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	24-13	7.30
J Russell	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	31-21	3.54
C Marmol	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	20-12	4.06
Totals	9.0	4	2	2	5	9	0	158-98
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: T Wood 12/21; A Cabrera 3/4; J Russell 2/6; C Marmol 2/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: T Wood 14-7-18-13; A Cabrera 5-2-4-2; J Russell 8-2-6-5; C Marmol 6-4-1-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: T Wood 5-8; A Cabrera 1-1; J Russell 1-1; C Marmol 1-0 Game Scores: T Wood 72

Pittsburgh Pirates
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
B Holt 2B	4	0	1	0	0	2	13	.400	.409	.450
S Marte LF-CF	2	0	0	1	1	1	19	.247	.286	.412
A McCutchen CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	8	.343	.406	.558
A Presley LF	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	.237	.280	.390
G Jones RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	21	.289	.329	.545
G Sanchez 1B	2	0	0	0	2	1	26	.223	.277	.339
P Alvarez 3B	3	0	1	0	1	0	16	.246	.325	.490
R Barajas C	2	0	0	0	0	1	11	.198	.271	.329
J Wilson P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
C Leroux P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
H Takahashi P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
a-J Clement PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.100	.000
K McPherson P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
b-J Mercer PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.200	.237	.382
J Harrison SS	4	1	1	0	0	1	16	.238	.283	.364
A Burnett P	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.058	.109	.058
M McKenry C	1	1	1	1	1	0	10	.260	.336	.510
Totals	29	2	4	2	5	9	158
a-grounded to second for H Takahashi in the 7th b-struck out swinging for K Mcpherson in the 9th
BATTING 2B: P Alvarez (22, T Wood); M McKenry (13, J Russell) RBI: M McKenry (39), S Marte (11) SF: S Marte GIDP: P Alvarez Pirates RISP: 1-5 (R Barajas 0-1, J Mercer 0-1, B Holt 1-1, A McCutchen 0-1, J Harrison 0-1) Team LOB: 6
FIELDING E: B Holt 2 (2, ground ball 2); S Marte 2 (2, bobble, throw); R Barajas (4, throw); G Sanchez (3, throw); J Harrison (5, ground ball) DP: 1 (P Alvarez-B Holt-G Sanchez).

Pittsburgh Pirates
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
A Burnett (L, 15-6)	5.0	8	7	3	1	4	0	92-65	3.68
J Wilson	0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	10-4	4.50
C Leroux	1.2	0	2	0	0	2	0	34-26	9.00
H Takahashi	0.1	2	3	3	2	0	0	23-10	14.54
K McPherson	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	21-13	1.17
Totals	9.0	12	12	6	4	7	0	180-118
PITCHING A Burnett pitched to 4 batters in the 6th; J Wilson pitched to 2 batters in the 6th WP: A Burnett; C Leroux First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: A Burnett 21/28; J Wilson 1/2; C Leroux 7/7; H Takahashi 3/5; K McPherson 3/6 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: A Burnett 17-10-15-23; J Wilson 1-0-2-1; C Leroux 5-5-11-5; H Takahashi 4-1-2-3; K McPherson 3-0-5-5 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: A Burnett 7-4; J Wilson 0-0; C Leroux 1-2; H Takahashi 0-1; K McPherson 4-1 Game Scores: A Burnett 34

			CHC	PIT
	1st	A Soriano singled to shallow center, L Valbuena scored, A Rizzo to second.	1	0
	3rd	S Castro singled to left, A Rizzo and A Soriano scored, S Castro to second on error by left fielder S Marte.	3	0
	3rd	S Clevenger singled to center, S Castro scored.	4	0
	6th	D DeJesus grounded into fielder's choice to first, B Jackson scored on throwing error by first baseman G Sanchez, D Barney to third, T Wood to second.	5	0
	6th	L Valbuena doubled to deep center, D Barney and T Wood scored, D DeJesus to third.	7	0
	7th	A Rizzo walked, T Campana scored, D DeJesus to third, L Valbuena to second.	8	0
	7th	A Soriano singled to left, D DeJesus and L Valbuena scored, A Rizzo to second.	10	0
	7th	S Castro doubled to deep right center, A Rizzo and D Sappelt scored.	12	0
	8th	M McKenry doubled to left, J Harrison scored.	12	1
	8th	S Marte hit sacrifice fly to center, M McKenry scored.	12	2
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CUBS CENTERFIELDER BRETT JACKSON LEFT THE GAME IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH INNING WITH A BRUISED RIGHT KNEE.
PIRATES MANAGER CLINT HURDLE WAS EJECTED BY THIRD BASE UMPIRE GARY DARLING IN THE TOP OF THE SIXTH INNING FOR ARGUING A SAFE/OUT CALL.

Stadium	PNC Park, Pittsburgh, PA
Attendance	32,699 (85.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:34
Weather	83 degrees, cloudy
Wind	6 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Paul Emmel, First Base - Scott Barry, Second Base - Jordan Baker, Third Base - Gary Darling

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