Final
Chi Cubs leads 2-1 (as of 9/16)
| Game 1: Friday, September 14 | ||
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| Pittsburgh | 4 | Final |
| Chi Cubs | 7 | |
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| Game 2: Saturday, September 15 | ||
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| Pittsburgh | 7 | Final |
| Chi Cubs | 6 | |
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| Game 3: Sunday, September 16 | ||
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| Pittsburgh | 9 | Final |
| Chi Cubs | 13 | |
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| Game 4: Monday, September 17 | ||
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| Pittsburgh | 3 | Final |
| Chi Cubs | 0 | |
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2:20 PM ET, September 16, 2012
Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
W: J. Beliveau (1-0)
L: J. Hughes (2-2)
| Pittsburgh Pirates | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| S Marte LF | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .256 | .298 | .438 |
| N Walker 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | .276 | .339 | .428 |
| A McCutchen CF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 23 | .343 | .412 | .569 |
| G Jones RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | .284 | .327 | .526 |
| G Sanchez 1B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .230 | .287 | .352 |
| P Alvarez 3B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .244 | .321 | .486 |
| C Barmes SS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | .226 | .262 | .320 |
b-J Clement PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .133 | .235 | .133 |
J Mercer SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .196 | .233 | .375 |
| R Barajas C | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 19 | .199 | .275 | .333 |
c-B Holt PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .327 | .358 | .408 |
| J Locke P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .167 | .167 | .167 |
C Resop P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 |
a-J Harrison PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .231 | .275 | .354 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
J Hughes P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
C Qualls P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
C Leroux P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
J Wilson P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
d-T Snider PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .255 | .339 | .349 |
| Totals | 38 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 186 | |||
| a-struck out swinging for C Resop in the 6th b-flied out to left for C Barmes in the 8th c-walked for R Barajas in the 9th d-struck out swinging for J Wilson in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 3B: S Marte (4, J Chapman) HR: R Barajas (10, 2nd inning off C Volstad 1 on, 1 Out); P Alvarez 2 (29, 5th inning off C Volstad 1 on, 0 Out; 6th inning off J Beliveau 2 on, 1 Out) RBI: R Barajas 2 (28), A McCutchen (88), P Alvarez 5 (80), S Marte (13) 2-out RBI: A McCutchen, S Marte GIDP: S Marte Pirates RISP: 3-10 (G Jones 0-2, N Walker 0-2, A McCutchen 1-2, J Locke 0-1, S Marte 1-1, G Sanchez 0-1, P Alvarez 1-1) Team LOB: 10 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: A McCutchen 2 (18, 3rd base off C Volstad/W Castillo, 2nd base off C Volstad/W Castillo); S Marte 2 (7, 2nd base off C Volstad/W Castillo, 2nd base off A Cabrera/W Castillo) CS: S Marte (3, Home by J Chapman/W Castillo) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: C Barmes (15, ground ball) DP: 1 (G Sanchez-C Barmes-G Sanchez). | ||||||||||
| Pittsburgh Pirates | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| J Locke | 4.1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 74-47 | 5.49 | |
| C Resop | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11-8 | 3.60 | |
| R VandenHurk | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10-6 | 54.01 | |
| J Hughes (L, 2-2; B, 2) | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9-4 | 3.01 | |
| C Qualls | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20-10 | 4.75 | |
| C Leroux | 1.2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 37-23 | 7.71 | |
| J Wilson | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7-5 | 3.86 | |
| Totals | 8.0 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 168-103 | ||
| PITCHING R VandenHurk pitched to 3 batters in the 6th; J Hughes pitched to 2 batters in the 6th WP: R VandenHurk HBP: W Castillo (By J Locke) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Locke 14/22; C Resop 2/3; R VandenHurk 2/3; J Hughes 0/2; C Qualls 0/4; C Leroux 4/8; J Wilson 2/2 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Locke 15-5-9-18; C Resop 3-2-1-2; R VandenHurk 3-0-1-2; J Hughes 1-0-1-2; C Qualls 3-1-4-2; C Leroux 6-6-7-4; J Wilson 2-0-1-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Locke 6-5; C Resop 1-0; R VandenHurk 0-0; J Hughes 0-0; C Qualls 2-0; C Leroux 2-0; J Wilson 0-1 Game Scores: J Locke 30 | ||||||||||
| Chicago Cubs | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| J Mather CF-LF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 | .210 | .253 | .322 |
| D Barney 2B | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 24 | .263 | .310 | .369 |
| A Rizzo 1B | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .300 | .352 | .491 |
| A Soriano LF | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .265 | .320 | .502 |
T Campana PR-CF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .262 | .307 | .298 |
| S Castro SS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .282 | .320 | .429 |
| W Castillo C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22 | .281 | .352 | .445 |
| D Sappelt RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .310 | .375 | .448 |
D DeJesus RF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .266 | .356 | .401 |
| L Valbuena 3B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .220 | .315 | .354 |
| C Volstad P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
a-J Vitters PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .110 | .159 | .207 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
b-B LaHair PH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .259 | .338 | .449 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
c-A Cardenas PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .212 | .268 | .327 |
S Camp P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
C Marmol P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Totals | 39 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 168 | |||
| a-grounded to third for A Cabrera in the 5th b-singled to right for J Beliveau in the 6th c-grounded to pitcher for J Chapman in the 7th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: A Rizzo (11, J Locke); A Soriano (30, C Leroux) HR: J Mather (5, 5th inning off J Locke 0 on, 1 Out); A Rizzo 2 (14, 5th inning off J Locke 1 on, 1 Out; 6th inning off J Hughes 3 on, 0 Out) RBI: A Soriano 2 (101), J Mather (19), A Rizzo 6 (43), W Castillo (17), D Barney (40), D DeJesus 2 (47) 2-out RBI: A Soriano, W Castillo, D DeJesus 2 GIDP: A Rizzo Cubs RISP: 6-10 (W Castillo 1-2, A Rizzo 1-1, D DeJesus 1-1, A Soriano 1-1, J Mather 0-1, S Castro 1-1, L Valbuena 0-1, D Sappelt 0-1, D Barney 1-1) Team LOB: 7 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: S Castro (25, 2nd base off J Wilson/R Barajas) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: W Castillo (6, throw) DP: 1 (S Castro-D Barney-A Rizzo). Outfield Assist: D Sappelt (N Walker at 3rd base). | ||||||||||
| Chicago Cubs | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| C Volstad | 4.2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 100-54 | 6.26 | |
| A Cabrera | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8-5 | 6.32 | |
| M Socolovich | 0.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13-8 | 6.75 | |
| J Beliveau (W, 1-0) | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19-11 | 4.50 | |
| J Chapman (H, 4) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23-13 | 1.69 | |
| S Camp (H, 17) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7-6 | 3.50 | |
| C Marmol | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16-9 | 3.65 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 186-106 | ||
| PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: C Volstad 14/27; A Cabrera 2/2; M Socolovich 2/3; J Beliveau 3/4; J Chapman 2/4; S Camp 2/3; C Marmol 1/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: C Volstad 15-10-9-20; A Cabrera 1-3-0-1; M Socolovich 3-2-2-1; J Beliveau 4-2-3-2; J Chapman 4-4-3-2; S Camp 1-0-2-3; C Marmol 4-2-2-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: C Volstad 5-5; A Cabrera 0-0; M Socolovich 0-0; J Beliveau 0-1; J Chapman 0-1; S Camp 0-3; C Marmol 2-0 Game Scores: C Volstad 19 | ||||||||||
Scoring Summary
| PIT | CHC | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | A Soriano singled to center, A Rizzo scored. | 0 | 1 | |
| 2nd | R Barajas homered to left (379 feet), C Barmes scored. | 2 | 1 | |
| 2nd | A McCutchen singled to left, S Marte scored, N Walker to second. | 3 | 1 | |
| 5th | P Alvarez homered to left center (415 feet), G Sanchez scored. | 5 | 1 | |
| 5th | S Marte singled to left, R Barajas scored. | 6 | 1 | |
| 5th | J Mather homered to left center (402 feet). | 6 | 2 | |
| 5th | A Rizzo homered to center (408 feet), D Barney scored. | 6 | 4 | |
| 5th | W Castillo singled to center, A Soriano scored, W Castillo to second advancing on throw. | 6 | 5 | |
| 6th | P Alvarez homered to left center (449 feet), A McCutchen and G Sanchez scored. | 9 | 5 | |
| 6th | D Barney singled to left, L Valbuena scored, B LaHair to third, J Mather to second. | 9 | 6 | |
| 6th | A Rizzo homered to right center (432 feet), B LaHair, J Mather and D Barney scored. | 9 | 10 | |
| 8th | A Soriano doubled to deep right, D Barney scored. | 9 | 11 | |
| 8th | D DeJesus singled to right, T Campana and S Castro scored, D DeJesus to second advancing on throw. | 9 | 13 | |
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Game Information
| Stadium | Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL |
| Attendance | 33,559 (81.8% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 4:04 |
| Weather | 79 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 3 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Rob Drake, First Base - Joe West, Second Base - Mike Muchlinski, Third Base - Sam Holbrook |