Pirates Designate John Bowker For Assignment
The Pirates have designated John Bowker for assignment to make way for outfielder Xavier Paul, Rob Biertempfel tweets. If you've paid attention to the chatter over the past couple days here, you...
| Final - 4.27.2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco Giants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 | 8 | 0 |
Stories
Pirates 2, Giants 0: James McDonald Pitches Six Scoreless Innings
This one wasn't broadcast in the Pittsburgh area, but here's what happened: James McDonald pitched six shutout innings despite walking four batters (and, to judge from the gamethread, still not...
Gamethread 三
Whatevs.
Gamethread 二
Beat PiLAtes
Steve Pearce Starting; Xavier Paul Not Yet Present
Steve Pearce is starting tonight against the Giants, which could be significant because of the impending arrival of Xavier Paul, which would seem likely to cause either Pearce or, more likely, J...
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| San Francisco Giants | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Rowand, CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .278 |
| Freddy Sanchez, 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .283 |
| Aubrey Huff, 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .218 |
| Buster Posey, C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .259 |
| Pablo Sandoval, 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .329 |
| Pat Burrell, LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .261 |
| Cody Ross, RF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .227 |
| Miguel Tejada, SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 |
| Madison Bumgarner, P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Nate Schierholtz, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .242 |
| Dan Runzler, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Guillermo Mota, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 29 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 4 | |
Batting
Grounded into DP - Ross, Tejada
Sacrifices - Bumgarner
Caught Stealing - Ross
Team LOB - 8
Grounded into DP - Ross, Tejada
Sacrifices - Bumgarner
Caught Stealing - Ross
Team LOB - 8
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Bumgarner (L, 0-4) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6.17 | 0 | 97-64 |
| Dan Runzler | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.55 | 0 | 9-7 |
| Guillermo Mota | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.70 | 0 | 24-17 |
Pitching
IBB - Wood by Bumgarner
IBB - Wood by Bumgarner
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew McCutchen, CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .212 |
| Jose Tabata, LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .267 |
| Matt Diaz, RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .227 |
| Garrett Jones, ph,9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .241 |
| Neil Walker, 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 |
| Steve Pearce, 1B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .292 |
| Mike Crotta, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Joe Beimel, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Chris Resop, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| John Bowker, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .235 |
| Joel Hanrahan, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Chris Snyder, C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .323 |
| Pedro Alvarez, 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .210 |
| Brandon Wood, SS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| James McDonald, P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .125 |
| Lyle Overbay, 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Totals | 32 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |
Batting
Doubles - Pearce
Team LOB - 7
Doubles - Pearce
Team LOB - 7
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James McDonald (W, 1-2) | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7.66 | 0 | 98-57 |
| Mike Crotta (, 0-1) | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 | 5-3 |
| Joe Beimel (, 0-0) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 0 | 6-4 |
| Chris Resop (, 1-0) | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.35 | 0 | 20-14 |
| Joel Hanrahan (S, 0-1; S,7) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.08 | 0 | 18-9 |
GAME NOTES
Pitching notes: J.McDonald pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.
Officials: Home Plate Umpire - D.J. Reyburn, First Base Umpire - Tom Hallion, Second Base Umpire - Phil Cuzzi, Third Base Umpire - Alan Porter
Duration: 2:47
Pitching notes: J.McDonald pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.
Officials: Home Plate Umpire - D.J. Reyburn, First Base Umpire - Tom Hallion, Second Base Umpire - Phil Cuzzi, Third Base Umpire - Alan Porter
Duration: 2:47
