| Final - 4.13.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| San Francisco Giants | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 5 | 8 | 0 |
Matt Cain struck out 11 Pirates and missed a perfect game only because of James McDonald's base hit in the sixth, and the Pirates lost to the Giants 5-0. I sure hope Cain gets some grief in the...
Matt Cain's outing today was excellent by any standard -- but it was one unusual hit away from being perfect.
MATT CAIN
BASEBALL
Today's edition of the Bucs Dugout Podcast features an interview with the great Giants blogger Grant Brisbee, of McCovey Chronicles and Baseball Nation. I don't really introduce it properly; it...
The Pirates lost 3-2 to the Dodgers last night. Jeff Karstens coughed up three first-inning runs on a single by Mark Ellis, a double by Matt Kemp, an HBP, a sacrifice fly and a couple more singles....
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| San Francisco | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Presley, LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .269 |
| Neil Walker, 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .048 |
| Andrew McCutchen, CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .360 |
| Casey McGehee, 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .313 |
| Garrett Jones, RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .143 |
| Rod Barajas, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .059 |
| Pedro Alvarez, 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .063 |
| Josh Harrison, SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 |
| James McDonald, P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Tony Watson, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Evan Meek, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Joel Hanrahan, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Matt Hague, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 |
| Totals | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James McDonald (L, 0-1) | 5.2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3.86 | 0 | 88-43 |
| Tony Watson | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 0 | 3-2 |
| Evan Meek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 | 8-6 |
| Joel Hanrahan | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.00 | 1 | 21-13 |
| San Francisco Giants | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angel Pagan, CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 |
| Melky Cabrera, LF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .414 |
| Pablo Sandoval, 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Buster Posey, C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .300 |
| Aubrey Huff, 1B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .278 |
| Nate Schierholtz, RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .308 |
| Brandon Crawford, SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 |
| Emmanuel Burriss, 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
| Matt Cain, P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Totals | 30 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | |
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Cain (W, 1-0) | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 | 106-73 |
