| Final - 4.27.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Atlanta Braves | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | X | 6 | 10 | 0 |
The Braves kept things rolling at home after a solid road trip by beating the Pirates 6-1 on Friday. They handed the Bucs' pitching staff their first six run game of the year behind a large seventh inning
The Pirates wasted another good start from A.J. Burnett, who struck out eight while allowing two runs over six innings. In the seventh, Tony Watson came on and gave up a single and two walks. Then...
In this week's podcast, we discuss whether the Pirates' pitching is due for a regression. We also take another look at Clint Barmes' performance so far, and evaluate the Bucs' chances of success in...
Thread for general pre-game discussion, with game time and weather info.
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Atlanta | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | X | 6 | 10 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Presley, LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .296 |
| Clint Barmes, SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 |
| Andrew McCutchen, CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .324 |
| Garrett Jones, RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .293 |
| Neil Walker, 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .230 |
| Pedro Alvarez, 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .149 |
| Casey McGehee, 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .283 |
| Rod Barajas, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .114 |
| A.J. Burnett, P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Nate McLouth, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .190 |
| Tony Watson, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Evan Meek, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 29 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.J. Burnett (L, 1-1) | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1.38 | 0 | 94-57 |
| Tony Watson | 0.1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.14 | 0 | 18-8 |
| Evan Meek | 1.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.23 | 0 | 22-17 |
| Atlanta Braves | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Bourn, CF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .317 |
| Martin Prado, LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .267 |
| Freddie Freeman, 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .286 |
| Brian McCann, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 |
| David Ross, C | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .455 |
| Dan Uggla, 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .263 |
| Chipper Jones, 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .300 |
| Jason Heyward, RF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .290 |
| Tyler Pastornicky, SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .240 |
| Tommy Hanson, P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .125 |
| Juan Francisco, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .258 |
| Kris Medlen, P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Totals | 33 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 8 | |
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Hanson (W, 3-2) | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | 102-60 |
| Kris Medlen (S, 0-0; S,1) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.42 | 0 | 43-28 |
