| Final - 8.17.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1, in a close game that turned on excellent pitching by the Pirates and a series of critical errors by the Cardinals in the fourth inning.
The Cardinals can take control of the Wild Card race with the Pirates this weekend with a crucial three-game series at home.
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starling Marte, LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .247 |
| Travis Snider, RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 |
| Andrew McCutchen, CF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .360 |
| Garrett Jones, 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .283 |
| Jason Grilli, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Joel Hanrahan, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Michael McKenry, C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .269 |
| Pedro Alvarez, 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .238 |
| Clint Barmes, SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .218 |
| Jordy Mercer, 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .159 |
| James McDonald, P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .140 |
| Yamaico Navarro, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .174 |
| Chris Resop, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Juan Cruz, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Gaby Sanchez, 1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .210 |
| Totals | 31 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James McDonald (W, 11-5) | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3.61 | 0 | 87-54 |
| Chris Resop (, 1-3) | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.06 | 0 | 13-9 |
| Juan Cruz (, 1-1) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.67 | 0 | 2-1 |
| Jason Grilli (, 1-4) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.44 | 0 | 16-12 |
| Joel Hanrahan (S, 4-0; S,34) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.51 | 0 | 21-12 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Jay, CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .304 |
| Allen Craig, 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .303 |
| Matt Holliday, LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .306 |
| Carlos Beltran, RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .279 |
| David Freese, 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .301 |
| Daniel Descalso, 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .230 |
| Tony Cruz, C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .226 |
| Rafael Furcal, SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .267 |
| Jake Westbrook, P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .136 |
| Marc Rzepczynski, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Matt Carpenter, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .312 |
| Fernando Salas, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 29 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | |
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Westbrook (L, 12-9) | 7.2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3.50 | 1 | 110-65 |
| Marc Rzepczynski | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.93 | 1 | 5-3 |
| Fernando Salas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.30 | 0 | 11-7 |
