| Final - 9.9.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 1 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
The Pirates' performance in the past months or so has been enormously discouraging. There's no doubt about that. If I had to guess right now, I'd give them, at best, a 10-percent chance of making...
Jason Grilli took the loss for the second straight game as the Cubs swept the Pirates, beating them 4-2. The Bucs took an early lead when Andrew McCutchen blasted a solo homer to left in the first....
The last time the Cubs swept a series away from Wrigley Field was also in Pittsburgh, in August 2011.
Is that even allowed?
The Cubs go for the sweep in Pittsburgh. (No, that is not a misprint.)
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chi. Cubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 1 |
| Pittsburgh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| Chicago Cubs | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Mather, 8,7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .210 |
| Darwin Barney, 2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .255 |
| Anthony Rizzo, 1B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .300 |
| Alfonso Soriano, LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .260 |
| Tony Campana, CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .263 |
| Starlin Castro, SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .280 |
| Josh Vitters, 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .085 |
| Shawn Camp, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Carlos Marmol, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Dave Sappelt, RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 |
| David DeJesus, ph,9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .264 |
| Anthony Recker, C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .200 |
| Chris Rusin, P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 |
| Jaye Chapman, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Bryan LaHair, PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .256 |
| Manuel Corpas, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| James Russell, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Luis Valbuena, ph,5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 |
| Totals | 39 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 10 | |
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Rusin | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5.73 | 0 | 83-52 |
| Jaye Chapman (, 0-0) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 17-11 |
| Manuel Corpas (, 0-1) | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.46 | 0 | 9-4 |
| James Russell (W, 7-1) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.50 | 0 | 15-8 |
| Shawn Camp (, 3-6) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.67 | 0 | 13-8 |
| Carlos Marmol (S, 2-3; S,18) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.97 | 0 | 23-12 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brock Holt, 2B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .414 |
| Starling Marte, LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .231 |
| Andrew McCutchen, CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .341 |
| Garrett Jones, RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .286 |
| Gaby Sanchez, 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .220 |
| Pedro Alvarez, 3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .248 |
| Michael McKenry, C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .255 |
| Clint Barmes, SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .220 |
| Jeff Clement, PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .100 |
| Jordy Mercer, SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .196 |
| Jeff Locke, P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| Josh Harrison, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .237 |
| Kyle McPherson, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jason Grilli, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Chad Qualls, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Alex Presley, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .233 |
| Joel Hanrahan, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 34 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 8 | |
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Locke | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4.11 | 0 | 89-60 |
| Kyle McPherson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.04 | 0 | 14-10 |
| Jason Grilli (L, 1-6) | 0.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.92 | 0 | 12-7 |
| Chad Qualls | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.99 | 0 | 7-4 |
| Joel Hanrahan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.39 | 0 | 20-10 |
