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Regular Season Game #1: Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh Pirates

Posted on April 6, 2013 at 07:26 PM.

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4/1/2013
1:35PM - PNC Park, Pittsburgh

Attendance: 38,365
Temperature: 62�

Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates
Apr 1, 2013	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago (1-0)	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	6	10	0
Pittsburgh (0-1)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	15	0
W: Jeff Samardzija (1-0) L: A.J. Burnett (0-1) S: Carlos Marmol (1)

Chicago Cubs
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
BATTING: 2B: J. Soler 2 (2) 3B: D. DeJesus (1) RBI: A. Soriano (1), S. Castro (1), J. Soler 4 (4)
BASERUNNING: SB: S. Castro 2 (2)

Pittsburgh Pirates
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
BATTING: 2B: G. Jones (1) RBI: A. McCutchen (1), G. Sanchez (1), R. Martin 2 (2) GIDP: G. Sanchez
BASERUNNING: SB: A. McCutchen (1)

Chicago Cubs
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
J. Samardzija	7.1	14	4	4	0	6	0	4.91
K. Fujikawa	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
C. Marmol	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00

Pittsburgh Pirates
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
A. Burnett	7.0	6	3	3	1	6	0	3.86
J. Wilson	0.0	3	3	3	0	0	0	INF
J. Hughes	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0.00

Pirates Rally Falls Short on Opening Day, Lose Game 1 to the Cubs 6-4

PITTSBURGH - After two straight years of fading away in the second half of the season, the 2013 Pittsburgh Pirates welcomed the Chicago Cubs to PNC Park for Opening Day. While fans were buzzing in the parking lots tailgating, and funneling into the stadium, Pirates pitcher A.J. Burnett was mentally preparing for his first Opening Day start of his career. With a solid first season with the Pirates behind him, Manager Clint Hurdle turned to Burnett to start the year off right. Unfortunately, it didn't go as planned.

After getting the first two outs of the first inning, Burnett allowed a two out single to Starlin Castro. Castro then proceeded to steal second, which preceded an RBI single to Alfonso Soriano to give the Cubs a 1-0 lead. But the Pirates came storming back, with Pedro Alvarez singling up the middle, and Russell Martin following in suit. However, with two outs, Clint Barmes singled and Alvarez was waved home, only to be called out at the plate to end the inning. After a scoreless top of the 3rd, the Pirates finally got on the board. Starling Marte singled and Neil Walker flew out to center. Andrew McCutchen hit a two out RBI single, tying the game at 1. In the top of the fourth, Chicago came right back, as Castro again singled and stole his second base of the game. Burnett started losing control of his pitches, walking Anthony Rizzo, which allowed newcomer Jorge Soler to drive in 2 with an RBI double. Down 3-1 in the top of the 7th, A.J. Burnett knew his outing would be coming to an end and showed the Cubs some of his best stuff of the night, striking out the side. After 7 strong innings from Burnett, Justin Wilson came in for relief and didn't last long, allowing an RBI single to Castro and an RBI double to Soler, putting the Cubs up 6-1. But the 2013 Pirates took a book from the 2012 Pirates and continued to battle in the bottom of the 8th. Andrew McCutchen started things off with a single, followed by singles from Alvarez and Garrett Jones. With the bases load and 1 out, Gaby Sanchez drove in 1 with an RBI single. Russell Martin grabbed his first RBI as a Pirate, with a single. However, that's as close as the Pirates would get, as closer Carlos Marmol struck out the first two batters of the 9th and got Neil Walker to pop up to end the game.

Player of the Game: Starlin Castro