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Regular Season Game #54: Detroit Tigers @ Pittsburgh Pirates

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 11:45 PM.

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May 29, 2013
7:05PM

PNC Park - Pittsburgh, PA
Weather: 59�, Clear
Attendance: 27,283

Detroit Tigers at Pittsburgh Pirates
May 29, 2013	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit (35-17)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	4	8	0
Pittsburgh (31-23)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	2
W: Anibal Sanchez (6-1) L: James McDonald (5-3) S: Joaquin Benoit (1)

Detroit Tigers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
BATTING 2B: P. Fielder (6) HR: A. Dirks (8) RBI: P. Fielder 2 (42), A. Dirks 2 (29) SAC: A. Sanchez GIDP: M. Cabrera
BASERUNNING SB: O. Infante (14)

Detroit Tigers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
A. Sanchez (W, 6-1)	6.0	4	1	1	1	6	2.00
B. Villarreal (H, 3)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	6.75
O. Dotel (H, 4)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	8.10
J. Benoit (S, 1)	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	3.47

Pittsburgh Pirates
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
BATTING 3B: P. Alvarez (1) HR: A. McCutchen (17) RBI: A. McCutchen (28) SAC: J. McDonald, G. Sanchez
FIELDING E: G. Jones (5), J. Sands (1) PB: R. Martin (1)

Pittsburgh Pirates
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
J. McDonald (L, 5-3)	7.0	6	2	1	0	8	1.19
J. Karstens	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	4.91
J. Hughes	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	3.05

Tigers Drop Pirates in Pitcher's Dual

PITTSBURGH - With a rare home and home series, the Pirates and Tigers split the first two games in Detroit of their four game set. As the series turns to PNC Park, the pitching matchup on paper for game one sets up to be a good one. The Pirates send James McDonald to the mound to oppose Annibal Sanchez for the Tigers.

After a scoreless first inning, Pedro Alvarez led off the bottom of the 2nd with a lead off triple. But Garrett Jones would hit a chopper in front of home plate, forcing Jones and Alvarez into a double play, followed by a ground out from Russell Martin to end the inning. In the top of the 3rd, James McDonald struck out the side in order, keeping the game scoreless.

In the bottom of the 3rd, Clint Barmes drew a four pitch walk and then took 2nd on a sacrifice from James McDonald. But the Pirates could get him home, as Jordy Mercer would fly out to end hte inning. In the top of the 4th, the Tigers got to James McDonald, as Omar Infante led off with a single, followed by Miguel Cabrera reaching on a fielders choice. Carbrera would reach on a passed ball by Russell Martin, putting him in scoring position for Prince Fielder. Field would take advantage of the opportunity, hitting a double to deep center field, scoring Cabrera to give the Tigers a 1-0 lead.

But in the bottom of the 4th, Andrew McCutchen would hit a solo home run to tie the game at 1 a piece.

Locking in as the game got deeper, Annibal Sanchez struck out the side in the bottom of the 5th. In the top of the 6th, Omar Infante led off by reaching on a fielding error by Garrett Jones, then stealing 2nd to get into scoring position. Prince Fielder would single, scoring Infante to put the Tigers up 2-1.

Travis Snider sparked some offense in the bottom of the 6th, as he singled with 2 outs. But Andrew McCutchen would fly out at the warning track to end the inning. McDonald was able to finish off the 7th inning after allowing a lead off single to Victory Martinez, getting Omar Infante to strike out swinging. With McDonald being taken out of the game, Hurdle called upon Jeff Karstens, who hasn't seen much work lately. After allowing a single to Austin Jackson, Karstens got Miguel Cabrera to ground into a double play. After intentionally walking Prince Fielder, Andy Dirks made Karstens pay, hitting a 2-run blast to put the Tigers up 4-1.

Down to their final 3 outs, Travis Snider led off the bottom of the 9th with a single. Pedro Alvarez flew out at the warning track for the 2nd out, followed by a strikeout from Garrett Jones to end the game.

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