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Regular Season Game #55: Detroit Tigers @ Pittsburgh Pirates

Posted on May 25, 2013 at 10:53 AM.

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May 30, 2013
7:05PM

PNC Park - Pittsburgh, PA
Weather: 61�, Clear
Attendance: 28,100

Detroit Tigers at Pittsburgh Pirates
May 30, 2013	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit (36-17)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	6	8	1
Pittsburgh (31-24)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	2
W: Phil Coke (2-0) L: Jonathan Sanchez (3-5) S: N/A

Detroit Tigers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
BATTING 2B: M. Cabrera (10), Q. Berry (2) HR: D. Kelly (4) RBI: M. Cabrera (45), P. Fielder (43), D. Kelly (12), Q. Berry 2 (3) HBP: A. Jackson
FIELDING E: A. Avila (3)

Detroit Tigers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
D. Fister	6.2	6	2	2	0	6	2.35
P. Coke (W, 2-0)	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	4.86
A. Alburquerque (H, 4)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	3.57
O. Dotel	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	7.36

Pittsburgh Pirates
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
BATTING 2B: J. Sanchez (1) HR: P. Alvarez (17) RBI: P. Alvarez 2 (43) HBP: F. Pie
BASERUNNING SB: S. Marte (5)
FIELDING E: J. Sanchez (2), S. Marte (1)

Pittsburgh Pirates
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
J. Sanchez (L, 3-5)	7.2	3	4	1	1	8	3.34
D. Welker	0.1	2	1	0	0	0	0.00
J. Wilson	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	6.75

Pirates Swept as Tigers Rally for 6-2 Victory

PITTSBURGH - After losing game one at home to the Tigers, the Pirates looked to get back on track in interleague play. Doug Fister would take the mound for the Tigers, as Jonathan Sanchez would oppose for the Pirates.

In the bottom of the 1st, Felix Pie would make his Pirates debut, flying out to right field for the first out. Starling Marte would follow with a single. With Andrew McCutchen batting, Marte stole 2nd base, his fifth on the season. With 2 outs, Pedro Alvarez hit a 2-run home run to give the Pirates a 2-0 lead.

In the top of the 2nd, Prince Fielder led off the inning with a walk, followed by a single to Alex Avila who would advance on error by Starling Marte, scoring Prince Fielder to cut the Pirates lead to 2-1.

Leading off the bottom of the 3rd, Felix Pie was hit by a pitch. With Starling Marte up to bat, Pie was going for steal, but Marte would line out to 2nd base, forcing a double play. Andrew McCutchen would fly out to end the inning. In the top of the 4th, Jonathan Sanchez looked the strongest thus far in the game, getting Cabrera, Fielder, and Dirks out on 4 pitches to end the inning.

In the bottom of the 5th, Jonathan Sanchez looked to help his own cause, doubling to the center field gap, but would be called out at third reaching for a triple. After a scoreless 6th inning, the Pirates made some noise in the bottom of the 7th, as Jordy Mercer singled, followed by Clint Barmes reaching on a dropped third strike with two outs. But Jonathan Sanchez would ground out to end the inning.

With his pitch count still in the 70's, Clint Hurdle decided to keep Sanchez in for the top of the 8th, but the decision would come back to haunt the Bucs. Victor Martinez came in to pinch hit, and reached on a fielding error by Jonathan Sanchez. Austin Jackson then pinch hit and was hit by a pitch, putting two on with no outs. Quintin Berry then doubled, scoring Martinez and Jackson to put the Tigers up 3-2.

Duke Welker would then be called upon to pitch, immediately allowing a double to Cabrera, scoring Berry to put the Tigers up 4-2 tigers. Prince Fielder followed with a single, scoring Cabrera to push the lead to 5-2. Dirks would ground out to end the inning. In the top of the 9th, with recent call-up Justin Wilson pitching, Butler, PA's own Don Kelly hit a solo home run to put the Pirates away for good, as the Tigers took a 6-2 lead.

In the bottom of the 9th, with the Pirates down to their final out, Russell Martin singled, but would be stranded as Jordy Mercer grounded out to end the game.

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