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Hairston Rallies Cubs Past Pirates on Opening Day

Posted on March 5, 2013 at 10:57 PM.

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Pittsburgh- Off-season acquisition Scott Hairston certainly made a good impression on his new team and fans as he went 3-4 with a 2-run home run that started a rally to lead the Cubs past the host Pirates 4-3.

Cubs starter Matt Garza and Pirates starter Francisco Liriano dueled through the first four innings, until the Pirates broke through with 3 runs in their half of the 5th. Liriano looked in control up until the Hairston drove his 2-run shot and Welington Castillo followed with a solo shot to tie the game at 3 in the 7th, both came with 2 outs in the inning.

Jared Hughes uncorked a wild pitch to Hairston in the 8th, which allowed Darwin Barney to score the go-ahead run.

Carlos Marmol pitched a perfect 9th for the save.

Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates
Apr 1, 2013	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago (1-0)	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	4	8	0
Pittsburgh (0-1)	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	8	1
W: Michael Bowden (1-0) L: Jared Hughes (0-1) S: Carlos Marmol (1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			CHC	PIT
PIT	5	Neil Walker single (Russell Martin)	0	1
PIT	5	Alex Presley single (Clint Barmes)	0	2
PIT	5	Pedro Alvarez single (Presley)	0	3
CHC	7	Scott Hairston Home Run (Ian Stewart, Hairston)	2	3
CHC	7	Welington Castillo Home Run (Castillo)	3	3
CHC	8	Hairston single (Darwin Barney)	4	3

Chicago Cubs
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Darwin Barney	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.250
Brett Jackson	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.250
Starlin Castro	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.250
Anthony Rizzo	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Alfonso Soriano	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
Ian Stewart	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.250
Scott Hairston	4	1	3	2	0	1	1	.750
Welington Castillo	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	.333
Matt Garza	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Nate Schierholtz	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
TEAM TOTALS	34	4	8	3	0	7	2	.235
BATTING: 2B: Castro(1), Hairston(1) HR: Hairston(1), Castillo(1) RBI: Hairston 2(2), Castillo 1(1) GIDP: Castro, Garza
BASERUNNING: SB: Barney 1(1)

Pittsburgh Pirates
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Neil Walker	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	.333
Alex Presley	4	1	1	1	0	2	0	.250
Andrew McCutchen	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	.250
Pedro Alvarez	3	0	1	1	1	1	0	.333
Garrett Jones	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	.250
Travis Snider	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
Russell Martin	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	.333
Clint Barmes	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.250
Francisco Liriano	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.00
Jose Tabata	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Gaby Sanchez	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
TEAM TOTALS	32	3	8	3	1	10	0	.250
BATTING: 2B: Martin (1) RBI: Walker 1(1), Presley 1(1), Alvarez 1(1) HBP: Martin SF: Walker SAC: Liriano GIDP: Presley
BASERUNNING: SB: Walker 1(1)
FIELDING: E: Liriano

Chicago Cubs
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Matt Garza	5	7	3	3	1	5	0	5.40
Arodys Vizcaino	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Michael Bowden (W, 1-0)	2.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0.00
Carlos Marmol (S, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	8	3	3	1	10	0	3.00
PITCHING: HBP: Garza

Pittsburgh Pirates
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Francisco Liriano	7.0	7	3	3	0	3	2	3.85
Jared Hughes (L, 0-1)	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	0	9.00
Christopher Leroux	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	8	4	4	0	7	2	4.00
PITCHING: WP: Hughes