In an offensive explosion, the Buccos and Dodgers put up 18 runs, with the Bucs prevailing 10-8.
Garrett Jones make a great catch in right
Neither starting pitcher had an outing to write home about, with Kevin Hart lasting only 2 innings and Josh Towers lasting 4+ innings.
McCutchen hits his Grand Slam to tie the game
The game was looking out of reach until Andrew McCutchen hit a Grand Slam in the 5th inning to tie the at 7. The Pirates tacked on 3 more runs, and the bullpen did it's job.
The Pirates head back home to take on the Chicago Cubs after an off day tomorrow.
MLB Scoreboard - Pittsburgh Pirates (18-7) at Los Angeles Dodgers (15-10)
R. Martin hits a Sac Fly to left (SF8), Blake scores
0
3
LAD
3rd
R. Belliard doubles to right, Loney scores, Ramirez scores
0
5
LAD
3rd
M. Ramirez hits a solo HR to left
0
6
LAD
3rd
R. Belliard hits a solo HR to left
0
7
PIT
4th
R. Doumit hits a solo HR to center
1
7
PIT
4th
J, Hardy singles to left, LaRoche scores
2
7
PIT
4th
A. McCutchen singles to right, Smoak scores
3
7
PIT
5th
A. McCutchen hits a Grand Slam to left, LaRoche scores, Hardy scores, Church scores
7
7
PIT
5th
J. Smoak doubles to right, Jones scores, Doumit scores
9
7
PIT
5th
A. McCutchen singles to center, Hardy scores
10
7
LAD
6th
M. Kemp singles to center, Anderson scores
10
8
Pittsburgh Pirates
Hitters
AB
R
H
BI
BB
SO
AVG
Andrew McCutchen, CF
5
1
3
6
1
0
.384
Neil Walker, 2B
6
0
0
0
0
1
.319
Garrett Jones, RF
5
1
2
0
1
1
.333
Ryan Doumit, C
5
2
2
1
0
0
.253
Lastings Milledge, LF
4
0
1
0
1
1
.383
Justin Smoak, 1B
5
1
2
2
0
2
.267
Andy LaRoche, 3B
4
2
2
0
0
1
.256
JJ Hardy, SS
4
2
2
1
1
2
.304
Kevin Hart, P
1
0
0
0
0
1
.125
D. J. Carrasco, P
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
Brendan Donnelly, P
1
0
1
0
0
0
1.000
Ryan Church, PH
0
1
0
0
1
0
.444
Chris Jakubauskas, P
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
Delwyn Young, PH
1
0
0
0
0
0
.267
Joel Hanrahan, P
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
Steve Pearce, PH
1
0
1
0
0
0
.367
Evan Meek, P
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
Totals
42
10
16
10
5
9
BATTING: 2B: R. Doumit (7), L. Milledge (5), A. LaRoche (2) HR: A. McCutchen (3), R. Doumit (3) RBI: A. McCutchen 6 (14) J. Hardy (8), R. Doumit (8), J. Smoak 2 (8) HBP: A. LaRoche
FIELDING: E: J. Hardy (2), R. Doumit (1)
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pitchers
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
ERA
K. Hart
2.0
5
7
6
2
1
4.50
D. Carrasco
0.1
1
0
0
0
0
0.00
B. Donnelly (W, 1-0)
1.2
0
0
0
0
2
2.00
C. Jakubauskas (H, 2)
2.0
2
1
1
0
0
0.90
J. Hanrahan (H, 5)
2.0
0
0
0
0
4
2.87
E. Meek (S, 7)
1.0
1
0
0
0
0
0.79
Totals
9.0
9
8
7
2
7
Los Angeles Dodgers
Hitters
AB
R
H
BI
BB
SO
AVG
M. Kemp, CF
5
0
2
1
0
0
.270
J. Loney, 1B
4
2
0
0
1
0
.282
M. Ramirez, LF
5
2
2
2
0
0
.293
A. Either, RF
3
1
0
0
1
1
.302
R. Belliard, 2B
4
1
1
3
0
0
.417
C. Blake, 3B
3
1
1
0
0
1
.261
R.Furcal, SS
4
0
2
1
0
0
.382
R. Martin, C
3
0
0
1
0
2
.325
J. Towers, P
2
0
0
0
0
2
.125
J. Weaver, P
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
G. Anderson, PH
1
1
1
0
0
0
.529
C. Wade, P
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
J. Carroll, PH
1
0
0
0
0
1
.250
J. Miller, P
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
Totals
35
8
9
8
2
7
BATTING: 2B: M. Kemp (8), C. Blake (8), R. Belliard (5) HR: M. Ramirez (5), R. Belliard (3) RBI: R. Furcal (18), M. Kemp (22), M Ramirez 2 (12), R. Martin (11), R. Belliard 3 (8) SF: R. Martin SAC: C. Blake GIDP: J. Loney