Pittsburgh 5, Philadelphia 4
When: 1:35 PM ET, Sunday, April 8, 2012
Where: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Temperature:
58°
Umpires:
Home -
Tony Randazzo, 1B -
Todd Tichenor, 2B -
Brian Gorman, 3B -
Larry Vanover
Attendance:
19856
By SportsDirect Inc.
Pirates 5, Phillies 4: Andrew McCutchen’s two-out single in the bottom of the ninth lifted Pittsburgh to its second walk-off win in as many days against Philadelphia.
Casey McGehee began the decisive rally with a leadoff double to left-center field against David Herndon (0-1), moving to third on a sacrifice bunt by Alex Presley. After Jose Tabata struck out, McCutchen drove the eighth pitch of his at-bat into deep center field, scoring pinch runner Josh Harrison with the game-winner.
Joel Hanrahan (1-0) got the win after striking out two during a 1-2-3 top of the ninth.
Facing a 4-1 deficit at the seventh-inning stretch, the Pirates scored twice in the bottom of the inning and then tied it in the eighth on a pinch-hit single by rookie Matt Hague.
Hunter Pence gave the Phillies a 2-0 lead, doubling to score Shane Victorino in the first inning and then hitting a one-out home run in the fourth against Pittsburgh starter James McDonald.
Vance Worley worked six innings for Philadelphia, striking out five and allowing five hits and a walk. He gave up just one run, a leadoff homer by Pedro Alvarez in the fifth inning. McDonald surrendered two runs on just three hits in his six innings for the Pirates.
McGehee sparked Pittsburgh’s seventh-inning surge, plating Alvarez with a double and then scoring on a single by Presley, who had driven in the game-winning run for the Pirates in the 10th inning on Saturday.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Hague’s game-tying single was the first hit of his major league career. ... The Pirates are 9-4 at home against the Phillies since the start of the 2009 season. ... Antonio Bastardo was tagged with a blown save after allowing the tying run in the eighth.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Philadelphia |
|
Pittsburgh |
|
Vance Worley
|
Player |
James McDonald
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
6.0 |
IP |
6.0 |
|
5 |
Strikeouts |
3 |
|
5 |
Hits |
4 |
|
1.50 |
ERA |
3.00 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Philadelphia
|
5 |
1 |
9 |
.167 |
12 |
7 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
| Pittsburgh
|
11 |
1 |
17 |
.306 |
16 |
10 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
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