Pittsburgh 5, Chi. Cubs 0
When: 8:05 PM ET, Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Where: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature:
75°
Umpires:
Home -
Jeff Nelson, 1B -
Bill Welke, 2B -
Chris Guccione, 3B -
Tim Tschida
Attendance:
33158
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Pirates 5, Cubs 0: A.J. Burnett pitched 7 2/3 no-hit innings before settling for a one-hit shutout and Neil Walker matched his career high with five RBIs as visiting Pittsburgh defeated Chicago.
Burnett was four outs away from his second career no-hitter when Adrian Cardenas lined a clean single to right field to break up the bid. Burnett recorded the final four outs to conclude the 10th shutout of his career.
Burnett (13-3) struck out eight, walked two and hit a batter while winning for the 12th time in 13 decisions. He improved to 6-0 in seven career starts against the Cubs.
Walker hit a first-inning grand slam and added a sacrifice fly in the seventh.
Cardenas was called up from Triple-A Iowa earlier in the day and sharply smacked a 3-2 pitch for the hit that continues the Cubs’ streak of 47 years without being no-hit. Chicago was last no-hit in 1965 when Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers hurled a perfect game.
Casey Coleman (0-2) drew the start after Chicago traded scheduled starter Ryan Dempster to the Texas Rangers earlier Tuesday.
The Pirates loaded the bases on two singles and a walk before Walker hit a towering shot to right for his second career grand slam.
Dempster was traded to the Rangers just prior to Tuesday’s trading deadline for two minor-leaguers – third baseman Christian Villanueva and right-handed pitcher Kyle Hendricks.
Coleman was recalled from Triple-A Iowa to make the start and gave up four runs and seven hits in 4 2/3 innings.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Pittsburgh made two trades prior to the deadline. The club sent 3B Casey McGehee to the New York Yankees for reliever Chad Qualls and acquired 1B Gaby Sanchez and minor-league reliever Kyle Kaminska for outfield prospect Gorkys Hernandez and Pittsburgh’s sandwich pick between the first and second round of the 2013 draft. … In addition to Coleman and Cardenas, the Cubs recalled C Wellington Castillo from Triple-A Iowa. The reinforcements were necessary after Chicago dealt LHP Paul Maholm and OF Reed Johnson to the Atlanta Braves and C Geovany Soto to the Rangers. … The switch-hitting Walker has 11 homers this season, all while batting left-handed. … Cubs 2B Darwin Barney left the game after being beaned in the head by Burnett in the eighth. … OF Travis Snider went 1-for-4 in his Pirates debut after being acquired from Toronto on Monday.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Pittsburgh |
|
Chi. Cubs |
|
A.J. Burnett
|
Player |
Casey Coleman |
|
Win |
W/L |
Loss |
|
9.0 |
IP |
4.2 |
|
8 |
Strikeouts |
5 |
|
1 |
Hits |
7 |
|
0.00 |
ERA |
7.71 |
Hitting
| Pittsburgh |
|
Chi. Cubs |
|
Andrew McCutchen
| Player |
Adrian Cardenas |
|
3 |
Hits |
1 |
|
0 |
RBI |
0 |
|
0 |
HR |
0 |
|
4 |
TB |
1 |
|
.600 |
Avg |
1.000 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Pittsburgh
|
8 |
1 |
13 |
.235 |
16 |
11 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
| Chi. Cubs
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
.036 |
5 |
8 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
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