Pittsburgh 5, Houston 2
When: 7:05 PM ET, Saturday, May 12, 2012
Where: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Temperature:
72°
Umpires:
Home -
Jim Joyce, 1B -
Jim Reynolds, 2B -
Mike Estabrook, 3B -
James Hoye
Attendance:
34187
By SportsDirect Inc.
Pirates 5, Astros 2: Andrew McCutchen recorded four hits for the second time in four games, including a line-drive solo home run in the third inning, as Pittsburgh defeated visiting Houston.
Jose Tabata also belted a solo homer in the fifth that gave the Pirates a 3-1 lead and scored twice.
Pirates starter Charlie Morton (2-3) allowed eight hits, but just two runs – one earned -- over six innings for the win. Juan Cruz pitched the ninth for his third save -- half of his career total.
Pittsburgh had a runner at third with none out twice on Friday and came up empty in a 1-0 loss to the Astros. The Pirates wasted no time breaking that string when Tabata tripled and jogged home on Neil Walker’s sacrifice fly for a 1-0 lead in the first. They never trailed.
Morton escaped a bases-loaded, none-out jam in the sixth, giving up one run on Justin Maxwell’s fielder’s choice that trimmed the lead to 3-2.
Houston starter J.A. Happ (2-3) allowed five runs in five-plus innings. Pedro Alvarez broke out of a 0-for-22 slump with a double off Happ in the sixth, igniting a two-run rally.
Jordan Schafer had two hits and an RBI for Houston, which dropped to 5-10 on the road.
GAME NOTEBOOK: McCutchen is now 11-for-25 with four homers in his career against Happ and is batting .452 against lefthanders this season. … Brian Bogusevic had two singles for his sixth multi-hit game for Houston. … The Pirates are 10-0 when leading after the sixth inning.
Top Game Performances
Hitting
| Houston |
|
Pittsburgh |
|
Brian Bogusevic | Player |
Andrew McCutchen
|
|
2 |
Hits |
4 |
|
0 |
RBI |
1 |
|
0 |
HR |
1 |
|
2 |
TB |
7 |
|
.500 |
Avg |
1.000 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Houston
|
9 |
0 |
11 |
.257 |
19 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Pittsburgh
|
7 |
2 |
16 |
.241 |
10 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
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