Pittsburgh 10, San Diego 1
When: 12:35 PM ET, Thursday, September 19, 2013
Where: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Temperature:
71°
Umpires:
Home -
Dan Bellino, 1B -
Bruce Dreckman, 2B -
Mike Everitt, 3B -
Tim Welke
Attendance:
26242
By SportsDirect Inc.
Pirates 10, Padres 1: Gerrit Cole struck out a career-high 12 in six innings as host Pittsburgh routed San Diego to avoid a four-game sweep.
Neil Walker went 4-for-5 with a homer and three RBIs, Jose Tabata also drove in three runs and Pedro Alvarez hit his 34th homer as the Pirates moved within one game of first-place St. Louis in the National League Central. Pittsburgh has a one-game lead over Cincinnati for the NL’s first wild-card spot.
Cole (9-7) allowed one run and four hits while winning his third consecutive start. The right-hander struck out two in each of his six innings and has yielded just two runs in 20 frames over a three-outing stretch.
San Diego opened the scoring on Tommy Medica’s single in the first and Pittsburgh tied it up in the bottom of the frame on a fielder’s choice by Andrew McCutchen. Alvarez broke the tie in the fourth with his blast into the center-field bleachers off Ian Kennedy (6-10), who allowed six runs and eight hits in 3 2/3 innings.
Alvarez’s homer was the first salvo of a five-run outburst that included a two-run double by Tabata and Walker’s two-run homer. Tabata and Walker each had RBI singles during a three-run seventh that put the game away.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Cole’s 12 strikeouts were one shy of the franchise record for rookies. John Candelaria (1975) and Jose DeLeon (1983) share the mark of 13. … OF Chris Denorfia had two of San Diego’s five hits. … Pirates C Russell Martin sat out for the second straight day as manager Clint Hurdle wants him fresh for the upcoming three-game series against Cincinnati.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| San Diego |
|
Pittsburgh |
|
Ian Kennedy
|
Player |
Gerrit Cole
|
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
3.2 |
IP |
6.0 |
|
2 |
Strikeouts |
12 |
|
8 |
Hits |
4 |
|
14.73 |
ERA |
1.50 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| San Diego
|
5 |
0 |
6 |
.156 |
15 |
14 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
| Pittsburgh
|
14 |
2 |
24 |
.378 |
24 |
7 |
9 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
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