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Pirates
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
July 31, 2012
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on July 31, 2012 at Wrigley Field.
Game Summary
Date | July 31, 2012 |
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Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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Home Team |
Chicago Cubs
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | July 31, 2012 |
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Day of Week | Tue |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Home Team | Chicago Cubs |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | A.J. Burnett |
Home Starting Pitcher | Casey Coleman |
Ballpark | Wrigley Field |
City | Chicago |
State | IL |
Attendance | 33,158 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 50 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Jeff Nelson 1B: Bill Welke 2B: Chris Guccione 3B: Tim Tschida |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
Name | Position |
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Starling Marte | Left Fielder |
Travis Snider | Right Fielder |
Andrew McCutchen | Center Fielder |
Garrett Jones | First Baseman |
Neil Walker | Second Baseman |
Pedro Alvarez | Third Baseman |
Rod Barajas | Catcher |
Clint Barmes | Shortstop |
A.J. Burnett | Pitcher |
Clint Hurdle | Manager |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
Name | Position |
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David DeJesus | Center Fielder |
Starlin Castro | Shortstop |
Anthony Rizzo | First Baseman |
Alfonso Soriano | Left Fielder |
Bryan LaHair | Right Fielder |
Steve Clevenger | Catcher |
Darwin Barney | Second Baseman |
Luis Valbuena | Third Baseman |
Casey Coleman | Pitcher |
Dale Sveum | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Pirates
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
July 31, 2012
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Marte vs. Coleman
Marte strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Coleman
Snider hits a ball on the ground towards third. Valbuena fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
McCutchen vs. Coleman
McCutchen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Castro fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Snider moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Jones vs. Coleman
Jones takes first base on ball four. Snider moves to third. McCutchen moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 123
Walker vs. Coleman
Walker hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Alvarez vs. Coleman
Alvarez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Soriano. Alvarez reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Barajas vs. Coleman
Barajas strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Barmes vs. Coleman
Barmes hits a popup towards short. Castro settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
DeJesus vs. Burnett
DeJesus hits a fly ball into center field. McCutchen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Castro vs. Burnett
Castro hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Rizzo vs. Burnett
Rizzo strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Burnett vs. Coleman
Burnett strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Marte vs. Coleman
Marte hits a fly ball into center field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Coleman
Snider hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Barney scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Soriano vs. Burnett
Soriano hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burnett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
LaHair vs. Burnett
LaHair strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Clevenger vs. Burnett
Clevenger hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Burnett, and towards Walker, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
McCutchen vs. Coleman
McCutchen hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Coleman
Jones hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. McCutchen moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Walker vs. Coleman
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Rizzo fields it and throws to home to get McCutchen. Jones moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Alvarez vs. Coleman
Alvarez hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. Jones moves to third. There goes Walker trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. Alvarez moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Barajas vs. Coleman
Barajas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 123
Barmes vs. Coleman
Barmes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Valbuena fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Barajas moves to second. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Barney vs. Burnett
Barney strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Valbuena vs. Burnett
Valbuena hits a ball on the ground towards short. Barmes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Coleman vs. Burnett
Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Barmes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Burnett vs. Coleman
Burnett strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Marte vs. Coleman
Marte hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Barney scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Coleman
Snider strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
DeJesus vs. Burnett
DeJesus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jones scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats DeJesus for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Castro vs. Burnett
Castro hits a fly ball into right field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Rizzo vs. Burnett
Rizzo takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Soriano vs. Burnett
Soriano strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
McCutchen vs. Coleman
McCutchen hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Barney settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Coleman
Jones takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Coleman
Walker hits a fly ball into right field. LaHair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Alvarez vs. Coleman
Alvarez takes first base on ball four. Jones moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Barajas vs. Maine
Scott Maine now pitching.
Barajas hits a fly ball into right field. LaHair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LaHair vs. Burnett
LaHair hits a fly ball into right field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Clevenger vs. Burnett
Clevenger strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Barney vs. Burnett
Barney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Barmes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Barmes vs. Maine
Barmes hits a fly ball into right field. LaHair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Burnett vs. Maine
Burnett strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Marte vs. Maine
Marte strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Valbuena vs. Burnett
Valbuena hits a fly ball into left field. Marte settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Maine vs. Burnett
Maine hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burnett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
DeJesus vs. Burnett
DeJesus takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Castro vs. Burnett
There goes DeJesus. The throw from Barajas and he is safe. DeJesus steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Castro vs. Burnett
Castro hits a fly ball into right field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Maine
Snider takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
McCutchen vs. Maine
McCutchen hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DeJesus. McCutchen reaches second base with a double. Snider moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Jones vs. Maine
Jones strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Walker vs. Maine
Walker hits a fly ball towards left field. Soriano fields the ball and throws to home. Clevenger drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Clevenger. Snider tags and scores. McCutchen tags and moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Alvarez vs. Beliveau
Jeff Beliveau now pitching.
Alvarez strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Rizzo vs. Burnett
Rizzo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Barmes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Soriano vs. Burnett
Soriano hits a fly ball into center field. McCutchen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
LaHair vs. Burnett
LaHair hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jones scoops it up and throws to first, with Burnett covering, for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Barajas vs. Beliveau
Barajas hits a fly ball into left field. Soriano settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Barmes vs. Beliveau
Barmes hits a popup towards first. Rizzo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Burnett vs. Beliveau
Burnett strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Clevenger vs. Burnett
Clevenger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jones scoops it up and throws to first, with Burnett covering, for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barney vs. Burnett
Barney is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Valbuena vs. Burnett
Jeff Baker pinch runs for Darwin Barney.
There goes Baker. The throw from Barajas and he is safe. Baker steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Valbuena vs. Burnett
Valbuena strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Cardenas vs. Burnett
Adrian Cardenas pinch hits for Jeff Beliveau.
Cardenas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Baker moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-3
DeJesus vs. Burnett
DeJesus strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Marte vs. Camp
Jeff Baker now playing second base. Shawn Camp now pitching.
Marte hits a ball on the ground towards short. Castro misplays the ball. That's an error on Castro. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snider vs. Camp
There goes Marte. The throw from Clevenger and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: --3
Snider vs. Camp
Snider hits a ball on the ground towards first. Rizzo scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Snider for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
McCutchen vs. Camp
McCutchen strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Jones vs. Camp
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Castro vs. Burnett
Castro hits a line drive into center field. McCutchen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Rizzo vs. Burnett
Rizzo hits a line drive into left field. Marte settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Soriano vs. Burnett
Soriano strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/31/2012 -- Pittsburgh at Chicago (N) Pittsburgh AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI Marte S, lf 5 0 0 0 DeJesus D, cf 3 0 0 0 Snider T, rf 4 2 1 0 Castro S, ss 4 0 0 0 McCutchen A, cf 5 1 3 0 Rizzo A, 1b 3 0 0 0 Jones G, 1b 3 1 1 0 Soriano A, lf 4 0 0 0 Walker N, 2b 3 1 1 5 LaHair B, rf 3 0 0 0 Alvarez P, 3b 3 0 2 0 Clevenger S, c 3 0 0 0 Barajas R, c 3 0 0 0 Barney D, 2b 2 0 0 0 Barmes C, ss 4 0 0 0 Baker J, pr-2b 0 0 0 0 Burnett A, p 4 0 0 0 Valbuena L, 3b 3 0 0 0 Coleman C, p 1 0 0 0 Maine S, p 1 0 0 0 Beliveau J, p 0 0 0 0 Cardenas A, ph 1 0 1 0 Camp S, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 34 5 8 5 28 0 1 0 Pittsburgh 400 000 100 -- 5 Chicago 000 000 000 -- 0 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO Burnett A (W) 9.0 1 0 0 2 8 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO Coleman C (L) 4.2 7 4 4 4 5 Maine S 2.0 1 1 1 1 3 Beliveau J 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 Camp S 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 E -- Clevenger S 2, Castro S LOB -- Pittsburgh 8, Chicago 4 2B -- Alvarez P, McCutchen A HR -- Walker N SB -- DeJesus D, Baker J, Marte S SF -- Walker N HBP -- by Burnett A (Barney D) T -- 2:50 A -- 33158
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