May 8, 2008 San Francisco Giants at Pittsburgh Pirates Play by Play and Box Score

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CHW 6
MIN 2 BOS 5
@DET 1 BAL 4
@KCR 1 NYY 6
CLE 3 TEX 5
@SEA 0 TBR 8
@TOR 3
(13) ARI 8
PHI 3 ATL 5
SDP 4 COL 9
STL 3 FLA 7
MIL 2 WSN 8
@HOU 3 PIT 5
SFG 4

Standings at end of play this day

PNC Park, Attendance: 16,816

Thursday, May 8, 2008, 12:35pm
Time of Game: 3:11

Giants

14-21

Lost 4

3rd, 9 GB

Bruce Bochy

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Giants          0  0  0   4  0  0   0  0  0    4  8  1
Pirates         0  0  2   0  0  0   3  0  X    5 10  0

W: F Osoria (2-1), L: M Cain (1-3), S: M Capps (8)

Pirates

15-19

Won 3

5th, 6 GB

John Russell

BATTING

San Francisco Giants         AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
E Velez 2B                    4   0   0   0    1   1  .222  .615   22    2   2   SB
J Castillo 3B                 4   0   0   0    0   2  .233  .695   18    0   2   
  J Bowker PH                 1   0   0   0    0   1  .268  .735   12    0   0   
R Winn RF                     4   0   1   0    0   1  .268  .636   16    0   0   
A Rowand CF                   2   1   1   0    2   0  .336  .913   18    5   0   
R Aurilia 1B                  3   0   0   0    1   1  .264  .735   21    5   1   
D Ortmeier LF                 4   1   2   0    0   0  .295  .789   11    1   0   CS
E Burriss SS                  3   1   1   1    0   0  .237  .556   12    2   2   
  B Molina PH                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .292  .781    2    0   0   
  B Bocock SS                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .143  .414         1   0   
S Holm C                      4   1   1   2    0   0  .286  .759   16    7   0   2B
M Cain P                      3   0   2   1    0   0  .286  .946   16    1   0   2B
  J Taschner P                0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  V Chulk P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  B Sadler P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  F Lewis PH                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .303  .877    2    0   0   
Totals                       34   4   8   4    4   6              166   24   7

BATTING

2B: S Holm (4, off P Maholm); M Cain (1, off F Osoria).

TB: M Cain 3; S Holm 2; D Ortmeier 2; E Burriss; R Winn; A Rowand.

RBI: S Holm 2 (2); E Burriss (1); M Cain (2).

2-out RBI: S Holm 2; E Burriss; M Cain.

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 3 for 10.

FIELDING

E: R Aurilia (3).

BASERUNNING

SB: E Velez (8, 2nd base off M Capps/R Doumit).

CS: D Ortmeier (2, Pickoff (CS) 2nd base by P Maholm).

Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
F Sanchez 2B                  5   2   3   0    0   0  .254  .614   17    1   1   2·2B
N McLouth CF                  4   0   0   1    0   2  .324 1.046   28    4   0   SF
J Bay LF                      4   1   3   1    0   0  .286  .886   15    1   0   2B
R Doumit C                    4   0   1   2    0   0  .333  .915   12    6   0   
X Nady RF                     3   0   1   0    1   0  .349  .969   12    1   0   IW
  J Grabow P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  T Yates P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  M Capps P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
A LaRoche 1B                  4   0   1   1    0   1  .209  .614   16   12   1   
J Bautista 3B                 4   0   0   0    0   0  .230  .695   12    0   6   
B Bixler SS                   3   0   0   0    1   2  .189  .472   22    1   5   
P Maholm P                    1   1   0   0    1   1  .167  .542   12    0   1   
  F Osoria P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .500 1.000         0   0   
  N Morgan PH-RF              2   1   1   0    0   0  .161  .451    8    1   0   
Totals                       34   5  10   5    3   6              154   27  14

BATTING

2B: F Sanchez 2 (7, 2 off M Cain); J Bay (4, off M Cain).

SF: N McLouth (1, off M Cain).

IBB: X Nady (1, by J Taschner).

TB: F Sanchez 5; J Bay 4; R Doumit; N Morgan; A LaRoche; X Nady.

RBI: R Doumit 2 (15); N McLouth (29); J Bay (12); A LaRoche (11).

2-out RBI: A LaRoche.

Team LOB: 9.

With RISP: 4 for 12.

PITCHING

San Francisco Giants          IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
M Cain, L (1-3)                6.1   9   5   5    1   5   0   4.50   30  113-74   45· 9·20    7·11· 6· 0     39    -     1.41  -0.29
J Taschner                     0.1   1   0   0    1   0   0   4.50    3   12-4     2· 2· 0    1· 0· 1· 0          1-1    2.61  -0.17
V Chulk                        0.2   0   0   0    1   0   0   2.03    3   12-6     3· 0· 3    2· 0· 0· 0          2-0    1.02   0.04
B Sadler                       0.2   0   0   0    0   1   0   0.00    2   15-12    7· 1· 4    1· 0· 0· 0          1-0    0.67   0.03
Totals                         8    10   5   5    3   6   0          38  152-96   57·12·27   11·11· 7· 0          4-1

Pittsburgh Pirates            IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
P Maholm                       6     6   4   4    2   4   0   4.79   25  107-63   42· 9·12   11· 6· 2· 0     46    -     0.91  -0.20
F Osoria, W (2-1)              1     1   0   0    0   0   0   6.35    4   15-12    8· 3· 1    2· 1· 1· 0          0-0    0.75   0.03
J Grabow, H (3)                0.2   1   0   0    1   1   0   1.08    4   15-8     5· 2· 1    0· 1· 1· 0          0-0    2.80   0.01
T Yates, H (5)                 0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   3.38    1    2-1     1· 0· 0    1· 0· 0· 0          2-0    4.03   0.11
M Capps, S (8)                 1     0   0   0    1   1   0   2.87    4   23-14   10· 3· 1    1· 1· 0· 0          0-0    2.70   0.16
Totals                         9     8   4   4    4   6   0          38  162-98   66·17·15   15· 9· 4· 0          2-0

Balks: None.

WP: J Taschner (3).

IBB: J Taschner (1; X Nady).

PO: P Maholm (2; D Ortmeier, 2nd base (CS)).

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Mike Estabrook, 1B - Ron Kulpa, 2B - Dale Scott, 3B - Rob Drake.

Time of Game: 3:11.

Attendance: 16,816.

Weather: 59° F, Wind 5mph out to Centerfield, Overcast, Drizzle.

LINEUPS

   San Francisco Giants          Pittsburgh Pirates                   
1. E Velez              2B    1. F Sanchez            2B 
2. J Castillo           3B    2. N McLouth            CF 
3. R Winn               RF    3. J Bay                LF 
4. A Rowand             CF    4. R Doumit             C  
5. R Aurilia            1B    5. X Nady               RF 
6. D Ortmeier           LF    6. A LaRoche            1B 
7. E Burriss            SS    7. J Bautista           3B 
8. S Holm               C     8. B Bixler             SS 
9. M Cain               P     9. P Maholm             P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 4   2  2-1  12-  3  -24%  39% S Holm          P Maholm        Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Ortmeier Scores; Burriss Scores
   b 7   1  4-3  -2-  6   22%  62% J Bay           M Cain          Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); Sanchez Scores
   b 7   2  4-4  -23  5   19%  79% A LaRoche       J Taschner      Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Bay Scores; Nady to 3B
   b 7   0  4-2  1--  3   19%  47% F Sanchez       M Cain          Ground-rule Double (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Morgan to 3B
   b 3   1  0-0  123  2   13%  79% R Doumit        M Cain          Single to LF (Line Drive to LF-CF); Maholm Scores; Sanchez Scores; Bay to 2B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Giants Batting, Tied 0-0, Paul Maholm facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  6   52%  E Velez         Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  2   54%  J Castillo      Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
          ---  4   53%  R Winn          Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
          1--  6   51%  A Rowand        Walk; Winn to 2B
   O      12-  8   55%  R Aurilia       Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Pirates Batting, Tied 0-0, Matt Cain facing 1-2-3
          ---  2   61%  F Sanchez       Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
   O      -2-  6   57%  N McLouth       Strikeout Swinging
   O      -2-  4   53%  J Bay           Popfly: SS (Weak 2B)
   O      -2-  1   50%  R Doumit        Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Pirates 0.

Top of the 2nd, Giants Batting, Tied 0-0, Paul Maholm facing 6-7-8
          ---  3   46%  D Ortmeier      Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
   O      1--      52%  E Burriss       Ortmeier Caught Stealing (PO) 2B (P-1B-SS)
   O      ---  3   54%  " "             Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  5   55%  S Holm          Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Pirates Batting, Tied 0-0, Matt Cain facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  4   53%  X Nady          Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
          ---  3   55%  A LaRoche       Reached on E3 (Ground Ball); LaRoche to 1B
   O      1--  2   52%  J Bautista      Foul Popfly: C (Behind Home)
   O      1--  6   50%  B Bixler        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Pirates 0.

Top of the 3rd, Giants Batting, Tied 0-0, Paul Maholm facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  6   52%  M Cain          Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   O      ---  3   54%  E Velez         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   55%  J Castillo      Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Pirates Batting, Tied 0-0, Matt Cain facing 9-1-2
          ---  9   59%  P Maholm        Walk
          1--  5   65%  F Sanchez       Single to LF (Line Drive to LF Line); Maholm to 2B
   O      12-  2   60%  N McLouth       Flyball: CF
          12-  4   66%  J Bay           Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Maholm to 3B; Sanchez to 2B
   RR     123  2   79%  R Doumit        Single to LF (Line Drive to LF-CF); Maholm Scores; Sanchez Scores; Bay to 2B
   O      12-  2   76%  X Nady          Lineout: 2B (SS-2B)
   O      12-  3   73%  A LaRoche       Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Pirates 2.

Top of the 4th, Giants Batting, Behind 0-2, Paul Maholm facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  4   76%  R Winn          Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  6   73%  A Rowand        Walk
   O      1--  4   76%  R Aurilia       Flyball: RF
          1--  2   73%  D Ortmeier      Single to CF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Rowand to 3B
   R      1-3  2   63%  E Burriss       Single to P (Ground Ball); Rowand Scores; Ortmeier to 2B
   RR     12-  3   39%  S Holm          Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Ortmeier Scores; Burriss Scores
   R      -2-  7   28%  M Cain          Single to CF (Line Drive); Holm Scores; Cain to 2B/Adv on throw
   O      -2-  3   30%  E Velez         Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
                  4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 4, Pirates 2.

Bottom of the 4th, Pirates Batting, Behind 2-4, Matt Cain facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  5   28%  J Bautista      Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   O      ---  7   26%  B Bixler        Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
   O      ---  3   24%  P Maholm        Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 4, Pirates 2.

Top of the 5th, Giants Batting, Ahead 4-2, Paul Maholm facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  6   26%  J Castillo      Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   27%  R Winn          Popfly: 2B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  4   28%  A Rowand        Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 4, Pirates 2.

Bottom of the 5th, Pirates Batting, Behind 2-4, Matt Cain facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4   25%  F Sanchez       Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  5   23%  N McLouth       Flyball: CF
          ---  1   25%  J Bay           Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF-CF)
   O      1--  6   22%  R Doumit        Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 4, Pirates 2.

Top of the 6th, Giants Batting, Ahead 4-2, Paul Maholm facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  3   23%  R Aurilia       Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
   O      ---  3   24%  D Ortmeier      Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   O      ---  6   25%  E Burriss       Groundout: SS-1B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 4, Pirates 2.

Bottom of the 6th, Pirates Batting, Behind 2-4, Matt Cain facing 5-6-7
          ---  2   31%  X Nady          Single to LF (Line Drive to LF Line)
   O      1--  3   26%  A LaRoche       Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF)
   O      1--  2   21%  J Bautista      Popfly: SS (Deep SS-2B)
   O      1--  4   18%  B Bixler        Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 4, Pirates 2.

Top of the 7th, Giants Batting, Ahead 4-2, Franquelis Osoria facing 8-9-1
                  Franquelis Osoria replaces Paul Maholm pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  3   19%  S Holm          Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
          ---  3   17%  M Cain          Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF)
   O      -2-  3   19%  E Velez         Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   O      -2-  6   21%  J Castillo      Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 4, Pirates 2.

Bottom of the 7th, Pirates Batting, Behind 2-4, Matt Cain facing 9-1-2
                  Nyjer Morgan pinch hits for Franquelis Osoria batting 9th
          ---  4   28%  N Morgan        Single to 3B (Bunt to Weak 3B)
          1--  3   47%  F Sanchez       Ground-rule Double (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Morgan to 3B
   RO     -23  3   40%  N McLouth       Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep LF-CF); Morgan Scores
   R      -2-  6   62%  J Bay           Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); Sanchez Scores
                  Jack Taschner replaces Matt Cain pitching and batting 9th
   O      -2-  3   56%  R Doumit        Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
          -2-  4   57%  X Nady          Intentional Walk
          12-      60%  A LaRoche       Wild Pitch; Bay to 3B; Nady to 2B
   R      -23  5   79%  " "             Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Bay Scores; Nady to 3B
                  Vinnie Chulk replaces Jack Taschner pitching and batting 9th
   O      1-3  3   75%  J Bautista      Groundout: 2B-1B
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Giants 4, Pirates 5.

Top of the 8th, Giants Batting, Behind 4-5, John Grabow facing 3-4-5
                  John Grabow replaces Xavier Nady pitching and batting 5th; Nyjer Morgan moves to RF
   O      ---  4   80%  R Winn          Strikeout Swinging
          ---  2   74%  A Rowand        Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF)
          1--  6   66%  R Aurilia       Walk; Rowand to 2B
   O      12-  3   76%  D Ortmeier      Flyball: RF (Short CF-RF)
                  Tyler Yates replaces John Grabow pitching and batting 5th; Bengie Molina pinch hits for Emmanuel Burriss batting 7th
   O      12-  2   87%  B Molina        Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Giants 4, Pirates 5.

Bottom of the 8th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 5-4, Vinnie Chulk facing 8-9-1
                  Brian Bocock replaces Bengie Molina playing SS batting 7th
          ---  5   89%  B Bixler        Walk
   O      1--  4   87%  N Morgan        Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
                  Billy Sadler replaces Vinnie Chulk pitching and batting 9th
   O      1--  3   85%  F Sanchez       Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
   O      1-- 12   84%  N McLouth       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 4, Pirates 5.

Top of the 9th, Giants Batting, Behind 4-5, Matt Capps facing 8-9-1
                  Matt Capps replaces Tyler Yates pitching and batting 5th
   O      ---  5   91%  S Holm          Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
                  Fred Lewis pinch hits for Billy Sadler batting 9th
   O      ---  2   96%  F Lewis         Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
          ---  7   92%  E Velez         Walk
                  John Bowker pinch hits for Jose Castillo batting 2nd
          1--      89%  J Bowker        Velez Steals 2B
   O      -2-  9  100%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 4, Pirates 5.

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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Play-by-Play Explanation