Post-Game Notes

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PITTSBURGH PIRATES 4 (48-30), SEATTLE MARINERS 2 (34-45)

Wednesday, June 26, 2013 Safeco Field Seattle, WA
FINAL 1 0 Pittsburgh Pirates 0 Seattle Mariners First Pitch: 12:40 pm 2 3 4 0 0 2 0 0 1 Time of Game: 2:56 5 0 0 6 7 8 9 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 Temp: 65/ SW @ 5 MPH R H E LOB 4 8 1 7 2 8 0 10 Attendance: 21,265

WP: Vin Mazzaro (4-2, 2.88) LP: Charlie Furbush (1-4, 4.03) SV: Mark Melancon (2)
HOME RUNS: Neil Walker Raul Ibanez PITCHING LINES: PITTSBURGH Jeanmar Gomez Justin Wilson Vin Mazzaro (W) Mark Melancon (SV) SEATTLE Felix Hernandez Tom Wilhelmsen Charlie Furbush (L) Yoervis Medina NO. 6 18 PITCHER Felix Hernandez Justin Wilson INN. 4 6 MOB 1 0 OUT 2 1 COUNT 3-1 3-2 DISTANCE/FIELD 388/RF 386/RF

IP 5.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 IP 7.0 0.2 0.2 0.2

H 3 2 1 2 H 6 0 1 1

R 1 1 0 0 R 2 0 1 1

ER 0 1 0 0 ER 2 0 1 1

BB-I 2-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 BB-I 2-0 0-0 0-0 1-1

SO 5 1 1 1 SO 11 0 1 1

HR 0 1 0 0 HR 1 0 0 0

WP 1 0 0 0 WP 0 0 0 1

HB 0 0 0 0 HB 0 0 0 0

BK 0 0 0 0 BK 0 0 0 0

PITCHES/STRIKES 81/49 27/16 24/16 17/12 PITCHES/STRIKES 108/69 8/5 9/6 17/10

PIRATES NOTES: With the win, the Pirates now own a season-high 6-game winning-streak, their longest since 5/6-12/08. o Also have won 7 of their past 8 games. Over their past 13 games, starting pitchers have combined to post a 2.23 ERA (19 ER/ 76.2 IP) while not allowing more than 3 ER in any of the past 13 games. Pedro Alvarez (2x4, 1 R) extended his hitting streak to 10 games with a 2nd inning single to right field. o Is now batting .390 (16x41) with 7 R, 4 2B, 5 HR, 13 RBI, and 3 BB during that span. o Has reached base safely in 15 consecutive games. Neil Walker (2x3, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI) hit a 4th inning home run to right-field, his 6th HR of the season and his first since 6/12 vs. SF. o All 6 of his home runs this season have come against right-handed pitchers. o Recorded his 17th multi-hit game of the season. o Is now batting .500 (6x12) with 5 R, 2 2B 1 HR, 2 RBI, and 4 BB over his past 4 games. Starling Marte (1x5, 1 2B) is now batting .303 (20x66) with 13 R, 3 2B, 4 3B, 3 HR, 6 RBI, and 1 BB over his past 14 games, dating back to 6/8 @ CHC. o 9 of his past 12 hits have been extra-base hits (3 2B, 4 3B, and 2 HR). Jeanmar Gomez took a no-decision, allowing 1 run (unearned) on 3 hits while striking out 5 and walking 2 in 5.0 IP. o It was his first start since 6/2 vs. CIN after being activated from the 15-day disabled list this morning. MARINERS NOTES: Raul Ibanez (1x3, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 IBB) extended his hitting streak to 4 games with a 6th inning home run to right field. o Has hit 4th HR in his past 4 games and is tied with Chris Davis (BAL) for the American League lead with 9 home runs in Junehas hit 16 of his 18 home runs since May 10. o Has hit 6 of his 18 HR this season off left-handed pitchersdid not hit a HR off a lefty during the regular season in 2012. o Is now batting .400 (6x15) with 6 R, 4 HR, 7 RBI, and 2 BB over his past 4 games. Felix Hernandez took a no-decision, allowing 2 earned runs on 6 hits while striking out 11 and walking 2 in 7.0 IP. o Recorded his 2nd double-digit strikeout game this season (also: 12 Ks, 4/17 vs. DET). o Today marked his 23rd career double-digit strikeout game (has a record of 15-2 in starts with 10+ Ks). Nick Franklin (2x5) has now hit safely in 12 of his past 14 games, dating back to 6/11is now batting .316 (18x57) with 6 R, 4 2B, 2 HR, 10 RBI, and 4 BB during that span. Charlie Furbush has recorded 9 of his past 10 outs via strikeout. NEXT GAME Seattle Mariners vs. Chicago Cubs Friday, June 28, 2013 at 7:10 pm PT (ROOT Sports) RHP Hisashi Iwakuma (7-3, 2.26) vs. LHP Travis Wood (5-6, 2.85)

Post-Game Quotes
PIRATES MANAGER CLINT HURDLE: On Mercers base hit in the 9th off Medina: Yeah, Ive been on the other end of that stick. Sometimes, you get the match-ups you want, and you dont get the results you want. Our right-hander got through two left-handers after we put a guy on, and they got a right-hander coming in whos been pretty effective for them and wasnt able to put away Mercer. Good for us. Did Gomez start go accordingly to plan? Absolutely, for a guy that had been away and had been out a couple times on rehab, [he] wasnt as sharp as when he left, [but] he was still effective with his fastball and changeup for about the first two or three innings, and then he went more sinker, slider. [He] gave us the innings we needed. He got to the part of the game we were hoping to get to with the lead. He was effective again, real nice job.