Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Detroit Tigers - Play By Play - May 20, 2012

Scores for May 20, 2012

Final

Series: Game 3 of 3

Detroit won 2-1

Game 1: Friday, May 18
Pittsburgh	0	Final
Detroit	6	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, May 19
Pittsburgh	4	Final
Detroit	3	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, May 20
Pittsburgh	3	Final
Detroit	4	Final
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Pirates 3

(19-22, 9-14 away)

Tigers 4

(20-21, 11-12 home)

Alerts

Coverage: FOX DET

1:05 PM ET, May 20, 2012

Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	6	0
DET	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	-	4	5	1

W: M. Scherzer (3-3)

L: K. Correia (1-5)

S: J. Benoit (1)

View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch

Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

Pittsburgh - Top of 1st	SCORE
Max Scherzer pitching for Detroit	PIT	DET
J Tabata flied out to right.	0	0
N Walker struck out swinging.	0	0
A McCutchen struck out swinging.	0	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Detroit - Bottom of 1st	SCORE
Kevin Correia pitching for Pittsburgh	PIT	DET
D Kelly flied out to right.	0	0
A Dirks popped out to shortstop.	0	0
M Cabrera singled to center.	0	0
P Fielder grounded out to pitcher.	0	0
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Pittsburgh - Top of 2nd	SCORE
Max Scherzer pitching for Detroit	PIT	DET
P Alvarez struck out swinging.	0	0
G Jones doubled to deep right.	0	0
J Harrison fouled out to first.	0	0
R Barajas struck out swinging.	0	0
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Detroit - Bottom of 2nd	SCORE
Kevin Correia pitching for Pittsburgh	PIT	DET
D Young flied out to center.	0	0
B Boesch flied out to center.	0	0
J Peralta hit by pitch.	0	0
A Avila struck out swinging.	0	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Pittsburgh - Top of 3rd	SCORE
Max Scherzer pitching for Detroit	PIT	DET
N McLouth struck out swinging.	0	0
C Barmes singled to left.	0	0
J Tabata grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, C Barmes out at second.	0	0
N Walker struck out swinging.	0	0
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Detroit - Bottom of 3rd	SCORE
Kevin Correia pitching for Pittsburgh	PIT	DET
R Raburn fouled out to first.	0	0
D Kelly fouled out to third.	0	0
A Dirks flied out to left.	0	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Pittsburgh - Top of 4th	SCORE
Max Scherzer pitching for Detroit	PIT	DET
A McCutchen struck out swinging.	0	0
P Alvarez struck out swinging.	0	0
G Jones struck out swinging.	0	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Detroit - Bottom of 4th	SCORE
Kevin Correia pitching for Pittsburgh	PIT	DET
M Cabrera struck out swinging.	0	0
P Fielder flied out to right.	0	0
D Young flied out to center.	0	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Pittsburgh - Top of 5th	SCORE
Max Scherzer pitching for Detroit	PIT	DET
J Harrison struck out swinging.	0	0
R Barajas homered to left (395 feet).	1	0
N McLouth struck out swinging.	1	0
C Barmes struck out swinging.	1	0
1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Detroit - Bottom of 5th	SCORE
Kevin Correia pitching for Pittsburgh	PIT	DET
B Boesch fouled out to third.	1	0
J Peralta homered to right (370 feet) .	1	1
A Avila grounded out to first.	1	1
R Raburn popped out to second.	1	1
1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Pittsburgh - Top of 6th	SCORE
Max Scherzer pitching for Detroit	PIT	DET
J Tabata grounded out to pitcher.	1	1
N Walker homered to right (415 feet).	2	1
A McCutchen struck out swinging.	2	1
P Alvarez walked.	2	1
G Jones struck out swinging.	2	1
1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Detroit - Bottom of 6th	SCORE
Kevin Correia pitching for Pittsburgh	PIT	DET
D Kelly grounded out to first.	2	1
A Dirks popped out to shortstop.	2	1
M Cabrera grounded out to shortstop.	2	1
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Pittsburgh - Top of 7th	SCORE
Max Scherzer pitching for Detroit	PIT	DET
J Harrison struck out swinging.	2	1
R Barajas flied out to center.	2	1
N McLouth flied out to left.	2	1
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Detroit - Bottom of 7th	SCORE
Kevin Correia pitching for Pittsburgh	PIT	DET
P Fielder doubled to left.	2	1
D Young singled to center, P Fielder scored.	2	2
T Watson relieved K Correia.	2	2
B Boesch grounded out to second, D Young to second.	2	2
J Peralta walked.	2	2
D Young to third, J Peralta to second on passed ball by R Barajas.	2	2
A Avila singled to center, D Young and J Peralta scored.	2	4
B Lincoln relieved T Watson.	2	4
A Avila stole second.	2	4
R Raburn struck out swinging.	2	4
D Kelly flied out to right.	2	4
3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
Pittsburgh - Top of 8th	SCORE
Octavio Dotel pitching for Detroit	PIT	DET
R Santiago at second base.	2	4
R Raburn in right field.	2	4
O Dotel relieved M Scherzer.	2	4
C Barmes singled to left.	2	4
J Tabata flied out to center.	2	4
N Walker flied out to right.	2	4
A McCutchen safe at first on error by pitcher O Dotel, C Barmes to second.	2	4
P Coke relieved O Dotel.	2	4
P Alvarez struck out swinging.	2	4
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors
Detroit - Bottom of 8th	SCORE
Jared Hughes pitching for Pittsburgh	PIT	DET
J Hughes relieved B Lincoln.	2	4
A Dirks flied out to center.	2	4
M Cabrera grounded out to third.	2	4
P Fielder struck out swinging.	2	4
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Pittsburgh - Top of 9th	SCORE
Joaquin Benoit pitching for Detroit	PIT	DET
J Benoit relieved P Coke.	2	4
G Jones grounded out to first.	2	4
J Harrison doubled to deep left.	2	4
J Harrison to third on wild pitch by J Benoit.	2	4
R Barajas hit sacrifice fly to center, J Harrison scored.	3	4
N McLouth struck out looking.	3	4
1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors

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Pirates 3

Tigers 4