There were a few big stories, but the two big contributors were James McDonald and Pedro Alvarez. It would be tough to say which performance was bigger for the Bucs. McDonald pitched seven scoreless innings walking just one batter and striking out six. Alvarez went four for five and hit two homers, also doubling. He drove in four runs. Travis Snider also had an RBI triple in the game and had two hits. Michael McKenry and Andrew McCutchen both added two hits and the Pirates have 14 hits total on the night.
Chris Resop and Hasanori Takahashi pitched the eighth and ninth innings to wrap up the Pirates 69th win of the year.