Looking at Every Run the Pirates Have Scored This Year

Posted by Jon on 2:23 PM
The Pirates have scored just 30 runs through 15 games. That is far and away the lowest amount in the league. I want take to take a look at each individual run scored and see where I can go from there. So here we go, all thirty runs broken down.

DateInningDescription
4/76thNavarro walks, Tabata singles, Presley fielder's choice, Navarro scores on wild pitch
4/710thBarajas doubles, McKenry pinch runs for Barajas, McKenry to third on Barmes sacrifice bunt, McKenry scores on Presley infield single
4/85thAlvarez homers to right
4/87thAlvarez reaches on dropped 3rd strike, Alvarez scores on McGehee double
4/87thMcGehee doubles, McGehee scores on Presley single
4/88thMcCutchen singles, McCutchen steals second base, McCutchen scores on Hague single
4/89thMcGehee doubles, Harrison pinch runs, Harrison to third on sacrifice bunt, Harrison scores on McCutchen single
4/107thPresley reaches on infield single, Presley to second on McCutchen single, Presley to third on fly out, Presley scores on Hague groundout
4/113rdBarmes homers to left
4/125thMcKenry homers to center
4/126thMcCutchen singles, McCutchen to second on McGehee single, McCutchen scores on Navarro sacrifice fly
4/141stMcCutchen singles, McCutchen to second on McGehee single, McCutchen to third on Barajas walk, McCutchen scores on Walker single
4/141stMcGehee singles, McGehee to second on Barajas walk, McGehee scores on Walker single
4/145thPresley singles, Presley to second on throwing error, Presley scores on throwing error
4/152ndJones homers to right
4/152ndWalker singles, Walker to second on Barmes single, Walker scores on Presley infield single
4/158thMcCutchen singles, McCutchen to second on McGehee single, McCutchen scores on Walker bunt single
4/158thMcGehee singles, McGehee to second on Walke bunt single, McGehee to third on throwing error, McGehee scores on Harrison sacrifice bunt
4/161stMcCutchen singles, McCutchen steals second, McCutchen to third on McGehee infield single, McCutchen scores on Walker single
4/171stMcCutchen singles, McCutchen to second on Walker single, McCutchen scores on Jones single
4/173rdMcCutchen singles, McCutchen to second on balk, McCutchen scores on Walker single
4/173rdWalker singles, Walker scores on Jones double
4/176thJones homers to right
4/179thPresley infield single, Presley to third on McGehee single, Presley scores on McCutchen single
4/187thAlvarez homers to left
4/188thBarmes single, Barmes to second on McCutchen single, Barmes scores on Walker single
4/201stPresley inside the park homer
4/214thMcCutchen singles, McCutchen to third on Walker single, McCutchen scores on Alvarez infield single
4/216thMcCutchen doubles, McCutchen to third on fielder's choice, McCutchen scores on Alvarez single
4/228thMcKenry doubles to right, McKenry scores on McGehee single
There are a few interesting things here. First of all, eight of the Pirates 30 runs have come on balls that failed to leave the infield. Only nine of the runs have come off of extra base hits, and seven of those are home runs. Andrew McCutchen has been involved in the creation of 13 of the 30 runs and has scored 9 of them. Rod Barajas has neither scored nor driven in a run. Jose Tabata was mentioned just once above.

The Pirates offense has been bad. They have just 22 extra base hits in 15 games and are scoring just 2 runs a game because of it. They can't tie hits together and they struggle just to get the ball out of the infield at times. It has been a miserable offensive start to the season. The good news is that they are just 6-9 and have played some very good teams. The schedule gets easier starting now and the offense can't possibly hit near .200 for too long. That is bound to come up at least a bit and we should see some bigger numbers on the scoreboard soon (knock on wood).

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