PIRATES SHUTOUT THE GIANTS

PITTSBURGH 4, SAN FRANCISCO 0

WHEN: 9:05 PM ET, Saturday, August 11, 2018

WHERE: AT&T Park, San Francisco, California

TEMPERATURE: 65° 

UMPIRES: Home - Shane Livensparger, 1B - CB Bucknor, 2B - Chris Conroy, 3B - Brian O'Nora

ATTENDANCE: 41209

Josh Bell hit the only home run on Barry Bonds jersey retirement night in San Francisco, a three-run shot in the fourth inning that propelled the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Saturday.

Trevor Williams (10-8) continued his brilliant pitching with seven innings of five-hit ball, helping the Pirates clinch the season series over the Giants with a fourth win in six games.

Bell's homer, his second of the series and eighth of the season, came after Gregory Polanco had bunted for a hit and David Freese had reached on an infield single to open the fourth inning of a game the Pirates led 1-0.

One out later, Bell smacked a Ty Blach pitch over the fence in left field for the big blow of the game.

The Pirates had scored first on a sacrifice fly by Corey Dickerson in the third inning, scoring Josh Harrison, who had led off the inning with a walk.

Facing a Giants team that had scored 13 runs the night before, Williams allowed just one baserunner past first base in his seven innings. He walked one and struck out two.

Williams has now given up just two runs in his last 29 innings over five starts, going 4-1 in that stretch.

Keone Kela worked a 1-2-3 eighth inning, before Felipe Vazquez closed out the Giants in the ninth by getting Brandon Crawford to ground into a double play after Evan Longoria had singled with one out.

The Giants finished with six hits, all singles.

Blach (6-7) took the loss after giving up four runs and four hits in four innings. He walked two and struck out five.

Casey Kelly, considered for the start before the Giants chose to promote Blach from the bullpen, blanked the Pirates on two hits over the final five innings, striking out three, in his San Francisco debut.

Elias Diaz had two hits for the Pirates, who improved to 4-2 on their nine-game trip.

Longoria and Buster Posey stroked two singles apiece for the Giants, who lost for the fourth time in their last five games.

The Giants retired Bonds' No. 25 prior to the game with a ceremony that included appearances from Willie Mays, Willie McCovey and Dusty Baker. The ceremony included in-stadium speeches and video tributes to the all-time home run king.

TOP GAME PERFORMANCES

STARTING PITCHERS

Pittsburgh		San Francisco
Trevor Williams	Player	Ty Blach
Win	W/L	Loss
7.0	IP	4.0
2	Strikeouts	5
5	Hits	4
0.00	ERA	9.00

HITTING

Pittsburgh		San Francisco
Elias Diaz	Player	Evan Longoria
2	Hits	2
0	RBI	0
0	HR	0
2	TB	2
1.000	Avg	.500

TEAM STATS SUMMARY

Team	Hits	HR	TB	Avg	LOB	K	RBI	BB	SB	Errors
Pittsburgh	6	1	9	.200	7	8	4	2	0	0
San Francisco	6	0	6	.200	9	2	0	1	0	0

Bottom of Form

SCORING SUMMARY

INNING				PIT	SF
Pirates		3rd	Dickerson hit sacrifice fly to center, Harrison scored.	1	0
Pirates		4th	Bell homered to left (377 feet), Polanco and Freese scored.	4	0

FINAL SCORING SUMMARY

FINAL	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PITTSBURGH	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	0
SAN FRANCISCO	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0

Pittsburgh

Hitters	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Avg
Corey Dickerson	LF	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	.308
Starling Marte	CF	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.274
Gregory Polanco	RF	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.245
David Freese	3B	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.292
Francisco Cervelli	C	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	.257
Elias Diaz	C	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	.293
Josh Bell	1B	4	1	1	3	0	1	3	.268
Josh Harrison	2B	3	1	0	0	1	2	1	.254
Jordy Mercer	SS	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.261
Trevor Williams	SP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.065
Keone Kela	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Felipe Vazquez	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals		30	4	6	4	2	8	7
Batting
HR - Josh Bell (8)
TB - Gregory Polanco, David Freese, Elias Diaz 2, Josh Bell 4, Jordy Mercer
RBI - Corey Dickerson (46), Josh Bell 3 (54)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Starling Marte (29), Josh Harrison (16)
S - Trevor Williams (4)
SF - Corey Dickerson (4)
GIDP - Josh Bell (10)
Team LOB - 3

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Trevor Williams (W 10-8)	7.0	5	0	0	1	2	0	3.66
Keone Kela	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Felipe Vazquez	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.94
Pitches-Strikes - Trevor Williams 104-64, Keone Kela 9-5, Felipe Vazquez 11-9
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Trevor Williams 8-5, Keone Kela 1-1, Felipe Vazquez 2-0
Batters Faced - Trevor Williams 25, Keone Kela 3, Felipe Vazquez 3

San Francisco

Hitters	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Avg
Andrew McCutchen	RF	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	.258
Buster Posey	C	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.298
Evan Longoria	3B	4	0	2	0	0	0	3	.259
Brandon Crawford	SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.276
Austin Slater	1B	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.308
Alen Hanson	LF-2B	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	.282
Joe Panik	2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.236
Casey Kelly	RP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Steven Duggar	CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250
Ty Blach	SP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.036
Gorkys Hernandez	LF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258
Totals		30	0	6	0	1	2	9
Batting
TB - Buster Posey 2, Evan Longoria 2, Austin Slater, Alen Hanson
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Evan Longoria (43)
GIDP - Brandon Crawford 2 (9)
Team LOB - 4
Baserunning
CS - Alen Hanson (2, 2nd by Williams/Cervelli)

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Ty Blach (L 6-7)	4.0	4	4	4	2	5	1	4.47
Casey Kelly	5.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0.00
Pitches-Strikes - Ty Blach 67-42, Casey Kelly 58-42
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Ty Blach 5-0, Casey Kelly 8-1
Batters Faced - Ty Blach 17, Casey Kelly 17