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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Atlanta Braves

2015-06-05 · Night game · Turner Field · Att: 27508 · 83°F, cloudy · Wind 7 mph L to R · 3:28

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Atlanta Braves 10–8. Atlanta Braves opened the scoring in the 1st — Andrelton Simmons singles on a ground ball to right fielder Gregory Polanco. Cameron Maybin scores. Pittsburgh Pirates took the lead in the 5th — Neil Walker homers (4) on a fly ball to right field. Starling Marte scores. Andrew McCutchen scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Starling Marte homers (11) on a line drive to right center field. Gregory Polanco scores — worth 29% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	3	1	10	13
ATL	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	1	8	14

W: Charlie Morton L: Luis Avilan SV: Mark Melancon

Umpires — HP: Tripp Gibson · 1B: Adam Hamari · 2B: Mark Carlson · 3B: Brian Gorman · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gregory Polanco	4	2	2	0	1	0
Starling Marte	3	3	2	3	2	0
Andrew McCutchen	5	1	2	1	0	0
Neil Walker	5	1	1	3	0	1
Jung Ho Kang	4	1	0	0	1	2
Pedro Alvarez	4	0	1	0	0	2
Francisco Cervelli	5	1	4	2	0	1
Jordy Mercer	5	0	1	0	0	0
Charlie Morton	1	0	0	0	1	1
Corey Hart	1	0	0	0	0	1
Sean Rodriguez	1	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Harrison	1	1	0	0	0	0

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cameron Maybin	5	1	3	1	0	1
Andrelton Simmons	5	2	2	2	0	0
Freddie Freeman	4	1	2	0	1	1
Nick Markakis	3	1	1	0	2	0
Juan Uribe	4	0	1	2	1	1
A. J. Pierzynski	5	1	2	1	0	1
Todd Cunningham	5	1	1	0	0	0
Pedro Ciriaco	5	1	2	1	0	1
Williams Perez	1	0	0	0	1	0
Chris Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jonny Gomes	1	0	0	0	0	1
Joey Terdoslavich	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Charlie Morton	5.0	7	3	1
Antonio Bastardo	1.0	0	0	1
Arquimedes Caminero	1.0	2	1	3
Tony Watson	0.2	3	1	1
Jared Hughes	0.1	0	0	0
Mark Melancon	1.0	2	0	0

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Williams Perez	5.0	5	5	5
Brandon Cunniff	0.2	0	0	1
Luis Avilan	0.1	2	0	0
Trevor Cahill	2.0	5	0	2
Nick Masset	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Gregory Polanco: 9/F9D
Starling Marte: 63/G6
Andrew McCutchen: 7/L7D+

Bot 1

Cameron Maybin: S5/G5S-
Andrelton Simmons: SB2
Andrelton Simmons: WP.2-3
Andrelton Simmons: S9/L4.3-H
Freddie Freeman: S9/L89S+.1-2
Nick Markakis: 64(1)3/GDP/G6M.2-3
Juan Uribe: W
A. J. Pierzynski: E4/G34.3-H(UR)(NR);1-3
Todd Cunningham: 8/L78D+

Top 2

Neil Walker: K
Jung Ho Kang: W
Pedro Alvarez: S8/L8RD+.1-3
Francisco Cervelli: S8/L8LS.3-H;1-2
Jordy Mercer: 8/F8RD
Charlie Morton: K

Bot 2

Pedro Ciriaco: 4/L4
Williams Perez: W
Cameron Maybin: S9/G34.1-2
Andrelton Simmons: 8/F78XD+
Freddie Freeman: 43/G4

Top 3

Gregory Polanco: W
Starling Marte: SB2
Starling Marte: W
Andrew McCutchen: 9/F9D.2-3
Neil Walker: 8/F8LM
Jung Ho Kang: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 3

Nick Markakis: W
Juan Uribe: K
A. J. Pierzynski: D8/L78D+.1-H
Todd Cunningham: 3/G34S-.2-3
Pedro Ciriaco: 7/L78D+

Top 4

Pedro Alvarez: 7/F78D+
Francisco Cervelli: S8/G6
Jordy Mercer: 53/G5S-.1-2
Charlie Morton: W
Gregory Polanco: 3/G3

Bot 4

Williams Perez: E5/G56S-
Cameron Maybin: 64(1)3/GDP/G6
Andrelton Simmons: 53/G5-

Top 5

Starling Marte: W
Andrew McCutchen: S7/L7S+.1-2
Neil Walker: HR/F9LD+.2-H;1-H
Jung Ho Kang: K
Pedro Alvarez: K
Francisco Cervelli: K

Bot 5

Freddie Freeman: D7/MREV/G5
Nick Markakis: S8/L8LS.2-3
Juan Uribe: 64(1)/FO/G6.3-H
A. J. Pierzynski: 3(B)63(1)/GDP/G3S

Top 6

Jordy Mercer: 3/F3DF-
Corey Hart: K
Gregory Polanco: S7/L78S
Starling Marte: HR/F9D+.1-H
Andrew McCutchen: 13/G15

Bot 6

Todd Cunningham: 7/F7S
Pedro Ciriaco: K
Chris Johnson: 9/F89D

Top 7

Neil Walker: 3/G3
Jung Ho Kang: K
Pedro Alvarez: K

Bot 7

Cameron Maybin: K
Andrelton Simmons: S9/F9LS
Freddie Freeman: K
Nick Markakis: W.1-2
Juan Uribe: S7/L7S.2-H;1-2
A. J. Pierzynski: K

Top 8

Francisco Cervelli: S8/G6
Jordy Mercer: S9/G34-.1-3
Sean Rodriguez: 46(1)3/GDP/G4S-.3-H(NR)
Gregory Polanco: S7/L56D
Starling Marte: SB2
Starling Marte: S68/G6M.2-H
Andrew McCutchen: D7/L7LS.1-H
Neil Walker: 43/G34-

Bot 8

Todd Cunningham: S8/L8LM
Pedro Ciriaco: S9/L3D.1-3;B-2(E9)
Jonny Gomes: K
Cameron Maybin: S7/G56.3-H;2-3
Andrelton Simmons: 63/G6S-.3-H(UR);1-2
Freddie Freeman: W
Nick Markakis: 43/G4

Top 9

Jung Ho Kang: 3/L34+
Josh Harrison: E5/G56+.B-2
Francisco Cervelli: S8/L8LS.2-H(UR)
Jordy Mercer: 54(1)3/GDP/G56S

Bot 9

Juan Uribe: 3/G34S-
A. J. Pierzynski: S5/G6+
Todd Cunningham: E1/G15-.1-3
Pedro Ciriaco: S7/G56+.3-H(UR);1-2
Joey Terdoslavich: 6(1)3/GDP/G6

Notes & reviews

replay,5,freef001,ATL,gormb901,ATL02,,N,M,PIT,A $when Freddie Freeman was called safe at 2B, Pirates manager Clint Hurdle challenged the ruling; the call was upheld by replay
originally scored as double, changed to error on 06-12-2015, making his run unearned

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