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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago White Sox

2015-06-18 · Night game · Guaranteed Rate Field · Att: 21296 · 77°F · Wind 12 mph to CF · 2:58

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Chicago White Sox 3–2. Pittsburgh Pirates opened the scoring in the 4th — Jung Ho Kang singles on a ground ball to pitcher Jeff Samardzija. Starling Marte scores. Andrew McCutchen to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 7th: Geovany Soto homers (4) on a line drive to center field — worth 24% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	13
CHA	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	3

W: Gerrit Cole L: Jake Petricka SV: Mark Melancon

Umpires — HP: Dan Bellino · 1B: Tom Hallion · 2B: Bruce Dreckman · 3B: Alfonso Marquez · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Josh Harrison	4	0	2	1	0	1
Starling Marte	5	1	2	0	0	2
Andrew McCutchen	5	0	1	0	0	1
Jung Ho Kang	5	1	2	1	0	0
Pedro Alvarez	4	0	2	0	0	0
Gregory Polanco	4	0	0	1	0	2
Jordy Mercer	3	1	1	0	1	1
Corey Hart	3	0	3	0	0	0
Chris Stewart	2	0	0	0	1	1
Jose Tabata	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Adam Eaton	3	0	1	0	1	0
JB Shuck	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jose Abreu	4	1	1	0	0	0
Adam LaRoche	3	0	0	0	1	2
Melky Cabrera	3	0	0	1	0	1
Alexei Ramirez	4	0	0	0	0	0
Conor Gillaspie	2	0	0	0	1	1
Geovany Soto	3	1	1	1	0	0
Gordon Beckham	3	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gerrit Cole	7.0	3	3	4
Arquimedes Caminero	1.0	0	0	0
Mark Melancon	1.0	0	0	2

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jeff Samardzija	7.0	10	0	7
Jake Petricka	0.1	1	0	0
Zach Duke	0.1	1	1	0
Zach Putnam	1.1	1	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Josh Harrison: 9/F89D
Starling Marte: S8/L8LS
Andrew McCutchen: K+CS2(24)/DP/MREV

Bot 1

Adam Eaton: S6/G6
JB Shuck: WP.1-2
JB Shuck: K
Jose Abreu: 13/G15
Adam LaRoche: K

Top 2

Jung Ho Kang: 7/F7D
Pedro Alvarez: 43/G4S-
Gregory Polanco: 13/G15-

Bot 2

Melky Cabrera: 13/G15
Alexei Ramirez: 53/G5S
Conor Gillaspie: W
Geovany Soto: 3/G34S

Top 3

Jordy Mercer: K
Corey Hart: S8/L6D
Chris Stewart: 54(1)3/GDP/G5S

Bot 3

Gordon Beckham: 63/G56-
Adam Eaton: 8/F8RD+
JB Shuck: 23/G15S-

Top 4

Josh Harrison: S9/L9S
Starling Marte: 54(1)/FO/G5S
Andrew McCutchen: S9/F3D-.1-3
Jung Ho Kang: S1/G13-.3-H;1-2
Pedro Alvarez: 16(1)3/GDP/G15

Bot 4

Jose Abreu: D9/L3-
Adam LaRoche: 8/F8LXD+.2-3
Melky Cabrera: 9/SF/L89M.3-H
Alexei Ramirez: 8/F78M

Top 5

Gregory Polanco: K
Jordy Mercer: S1/G15
Corey Hart: S9/G34-.1-3
Chris Stewart: HP.1-2
Josh Harrison: 8/SF/F8RM.3-H;2-3
Starling Marte: K

Bot 5

Conor Gillaspie: K
Geovany Soto: 13/G13S-
Gordon Beckham: K

Top 6

Andrew McCutchen: 43/G4+
Jung Ho Kang: 63/G56-
Pedro Alvarez: S9/L89M
Gregory Polanco: K

Bot 6

Adam Eaton: W
JB Shuck: SB2
JB Shuck: 53/SH/BG5S+.2-3
Jose Abreu: 53/G6S-
Adam LaRoche: W
Melky Cabrera: 8/F78D

Top 7

Jordy Mercer: 63/G6
Corey Hart: S8/F8LS
Chris Stewart: K
Josh Harrison: S7/G56+.1-2
Starling Marte: K

Bot 7

Alexei Ramirez: 63/G6
Conor Gillaspie: 9/F89M
Geovany Soto: HR/F8LXD+
Gordon Beckham: 143/G15

Top 8

Andrew McCutchen: 63/G56
Jung Ho Kang: S4/G4M-
Pedro Alvarez: S8/L4D-.1-3
Gregory Polanco: 43/G4S-.3-H;1-2
Jordy Mercer: W
Jose Tabata: 54(1)/FO/G56S

Bot 8

Adam Eaton: 7/F7LSF
JB Shuck: 13/G15-
Jose Abreu: 7/F7D

Top 9

Chris Stewart: W
Josh Harrison: K
Starling Marte: S5/G5S-.1-2
Andrew McCutchen: 5/L5S
Jung Ho Kang: 4/F3F

Bot 9

Adam LaRoche: K
Melky Cabrera: K
Alexei Ramirez: 31/G4S

Notes & reviews

replay,1,mccua001,PIT,hallt901,CHI12,,Y,M,CHA,A $when Starling Marte was called safe at 2B, White Sox manager Robin Ventura challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay

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