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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Colorado Rockies

2015-09-23 · Night game · Coors Field · Att: 23526 · 79°F, sunny · Wind 4 mph from RF · 3:38

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Colorado Rockies 13–7. Pittsburgh Pirates opened the scoring in the 1st — Neil Walker singles on a soft line drive to left fielder Corey Dickerson, deflected by shortstop Jose Reyes. Josh Harrison scores. Starling Marte scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 5th: Tom Murphy homers (3) on a fly ball to left center field. Carlos Gonzalez scores. Justin Morneau scores — worth 18% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	2	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	6	13	19
COL	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	1	7	12

W: Joe Blanton L: Christian Bergman SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Vic Carapazza · 1B: Ron Kulpa · 2B: Larry Vanover · 3B: Brian Knight · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gregory Polanco	5	2	2	1	1	0
Josh Harrison	6	3	3	1	0	3
Andrew McCutchen	3	1	1	0	3	1
Starling Marte	6	2	3	2	0	1
Neil Walker	5	2	4	6	1	0
Francisco Cervelli	6	0	2	0	0	2
Pedro Alvarez	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jordy Mercer	4	1	3	0	1	0
Charlie Morton	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Morse	1	0	0	0	0	1
Travis Snider	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sean Rodriguez	1	1	1	3	0	0
Keon Broxton	1	1	0	0	0	1

Colorado Rockies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jose Reyes	5	0	0	1	0	2
Corey Dickerson	5	1	3	2	0	0
Carlos Gonzalez	5	1	1	0	0	1
Justin Morneau	5	2	2	0	0	1
DJ LeMahieu	4	0	1	0	0	0
Tom Murphy	4	1	2	3	0	1
Daniel Descalso	3	1	1	1	1	0
Brandon Barnes	3	0	0	0	0	0
Christian Bergman	1	0	1	0	0	0
Ben Paulsen	1	0	0	0	0	1
Cristhian Adames	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kyle Parker	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rafael Ynoa	1	1	1	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Charlie Morton	4.1	10	1	5
Joe Blanton	1.2	0	0	1
Joakim Soria	1.0	0	0	0
Tony Watson	1.0	0	0	0
Arquimedes Caminero	1.0	2	0	0

Colorado Rockies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Christian Bergman	3.2	10	1	1
Simon Castro	0.1	0	1	1
Christian Friedrich	1.0	1	1	2
Justin Miller	1.0	0	0	1
Rex Brothers	1.0	1	0	3
Boone Logan	0.1	0	0	0
Jairo Diaz	0.2	0	1	1
John Axford	0.1	3	1	0
Jason Gurka	0.2	4	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Gregory Polanco: 5/F7S-
Josh Harrison: S7/G56
Andrew McCutchen: 8/F8LXD+
Starling Marte: S8/G6M+.1-3
Neil Walker: SB2
Neil Walker: S67/L6D-.3-H;2-H
Francisco Cervelli: 2/G2R-

Bot 1

Jose Reyes: K
Corey Dickerson: 43/G4
Carlos Gonzalez: K

Top 2

Pedro Alvarez: 7/F78M
Jordy Mercer: S9/G3
Charlie Morton: 34/SH/BG13S.1-2
Gregory Polanco: 6/L6D-

Bot 2

Justin Morneau: K23
DJ LeMahieu: 63/G6
Tom Murphy: K

Top 3

Josh Harrison: K
Andrew McCutchen: S8/G6M
Starling Marte: S7/G56.1-2
Neil Walker: HR/F9D+.2-H;1-H
Francisco Cervelli: 63/G56
Pedro Alvarez: 8/F8LXD+

Bot 3

Daniel Descalso: S4/G4
Brandon Barnes: 53/G56S-.1-2
Christian Bergman: S4/G4MD.2-3
Jose Reyes: 36(1)/FO/G34S.3-H
Corey Dickerson: S9/G34+.1-3
Carlos Gonzalez: 9/F89D

Top 4

Jordy Mercer: 63/G6
Charlie Morton: 3/F3F-
Gregory Polanco: S8/L6MD+
Josh Harrison: S89/F8RS.1-3
Andrew McCutchen: W.1-2
Starling Marte: D7/L7LD+.3-H;2-H;1-3
Neil Walker: W
Francisco Cervelli: K

Bot 4

Justin Morneau: S8/G6M+
DJ LeMahieu: S9/G34.1-2
Tom Murphy: S5/BG56S.2-3;1-2
Daniel Descalso: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Brandon Barnes: 52(3)/FO/G56S-.2-3;1-2
Ben Paulsen: K
Jose Reyes: 3/G3-

Top 5

Pedro Alvarez: K
Jordy Mercer: D8/L8LS+
Charlie Morton: 53/G56
Gregory Polanco: W
Josh Harrison: K

Bot 5

Corey Dickerson: HR/F89XD+
Carlos Gonzalez: S7/F7S
Justin Morneau: S7/L78M+.1-2
DJ LeMahieu: 63/G6MS-.2-3;1-2
Tom Murphy: HR/F7D+.3-H;2-H
Daniel Descalso: 43/G4
Brandon Barnes: 8/L8RD+

Top 6

Andrew McCutchen: K
Starling Marte: 8/F8RXD+
Neil Walker: 63/G6M-

Bot 6

Cristhian Adames: 43/G34
Jose Reyes: K
Corey Dickerson: 9/L9D+

Top 7

Francisco Cervelli: K23
Pedro Alvarez: K
Jordy Mercer: S7/G56
Mike Morse: K

Bot 7

Carlos Gonzalez: 43/G4S-
Justin Morneau: 63/G6S-
DJ LeMahieu: 23/G2L-

Top 8

Gregory Polanco: 8/F8RXD+
Josh Harrison: K23
Andrew McCutchen: W
Starling Marte: 53/G5

Bot 8

Tom Murphy: 63/G6
Daniel Descalso: 13/G13
Kyle Parker: 6/F7S

Top 9

Neil Walker: S1/G4MS-
Francisco Cervelli: S9/G4+.1-2
Travis Snider: 46(1)/FO/G4.2-3
Jordy Mercer: W.1-2
Sean Rodriguez: D8/F78XD+.3-H;2-H;1-H
Gregory Polanco: D8/G6M+.2-H
Josh Harrison: S8/L89S.2-H
Andrew McCutchen: W.1-2
Starling Marte: K
Neil Walker: S7/G56.2-H;1-2
Francisco Cervelli: S8/L8LS+.2-3;1-2
Keon Broxton: K

Bot 9

Rafael Ynoa: D7/F78D+
Jose Reyes: 43/G34.2-3
Corey Dickerson: D9/L9LS.3-H
Carlos Gonzalez: 7/F78S
Justin Morneau: 63/G6MS-

Notes & reviews

Rockies left fielder Brandon Barnes left the game due to an injured leg

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