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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Mets

2015-08-16 · Day game · Citi Field · Att: 40250 · 90°F, sunny · Wind 4 mph to LF · 3:23

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated New York Mets 8–1. Pittsburgh Pirates opened the scoring in the 2nd — Pedro Alvarez homers (18) on a fly ball to center field. The game's biggest swing came in the 7th: Michael Morse reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by pitcher Bobby Parnell. Pedro Florimon to 3rd. Pedro Florimon advances to 3rd, on a throwing error by pitcher Bobby Parnell — worth 14% 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	0	0	4	3	0	8	15
NYN	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4

W: Arquimedes Caminero L: Bobby Parnell SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: David Rackley · 1B: Jeff Kellogg · 2B: Marvin Hudson · 3B: Bob Davidson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gregory Polanco	6	1	2	1	0	0
Starling Marte	5	1	2	1	0	2
Neil Walker	3	1	1	0	2	0
Aramis Ramirez	5	1	4	3	0	0
Pedro Alvarez	4	1	2	2	0	1
Travis Ishikawa	4	0	2	0	0	1
Chris Stewart	5	0	1	0	0	1
Pedro Florimon	3	1	0	0	2	2
Jeff Locke	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Morse	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sean Rodriguez	2	2	1	0	0	1
Andrew McCutchen	0	0	0	0	1	0
Antonio Bastardo	1	0	0	0	0	1

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Juan Lagares	4	0	1	0	0	2
Curtis Granderson	4	0	0	0	0	2
Yoenis Cespedes	3	0	0	0	1	1
Juan Uribe	4	0	0	0	0	2
Daniel Murphy	4	0	1	0	0	0
Michael Cuddyer	3	0	0	0	0	1
Travis d'Arnaud	3	1	2	1	0	1
Ruben Tejada	2	0	0	0	1	1
Matt Harvey	2	0	0	0	0	1
Wilmer Flores	1	0	0	0	0	0
Anthony Recker	1	0	0	0	0	1
Kelly Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jeff Locke	5.1	4	2	5
Arquimedes Caminero	0.2	0	0	1
Antonio Bastardo	2.0	0	0	4
Joakim Soria	1.0	0	0	2

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Matt Harvey	6.0	7	1	6
Bobby Parnell	0.2	2	2	0
Eric O'Flaherty	1.0	3	0	0
Carlos Torres	1.1	3	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Gregory Polanco: 43/G4
Starling Marte: K
Neil Walker: D8/L78D+
Aramis Ramirez: 53/G56-

Bot 1

Juan Lagares: S8/L8RM
Curtis Granderson: 9/L9D+
Yoenis Cespedes: FC5/G6S-.1-2
Juan Uribe: 8/F8RXD+.2-3
Daniel Murphy: 3/F3F-

Top 2

Pedro Alvarez: HR/F8RXD+
Travis Ishikawa: 8/L8LD+
Chris Stewart: K
Pedro Florimon: K

Bot 2

Michael Cuddyer: 63/G6
Travis d'Arnaud: HR/F7D+
Ruben Tejada: K
Matt Harvey: 3/G34

Top 3

Jeff Locke: 63/G6-
Gregory Polanco: 3/G34-
Starling Marte: T8/L8RD+
Neil Walker: 31/G3+

Bot 3

Juan Lagares: K23
Curtis Granderson: K
Yoenis Cespedes: W
Juan Uribe: 4/F4D-

Top 4

Aramis Ramirez: S9/G3
Pedro Alvarez: 8/F6MD
Travis Ishikawa: K
Chris Stewart: 54(1)/FO/G5

Bot 4

Daniel Murphy: 9/F9D
Michael Cuddyer: 13/G15S-
Travis d'Arnaud: D7/L5
Ruben Tejada: IW
Matt Harvey: K

Top 5

Pedro Florimon: W
Jeff Locke: 64(1)3/GDP/G6
Gregory Polanco: T8/F8RXD+
Starling Marte: K

Bot 5

Juan Lagares: 53/G56
Curtis Granderson: 9/F9D
Yoenis Cespedes: 53/MREV/G56

Top 6

Neil Walker: 3/G3
Aramis Ramirez: S8/L8LM+
Pedro Alvarez: K
Travis Ishikawa: S9/G34.1-2
Chris Stewart: 9/L9S

Bot 6

Juan Uribe: K
Daniel Murphy: S8/G4+
Michael Cuddyer: HP.1-2
Travis d'Arnaud: K
Ruben Tejada: 46(1)/FO/G4MD

Top 7

Pedro Florimon: W
Mike Morse: E1/TH/FO/G13.1-3
Gregory Polanco: S8/G6M+.3-H(UR);1-2
Starling Marte: 9/F89D.2-3
Neil Walker: PB.3-H(NR);1-2
Neil Walker: W
Aramis Ramirez: S7/G56+.2-H;1X3(21);B-2
Pedro Alvarez: S7/F7LS-.2-H(UR)
Travis Ishikawa: S1/G34S-.1-2
Chris Stewart: 43/G4-

Bot 7

Wilmer Flores: 4/F4D-
Juan Lagares: K
Curtis Granderson: K

Top 8

Pedro Florimon: 3/G3-
Sean Rodriguez: D7/L7LS
Gregory Polanco: 13/MREV/G34S-.2-3
Starling Marte: S6/G6S-.3-H
Neil Walker: W.1-2
Aramis Ramirez: D8/F8RXD+.2-H;1-H
Andrew McCutchen: IW
Antonio Bastardo: K

Bot 8

Yoenis Cespedes: K
Juan Uribe: K
Daniel Murphy: 8/F8LXD+

Top 9

Chris Stewart: S8/G4M
Pedro Florimon: K
Sean Rodriguez: K
Gregory Polanco: 31/G34-

Bot 9

Michael Cuddyer: K
Anthony Recker: K
Kelly Johnson: 53/G6

Notes & reviews

replay,5,cespy001,NYN,kellj901,NYC20,,Y,M,PIT,C $when Yoenis Cespedes was called safe at 1B, Pirates manager Clint Hurdle challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay
replay,8,polag001,PIT,kellj901,NYC20,,Y,M,NYN,C $when Gregory Polanco was called safe at 1B, Mets manager Terry Collins challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay

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