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St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

2015-09-28 · Night game · PNC Park · Att: 30198 · 71°F · Wind 6 mph from LF · 3:34

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 3–0. St. Louis Cardinals opened the scoring in the 9th — Jon Jay singles on a ground ball to right fielder Gregory Polanco. Matt Carpenter scores. Jon Jay to 2nd. Fielding error by right fielder Gregory Polanco. The game's biggest swing came in the 9th: Jon Jay singles on a ground ball to right fielder Gregory Polanco. Matt Carpenter scores. Jon Jay to 2nd. Fielding error by right fielder Gregory Polanco — worth 35% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Jonathan Broxton L: Mark Melancon SV: Trevor Rosenthal

Umpires — HP: Lance Barksdale · 1B: Dan Iassogna · 2B: Gary Cederstrom · 3B: Quinn Wolcott · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Matt Carpenter	4	1	1	0	0	2
Stephen Piscotty	2	0	0	0	1	1
Matt Holliday	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Heyward	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jhonny Peralta	4	0	0	0	0	1
Brandon Moss	2	0	0	0	0	1
Kolten Wong	3	0	2	0	0	0
Tony Cruz	3	0	0	0	0	0
Lance Lynn	1	0	0	0	0	1
Randal Grichuk	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Pham	1	0	0	0	0	1
Greg Garcia	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jon Jay	1	1	1	0	0	0
Mark Reynolds	1	1	1	2	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Gregory Polanco	5	2	0	1
Josh Harrison	5	1	0	0
Andrew McCutchen	3	1	2	1
Starling Marte	4	1	1	2
Neil Walker	4	1	1	1
Francisco Cervelli	4	0	1	1
Pedro Alvarez	1	0	3	0
Jordy Mercer	4	0	0	0
J. A. Happ	2	0	0	2
Mike Morse	0	0	1	0
Travis Snider	0	0	1	0
Aramis Ramirez	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lance Lynn	5.0	4	4	6
Steve Cishek	0.2	0	3	1
Seth Maness	0.1	0	0	0
Kevin Siegrist	1.0	1	1	0
Jonathan Broxton	1.0	0	1	0
Trevor Rosenthal	1.0	1	1	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
J. A. Happ	6.0	1	0	4
Joakim Soria	1.0	1	1	2
Tony Watson	1.0	1	0	1
Mark Melancon	1.0	3	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Matt Carpenter: K
Stephen Piscotty: 5/L56+
Matt Holliday: 43/G4

Bot 1

Gregory Polanco: K
Josh Harrison: 9/L9M
Andrew McCutchen: K

Top 2

Jason Heyward: 43/G34
Jhonny Peralta: 9/F9M
Brandon Moss: 8/F8LXD+

Bot 2

Starling Marte: W
Neil Walker: D9/L89M+.1-3
Francisco Cervelli: 9/F9S
Pedro Alvarez: IW
Jordy Mercer: 8/DP.3XH(82)

Top 3

Kolten Wong: S7/G6+
Tony Cruz: 54(1)3/GDP/G56+
Lance Lynn: K

Bot 3

J. A. Happ: K
Gregory Polanco: S9/L34D+
Josh Harrison: S7/G6.1-3
Andrew McCutchen: W.1-2
Starling Marte: K
Neil Walker: 3/G3

Top 4

Matt Carpenter: 3/G34-
Stephen Piscotty: K
Matt Holliday: 13/G15S-

Bot 4

Francisco Cervelli: 63/G6
Pedro Alvarez: W
Jordy Mercer: 64(1)/FO/G6
J. A. Happ: K

Top 5

Jason Heyward: 63/G6+
Jhonny Peralta: 9/F89S
Brandon Moss: K

Bot 5

Gregory Polanco: D9/L34D+
Josh Harrison: FC6/G56-.2X3(65);B-1
Andrew McCutchen: 64(1)/FO/G6
Starling Marte: K

Top 6

Kolten Wong: 43/G4
Tony Cruz: 9/L89M
Randal Grichuk: 7/L7M+

Bot 6

Neil Walker: W
Francisco Cervelli: K
Pedro Alvarez: W.1-2
Jordy Mercer: 8/L8LM
Mike Morse: W.2-3;1-2
Gregory Polanco: 9/F9M

Top 7

Matt Carpenter: K
Stephen Piscotty: W
Matt Holliday: 23/G13S-.1-2
Jason Heyward: S4/G4.2-3
Jhonny Peralta: K

Bot 7

Josh Harrison: 8/F78XD+
Andrew McCutchen: S7/L7S
Starling Marte: 8/F8RD
Neil Walker: SB2
Neil Walker: E6/G6+.2-3
Francisco Cervelli: W.1-2
Pedro Alvarez: 7/F7LM

Top 8

Tommy Pham: K
Kolten Wong: S7/G6
Tony Cruz: 9(B)3(1)/LDP

Bot 8

Jordy Mercer: 5/L5S
Travis Snider: W
Gregory Polanco: 7/F7LM
Josh Harrison: 63/G6

Top 9

Greg Garcia: K
Matt Carpenter: S9/L89M
Jon Jay: S9/G4.1-H(E9)(NR);B-2
Mark Reynolds: HR/F89XD+.2-H
Jason Heyward: K
Jhonny Peralta: 4/F4-

Bot 9

Andrew McCutchen: W
Starling Marte: S9/L89S.1-2
Neil Walker: K
Francisco Cervelli: 9/F9D
Aramis Ramirez: 3/L34

Notes & reviews

Stephen Piscotty and Peter Bourjos collided; Piscotty was struck on the head by Bourjos' knee; Piscotty was taken off the field on a cart with a head contusion and was kept in the hospital overnight for observation

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