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Pittsburgh Pirates @ St. Louis Cardinals

2015-08-12 · Night game · Busch Stadium III · Att: 41493 · 83°F, sunny · Wind 5 mph L to R · 2:49

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 4–2. St. Louis Cardinals opened the scoring in the 3rd — Jason Heyward grounds into a force out, fielded by second baseman Neil Walker. Michael Wacha scores. Kolten Wong scores. Jhonny Peralta out at 2nd. Jason Heyward to 1st. Throwing error by second baseman Neil Walker. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Yadier Molina triples (2) on a line drive to right fielder Gregory Polanco. Randal Grichuk scores — worth 22% 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	0	0	2	9
SLN	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0		4	9

W: Michael Wacha L: Gerrit Cole SV: Trevor Rosenthal

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gregory Polanco	4	1	3	0	1	0
Starling Marte	2	0	0	0	0	0
Andrew McCutchen	4	1	2	2	0	1
Aramis Ramirez	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jung Ho Kang	3	0	2	0	1	1
Neil Walker	4	0	0	0	0	0
Pedro Alvarez	4	0	1	0	0	1
Francisco Cervelli	3	0	0	0	1	1
Gerrit Cole	3	0	0	0	0	2
Sean Rodriguez	2	0	0	0	0	1
Travis Ishikawa	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Morse	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Matt Carpenter	4	0	1	0	0	0
Kolten Wong	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jhonny Peralta	4	0	2	0	0	1
Jason Heyward	3	0	0	1	1	1
Randal Grichuk	4	1	1	0	0	1
Yadier Molina	4	1	2	1	0	0
Stephen Piscotty	4	0	1	1	0	2
Brandon Moss	3	0	0	0	0	3
Michael Wacha	1	1	0	0	1	1
Mark Reynolds	1	0	1	0	0	0
Peter Bourjos	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gerrit Cole	5.1	7	2	6
Joakim Soria	0.2	1	0	1
Antonio Bastardo	1.0	0	0	1
Joe Blanton	1.0	1	0	2

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Michael Wacha	6.0	9	3	7
Kevin Siegrist	2.0	0	0	1
Trevor Rosenthal	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Gregory Polanco: S9/G34+
Starling Marte: CS2(24)
Starling Marte: 3/F3DF-
Andrew McCutchen: K

Bot 1

Matt Carpenter: S8/L4MD+
Kolten Wong: 56(1)3/GDP/G56S+
Jhonny Peralta: S8/L6MD-
Jason Heyward: W.1-2
Randal Grichuk: K

Top 2

Aramis Ramirez: K
Jung Ho Kang: D8/F89D+
Neil Walker: 7/L78M
Pedro Alvarez: K

Bot 2

Yadier Molina: 9/F9M
Stephen Piscotty: K
Brandon Moss: K

Top 3

Francisco Cervelli: K
Gerrit Cole: 53/G56
Gregory Polanco: S7/L78M
Starling Marte: 4/F3DF-

Bot 3

Michael Wacha: W
Matt Carpenter: 8/F78D+
Kolten Wong: S57/G6S.1-2
Jhonny Peralta: S4/MREV/G4.2-3;1-2
Jason Heyward: 4(1)/FO/G4M.3-H;2-H(UR)(NR)(E4)
Randal Grichuk: 8/F8RM

Top 4

Andrew McCutchen: HR/F9D+
Aramis Ramirez: S8/L8RS-
Jung Ho Kang: S5/G5S-.1-2
Neil Walker: 6/F6D-
Pedro Alvarez: 8/F8LM
Francisco Cervelli: W.2-3;1-2
Gerrit Cole: K

Bot 4

Yadier Molina: 9/F9LM
Stephen Piscotty: E6/L6+
Brandon Moss: K
Michael Wacha: K

Top 5

Gregory Polanco: S7/L78S+
Sean Rodriguez: 8/F8LD
Andrew McCutchen: T8/L8RD+.1-H
Aramis Ramirez: 43/G4S
Jung Ho Kang: W
Neil Walker: 3/G3

Bot 5

Matt Carpenter: 8/F8LM
Kolten Wong: 63/G6
Jhonny Peralta: K

Top 6

Pedro Alvarez: DGR9/L9LM
Francisco Cervelli: 9/F9M
Gerrit Cole: K
Gregory Polanco: IW
Sean Rodriguez: K

Bot 6

Jason Heyward: 43/G4+
Randal Grichuk: S9/L9S
Yadier Molina: T9/L89M.1-H
Stephen Piscotty: S8/G6M+.3-H
Brandon Moss: K
Mark Reynolds: S9/G34+.1-2
Matt Carpenter: 9/F9D

Top 7

Andrew McCutchen: 3/G3S-
Aramis Ramirez: 53/G56
Jung Ho Kang: K

Bot 7

Kolten Wong: 3/P3F
Jhonny Peralta: 4/F4D-
Jason Heyward: K

Top 8

Neil Walker: 13/G15
Pedro Alvarez: 63/G6
Francisco Cervelli: 9/F9D

Bot 8

Randal Grichuk: 63/G6+
Yadier Molina: D7/G5+
Stephen Piscotty: SB3/MREV
Stephen Piscotty: K
Peter Bourjos: K

Top 9

Travis Ishikawa: 6/L6D
Gregory Polanco: 7/F7D
Mike Morse: 63/G6

Notes & reviews

Pirates left fielder Starling Marte left the game due to an injured hand
replay,3,peraj001,SLN,vanol901,STL10,,N,M,PIT,C $when Jhonny Peralta was called safe at 1B, Pirates manager Clint Hurdle challenged the ruling; the call was upheld by replay
replay,8,piscs001,SLN,vanol901,STL10,,Y,M,SLN,A $when Yadier Molina was called out at 3B, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay

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