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Pittsburgh Pirates @ St. Louis Cardinals

2015-09-05 · Day game · Busch Stadium III · Att: 45139 · 93°F, cloudy · Wind 6 mph to CF · 2:56

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 4–1. St. Louis Cardinals opened the scoring in the 2nd — Stephen Piscotty singles on a ground ball to second baseman Josh Harrison. Kolten Wong scores. Jon Jay scores. Matt Carpenter to 3rd. Throwing error by second baseman Josh Harrison. The game's biggest swing came in the 2nd: Stephen Piscotty singles on a ground ball to second baseman Josh Harrison. Kolten Wong scores. Jon Jay scores. Matt Carpenter to 3rd. Throwing error by second baseman Josh Harrison — worth 17% 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	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6
SLN	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0		4	6

W: Jaime Garcia L: Charlie Morton SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Gary Cederstrom · 1B: Quinn Wolcott · 2B: Ryan Blakney · 3B: Eric Cooper · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Josh Harrison	4	0	0	0	1	2
Jordy Mercer	4	0	0	0	0	2
Andrew McCutchen	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jung Ho Kang	3	0	0	0	1	0
Starling Marte	3	0	0	0	0	2
Mike Morse	4	0	0	0	0	2
Sean Rodriguez	4	0	3	0	0	1
Chris Stewart	3	0	0	0	0	1
Charlie Morton	2	0	0	0	0	2
Aramis Ramirez	0	0	0	0	1	0
Neil Walker	1	1	1	0	0	0
Pedro Alvarez	1	0	1	1	0	0
Gregory Polanco	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Matt Carpenter	3	1	2	2	1	1
Stephen Piscotty	4	0	1	1	0	0
Jason Heyward	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jhonny Peralta	4	0	1	0	0	0
Brandon Moss	4	0	1	0	0	1
Yadier Molina	4	0	0	0	0	0
Kolten Wong	2	1	1	0	2	0
Jon Jay	2	1	0	0	0	2
Jaime Garcia	1	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Garcia	0	0	0	0	1	0
Mark Reynolds	0	0	0	0	1	0
Peter Bourjos	1	1	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Charlie Morton	6.0	4	3	3
Arquimedes Caminero	1.0	1	1	0
Joe Blanton	1.0	1	1	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jaime Garcia	7.0	4	1	9
Kevin Siegrist	1.0	0	1	2
Trevor Rosenthal	1.0	2	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Josh Harrison: K23
Jordy Mercer: 9/F9D+
Andrew McCutchen: S7/L7S
Jung Ho Kang: 53/G5L

Bot 1

Matt Carpenter: S8/G4M
Stephen Piscotty: 9/L9M+
Jason Heyward: 46(1)/FO/G4
Jhonny Peralta: S56/G56.1-2
Brandon Moss: 7/F78M

Top 2

Starling Marte: HP
Mike Morse: K
Sean Rodriguez: S7/G56+.1-2
Chris Stewart: K
Charlie Morton: K

Bot 2

Yadier Molina: 63/G6
Kolten Wong: W
Jon Jay: HP.1-2
Jaime Garcia: 14/SH/BG15S.2-3;1-2
Matt Carpenter: W
Stephen Piscotty: S4/G6MD.3-H;2-H(UR)(NR);1-3(E4)
Jason Heyward: 63/G6MD

Top 3

Josh Harrison: K23
Jordy Mercer: E4/G4M+
Andrew McCutchen: 13/G15S-.1-2
Jung Ho Kang: 43/G4+

Bot 3

Jhonny Peralta: 9/F89D
Brandon Moss: S5/BG56+
Yadier Molina: 7/F7D+
Kolten Wong: 63/G4

Top 4

Starling Marte: K23
Mike Morse: 53/G56-
Sean Rodriguez: S7/L7M+
Chris Stewart: 53/G5

Bot 4

Jon Jay: K
Jaime Garcia: 9/L89D+
Matt Carpenter: K

Top 5

Charlie Morton: K
Josh Harrison: 4/L4M+
Jordy Mercer: K

Bot 5

Stephen Piscotty: 9/F9LM
Jason Heyward: 3/G3-
Jhonny Peralta: 63/G6+

Top 6

Andrew McCutchen: K
Jung Ho Kang: 4/F34-
Starling Marte: 53/G56S

Bot 6

Brandon Moss: 63/G4-
Yadier Molina: 9/L89D+
Kolten Wong: W
Jon Jay: K

Top 7

Mike Morse: 53/G56+
Sean Rodriguez: D7/F7LD+
Chris Stewart: 13/G15-
Aramis Ramirez: WP/MREV.2-3
Aramis Ramirez: W
Josh Harrison: 6(1)/FO/G6-

Bot 7

Greg Garcia: W
Matt Carpenter: HR/F78D+.1-H
Stephen Piscotty: 8/F8LXD+
Jason Heyward: 63/G4
Jhonny Peralta: 53/G5-

Top 8

Jordy Mercer: K
Andrew McCutchen: 63/G56
Jung Ho Kang: W
Starling Marte: K

Bot 8

Brandon Moss: K
Yadier Molina: 31/G3L-
Kolten Wong: S7/L7S
Mark Reynolds: SB2
Mark Reynolds: WP.2-3
Mark Reynolds: W
Peter Bourjos: 8/L8LD+

Top 9

Mike Morse: K
Sean Rodriguez: K
Neil Walker: S9/L9S
Pedro Alvarez: WP.1-2
Pedro Alvarez: S7/G6.2-H
Josh Harrison: W.1-2
Gregory Polanco: K

Notes & reviews

replay,7,ramia001,PIT,cedeg901,STL10,,N,M,SLN,A $when Sean Rodriguez was called safe at 3B, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny challenged the ruling; the call was upheld by replay; 3B umpire Eric Cooper ruled that Matt Carpenter pushed Rodriguez off the base

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