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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Atlanta Braves

2016-08-02 · Night game · Turner Field · Att: 20633 · 79°F, cloudy · Wind 6 mph to CF · 3:20

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Atlanta Braves 5–3. Atlanta Braves opened the scoring in the 4th — A.J. Pierzynski doubles (13) on a ground ball to second baseman Adam Frazier. Ender Inciarte scores. Pittsburgh Pirates took the lead in the 6th — Jung Ho Kang doubles (13) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Matt Kemp. Matt Joyce scores. Starling Marte to 3rd. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Jung Ho Kang doubles (13) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Matt Kemp. Matt Joyce scores. Starling Marte to 3rd — worth 20% 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	1	4	0	0	0	5	5
ATL	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	9

W: Gerrit Cole L: Mike Foltynewicz SV: Tony Watson

Umpires — HP: Angel Hernandez · 1B: Will Little · 2B: Ted Barrett · 3B: Lance Barksdale · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
John Jaso	3	1	0	0	1	1
Gregory Polanco	4	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Joyce	3	1	1	1	0	1
Starling Marte	3	1	1	0	1	1
Jung Ho Kang	4	1	1	1	0	0
Francisco Cervelli	0	0	0	0	1	0
Adam Frazier	4	0	2	2	0	0
Jordy Mercer	4	0	0	1	0	1
Gerrit Cole	2	0	0	0	0	1
Eric Fryer	2	1	0	0	0	1
Sean Rodriguez	1	0	0	0	0	0
David Freese	1	0	0	0	0	0

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jace Peterson	2	1	1	0	1	0
Erick Aybar	4	0	2	0	0	0
Freddie Freeman	5	0	0	0	0	3
Matt Kemp	4	0	0	0	1	2
Nick Markakis	4	1	2	2	0	1
Adonis Garcia	4	0	1	0	0	1
Ender Inciarte	4	1	2	0	0	0
A. J. Pierzynski	4	0	1	1	0	1
Mike Foltynewicz	2	0	0	0	0	0
Chase d'Arnaud	2	0	0	0	0	2
Gordon Beckham	0	0	0	0	2	0
Jeff Francoeur	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gerrit Cole	5.0	7	2	4
Antonio Bastardo	1.0	0	0	0
Felipe Vazquez	0.2	1	1	2
Neftali Feliz	1.1	1	0	3
Tony Watson	1.0	0	1	1

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Foltynewicz	5.1	4	3	4
Jose Ramirez	1.0	1	0	2
Hunter Cervenka	0.2	0	0	0
Ryan Weber	2.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

John Jaso: K
Gregory Polanco: 9/F89D
Matt Joyce: K

Bot 1

Jace Peterson: W
Erick Aybar: 5/F5F-
Freddie Freeman: 6/F6M-
Matt Kemp: SB2
Matt Kemp: 8/F8LXD+

Top 2

Starling Marte: W
Jung Ho Kang: 4(1)3/GDP/G6M
Francisco Cervelli: W
Adam Frazier: 3/G3S

Bot 2

Nick Markakis: K
Adonis Garcia: S7/L6D-
Ender Inciarte: D9/L3D-.1-3
A. J. Pierzynski: K
Mike Foltynewicz: 13/G15

Top 3

Jordy Mercer: 9/F9LDF
Gerrit Cole: 63/G6
John Jaso: 5/P5F-

Bot 3

Jace Peterson: 43/G34
Erick Aybar: D7/G5+
Freddie Freeman: K
Matt Kemp: 63/G6

Top 4

Gregory Polanco: 9/F9S
Matt Joyce: 5/P5F
Starling Marte: K

Bot 4

Nick Markakis: 43/G34
Adonis Garcia: 13/G13-
Ender Inciarte: S8/L6D-
A. J. Pierzynski: PB.1-2
A. J. Pierzynski: D4/G4-.2-H(UR)
Mike Foltynewicz: 43/G4-

Top 5

Jung Ho Kang: 53/G56S-
Francisco Cervelli: HP
Adam Frazier: D9/L34+.1-3
Jordy Mercer: 53/G56S-.3-H;2-3
Gerrit Cole: K

Bot 5

Jace Peterson: S7/G6+
Erick Aybar: 13.1-2
Freddie Freeman: K
Matt Kemp: W
Nick Markakis: S9/L9S.2-H;1X3(935/TH)

Top 6

John Jaso: W
Gregory Polanco: 43/MREV/G4+.1-2
Matt Joyce: S8/G4.2-H
Starling Marte: S9/G4+.1-2
Jung Ho Kang: D7/L7D+.2-H;1-3
Eric Fryer: K
Adam Frazier: S7/G5+.3-H;2-H
Jordy Mercer: SB2
Jordy Mercer: K

Bot 6

Adonis Garcia: 7/F7LM
Ender Inciarte: 7/F7LM
A. J. Pierzynski: 43/G34D

Top 7

Sean Rodriguez: 7/F7D+
John Jaso: 9/F89M
Gregory Polanco: 8/F8LS

Bot 7

Chase d'Arnaud: K
Gordon Beckham: W
Erick Aybar: S6/G6MD.1-2
Freddie Freeman: K
Matt Kemp: WP.2-3;1-2
Matt Kemp: K

Top 8

David Freese: 31/G34S+
Starling Marte: 9/L9M
Jung Ho Kang: 53/G56S-

Bot 8

Nick Markakis: HR/F9D+
Adonis Garcia: K
Ender Inciarte: 7/F7M
A. J. Pierzynski: E5/G6-.B-2
Chase d'Arnaud: K

Top 9

Eric Fryer: 31/G34S-
Adam Frazier: 31/G34
Jordy Mercer: 143/G13+

Bot 9

Gordon Beckham: W
Jeff Francoeur: 54(1)/FO/G56
Freddie Freeman: 9/F89XD+
Matt Kemp: K

Notes & reviews

replay,6,polag001,PIT,barrt901,ATL02,,N,M,PIT,C $when Gregory Polanco was called out at 1B, Pirates manager Clint Hurdle challenged the ruling; the call was upheld by replay
originally scored as double, changed to error on 08-04-2016

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