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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Cincinnati Reds

2016-05-11 · Night game · Great American Ballpark · Att: 14694 · 79°F · Wind 3 mph R to L · 3:04

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Cincinnati Reds 5–4. Cincinnati Reds opened the scoring in the 1st — Brandon Phillips singles on a soft line drive to center fielder Andrew McCutchen. Billy Hamilton scores. Pittsburgh Pirates took the lead in the 9th — Jordy Mercer singles on a soft line drive to right fielder Jay Bruce. Jung Ho Kang scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 8th: Josh Harrison homers (2) on a fly ball to right center field — worth 26% in win probability. Also of note: Ejection — Clint Hurdle (M): Replay ruling.

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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	1	1	1	5	6
CIN	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	6

W: Tony Watson L: Ross Ohlendorf SV: Mark Melancon

Umpires — HP: Jeff Kellogg · 1B: Mark Wegner · 2B: Alan Porter · 3B: John Tumpane · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
David Freese	4	1	1	1	0	1
Andrew McCutchen	4	1	1	1	1	1
Gregory Polanco	4	0	0	0	0	2
Starling Marte	2	0	0	0	0	0
Francisco Cervelli	3	0	0	0	1	0
Jung Ho Kang	3	2	2	1	0	0
Sean Rodriguez	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jordy Mercer	4	0	1	1	0	0
Juan Nicasio	2	0	0	0	0	0
John Jaso	1	0	0	0	0	1
Josh Harrison	1	1	1	1	0	0
Matt Joyce	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Zack Cozart	3	0	0	1	0	0
Billy Hamilton	4	1	1	0	0	0
Brandon Phillips	3	1	1	1	0	0
Jay Bruce	4	1	2	2	0	0
Eugenio Suarez	4	0	0	0	0	2
Adam Duvall	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan Pacheco	3	0	0	0	0	3
Tucker Barnhart	4	1	2	0	0	1
Alfredo Simon	1	0	0	0	0	1
Tyler Holt	1	0	0	0	0	1
Joey Votto	0	0	0	0	1	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Juan Nicasio	6.0	4	0	5
Jared Hughes	1.0	1	0	2
Tony Watson	1.0	0	0	0
Mark Melancon	1.0	1	1	1

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Alfredo Simon	6.0	3	2	3
Steve Delabar	1.0	0	0	2
Tony Cingrani	1.0	1	0	1
Ross Ohlendorf	0.2	2	0	0
J. C. Ramirez	0.1	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

David Freese: 8/F8RM
Andrew McCutchen: W
Gregory Polanco: 43/G34.1-2
Starling Marte: 7/F78M

Bot 1

Zack Cozart: 53/G56
Billy Hamilton: T9/G3
Brandon Phillips: S8/L6MD-.3-H
Jay Bruce: 6/F6D
Eugenio Suarez: 4/F6MD-

Top 2

Francisco Cervelli: 63/G6
Jung Ho Kang: 7/F7M
Sean Rodriguez: 13/G15-

Bot 2

Adam Duvall: 43/G4MD
Jordan Pacheco: K
Tucker Barnhart: 3/G34

Top 3

Jordy Mercer: 63/G6-
Juan Nicasio: 9/F9S
David Freese: 13/G-

Bot 3

Alfredo Simon: K
Zack Cozart: 13/G-
Billy Hamilton: 8/L8LM

Top 4

Andrew McCutchen: HR/F9D+
Gregory Polanco: K
Starling Marte: 9/F9LM
Francisco Cervelli: W
Jung Ho Kang: HP.1-2
Sean Rodriguez: K

Bot 4

Brandon Phillips: HP
Jay Bruce: HR/F7LD+.1-H
Eugenio Suarez: K
Adam Duvall: 8/F8LD+
Jordan Pacheco: K

Top 5

Jordy Mercer: 9/F89D
Juan Nicasio: 9/F9D
David Freese: HR/F89D+
Andrew McCutchen: 8/F8LXD+

Bot 5

Tucker Barnhart: D9/G3
Alfredo Simon: 14/SH.2-3
Zack Cozart: 7/SF/F7S.3-H
Billy Hamilton: 5/F6S-

Top 6

Gregory Polanco: K
Starling Marte: HP
Francisco Cervelli: 6/L6
Jung Ho Kang: CS2(24)/MREV

Bot 6

Brandon Phillips: 7/F7LS
Jay Bruce: 8/F8LD
Eugenio Suarez: K

Top 7

Jung Ho Kang: HR/F7D+
Sean Rodriguez: HP
Jordy Mercer: 4/F4D-
John Jaso: K
David Freese: WP.1-2
David Freese: K

Bot 7

Adam Duvall: HP
Jordan Pacheco: CS2(24)/MREV
Jordan Pacheco: K
Tucker Barnhart: T8/F8LXD+
Tyler Holt: K

Top 8

Andrew McCutchen: K
Gregory Polanco: 9/F9M
Josh Harrison: HR/F8RXD+
Francisco Cervelli: 9/F9D

Bot 8

Zack Cozart: 43/G6MD
Billy Hamilton: 63/G6-
Brandon Phillips: 43/G4D

Top 9

Jung Ho Kang: S6/G6.B-2(E6/TH)
Sean Rodriguez: 13/SH/BG13.2-3
Jordy Mercer: S9/F3D-.3-H(UR)
Matt Joyce: 7/F7S
David Freese: WP.1-2
David Freese: HP
Andrew McCutchen: 5(2)/FO/G5-.1-2

Bot 9

Jay Bruce: S9/L9LS
Eugenio Suarez: 9/F9LMF
Adam Duvall: 9/F9S
Joey Votto: W.1-2
Tucker Barnhart: K

Notes & reviews

ball four to Francisco Cervelli was a knockdown pitch
both teams warned by HP umpire Jeff Kellogg
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when Starling Marte was called safe at 2B, Reds manager Bryan Price challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay; Pirates manager Clint Hurdle came onto the field and was ejected by HP umpire Jeff Kellogg; as Marte came back onto the field to start the next inning, he was ejected by 2B umpire Alan Porter for arguing that his hand was pushed off the bag
replay,7,pachj001,CIN,kellj901,CIN09,,N,M,CIN,A $when Adam Duvall was called out at 2B, Reds manager Bryan Price challenged the ruling; the call was upheld by replay
Reds pitcher Ross Ohlendorf and Reds Manager Bryan Price ejected by HP umpire Jeff Kellogg

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