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St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

2016-04-03 · Day game · PNC Park · Att: 39500 · 39°F · Wind 14 mph to LF · 3:02

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated St. Louis Cardinals 4–1. Pittsburgh Pirates opened the scoring in the 2nd — Umpire reviewed (other), call on the field was overturned: Francisco Liriano singles on a ground ball to right fielder Stephen Piscotty. Gregory Polanco scores. Jordy Mercer to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Matt Carpenter grounds into a double play, shortstop Jordy Mercer to first baseman John Jaso. Adam Wainwright out at 2nd. Matt Carpenter out at 1st — worth 13% 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	1	1	5
PIT	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1		4	9

W: Francisco Liriano L: Adam Wainwright SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jerry Layne · 1B: Hunter Wendelstedt · 2B: Tripp Gibson · 3B: Clint Fagan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Matt Carpenter	4	0	1	1	1	0
Tommy Pham	1	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Holliday	3	0	1	0	1	1
Randal Grichuk	4	0	1	0	0	3
Stephen Piscotty	3	0	0	0	1	2
Yadier Molina	3	1	2	0	1	1
Kolten Wong	3	0	0	0	0	2
Jedd Gyorko	3	0	0	0	1	0
Adam Wainwright	2	0	0	0	0	1
Matt Adams	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jeremy Hazelbaker	1	0	0	0	0	1
Brandon Moss	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
John Jaso	4	0	1	1	0	1
Andrew McCutchen	2	0	0	0	1	0
David Freese	4	0	2	0	0	1
Starling Marte	4	0	0	0	0	1
Francisco Cervelli	3	1	2	0	1	0
Gregory Polanco	3	2	2	0	1	0
Josh Harrison	2	0	0	1	0	1
Jordy Mercer	3	1	1	1	1	0
Francisco Liriano	2	0	1	1	0	1
Matt Joyce	0	0	0	0	1	0
Mike Morse	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Adam Wainwright	6.0	6	3	3
Seunghwan Oh	1.0	0	2	2
Seth Maness	1.0	3	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Francisco Liriano	6.0	3	5	10
Tony Watson	1.0	0	0	2
Neftali Feliz	1.0	0	0	1
Mark Melancon	1.0	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Matt Carpenter: 31/G3+
Tommy Pham: 53/G56S-
Matt Holliday: K

Bot 1

John Jaso: 43/G34
Andrew McCutchen: HP/MREV
David Freese: S8/G6M.1-3
Starling Marte: 6/L6
Francisco Cervelli: 6/F4MD-

Top 2

Randal Grichuk: K
Stephen Piscotty: K
Yadier Molina: K

Bot 2

Gregory Polanco: D9/L9LD+
Josh Harrison: 63/G6M.2-3
Jordy Mercer: W
Francisco Liriano: S9/UREV/G34.3-H;1-2
John Jaso: S8/L4D-.2-H;1-2
Andrew McCutchen: 8/F8LM
David Freese: 53/G56

Top 3

Kolten Wong: K
Jedd Gyorko: W
Adam Wainwright: E2/TH/FO/BG2L-.1-3
Matt Carpenter: 6(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 3

Starling Marte: 8/L8LM
Francisco Cervelli: W
Gregory Polanco: 9/F89S
Josh Harrison: K

Top 4

Matt Adams: K
Matt Holliday: S8/L6D+
Randal Grichuk: S7/G6+.1-2
Stephen Piscotty: K
Yadier Molina: W.2-3;1-2
Kolten Wong: K

Bot 4

Jordy Mercer: 43/G4-
Francisco Liriano: K
John Jaso: K

Top 5

Jedd Gyorko: 4/F34D-
Adam Wainwright: K
Matt Carpenter: W
Matt Adams: 63/G4-

Bot 5

Andrew McCutchen: 7/F78D
David Freese: S7
Starling Marte: 54(1)3/GDP/G56S

Top 6

Matt Holliday: W
Randal Grichuk: K
Stephen Piscotty: W.1-2
Yadier Molina: S7/G56+.2-3;1-2
Kolten Wong: 4/IF/P34D-
Jedd Gyorko: 54(1)/FO/G56

Bot 6

Francisco Cervelli: T7/F78XD+
Gregory Polanco: W
Josh Harrison: 8/DP/SF/MREV.3-H;1X2(84)
Jordy Mercer: 8/F8RXD+

Top 7

Jeremy Hazelbaker: K
Matt Carpenter: 7/F78M
Matt Adams: K

Bot 7

Matt Joyce: W
John Jaso: 43/G4S-.1-2
Andrew McCutchen: W
David Freese: K
Starling Marte: K

Top 8

Matt Holliday: 9/F89D
Randal Grichuk: K
Stephen Piscotty: 53/G56+

Bot 8

Francisco Cervelli: S7
Gregory Polanco: S8/L8LS.1-2
Josh Harrison: 53/SH/BG56S.2-3;1-2
Jordy Mercer: POCSH(25).2-3
Jordy Mercer: D8/F89D+.3-H
Mike Morse: 43/G6M

Top 9

Yadier Molina: S9/L34D-
Kolten Wong: HP.1-2
Jedd Gyorko: 31/G3.2-3;1-2
Brandon Moss: K23
Matt Carpenter: S9/L34D+.3-H;2-3
Matt Adams: DI.1-2
Matt Adams: 8/F8LS-

Notes & reviews

replay,1,mccua001,PIT,cedeg901,PIT08,,N,M,SLN,I $when Andrew McCutchen was ruled to have been hit by a pitch, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny challenged the call; the ruling was upheld by replay
Cardinals left fielder Tommy Pham left the game due to an injured side
replay,2,lirif001,PIT,cedeg901,PIT08,,N,U,,Q $Francisco Liriano's grounder was close to striking Jordy Mercer, Cardinals manmager Mike Matheny asked about the call; after a crew chief review, the play was deemed not reviewable
replay,6,harrj002,PIT,cedeg901,PIT08,,N,M,PIT,A $Gregory Polanco tried to advance on the fly out and was called out when his foot came off the bag; Pirates manager Clint Hurdle challenged the call, which was upheld by replay

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