This day in baseball · September 16, 1871: the New York Mutuals visited the Boston Red Stockings at South End Grounds I. Boston Red Stockings 9, New York Mutuals 7. W1871 in baseball↗

From the vault · October 15, 2008 · 2008 NLCS, Game 5: The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5–1 at Dodger Stadium to win the NL pennant, 4 games to 1. ▶ Video ↗

St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

2016-04-05 · Night game · PNC Park · 11 innings · Att: 26049 · 40°F, sunny · Wind 7 mph to LF · 3:27

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated St. Louis Cardinals 6–5. Pittsburgh Pirates opened the scoring in the 2nd — Gregory Polanco triples (1) on a line drive to right fielder Stephen Piscotty. Francisco Cervelli scores. St. Louis Cardinals took the lead in the 4th — Jedd Gyorko homers (1) on a line drive to left field. Brandon Moss scores. Pittsburgh Pirates took the lead in the 11th — Jordy Mercer singles on a ground ball to right fielder Stephen Piscotty. Gregory Polanco scores. Josh Harrison to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 11th: Jordy Mercer singles on a ground ball to right fielder Stephen Piscotty. Gregory Polanco scores. Josh Harrison to 2nd — worth 29% in win probability.

⚾ Statcast pitch charts →

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
SLN	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	8
PIT	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	12

W: Kyle Lobstein L: Seth Maness SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Matt Carpenter	3	1	0	0	1	2
Stephen Piscotty	4	1	2	0	1	1
Matt Holliday	4	0	0	2	1	1
Randal Grichuk	5	0	0	0	0	2
Yadier Molina	4	0	0	0	0	1
Brandon Moss	4	1	1	0	0	1
Jedd Gyorko	5	1	2	2	0	2
Aledmys Diaz	3	1	1	0	0	1
Michael Wacha	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kolten Wong	3	0	1	0	0	1
Jeremy Hazelbaker	1	0	1	0	0	0
Matt Adams	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
John Jaso	5	1	1	0	0	1
Andrew McCutchen	5	1	3	1	0	1
David Freese	5	1	2	0	0	3
Starling Marte	4	0	0	0	1	0
Francisco Cervelli	5	1	1	1	0	1
Gregory Polanco	3	2	1	2	1	1
Josh Harrison	5	0	2	1	0	0
Jordy Mercer	5	0	2	1	0	2
Jonathon Niese	2	0	0	0	0	1
Matt Joyce	1	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Morse	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Michael Wacha	4.1	10	1	3
Tyler Lyons	0.2	0	0	0
Seunghwan Oh	1.0	0	0	3
Kevin Siegrist	1.0	0	0	2
Jonathan Broxton	1.0	0	0	1
Trevor Rosenthal	1.0	0	0	2
Seth Maness	1.1	2	1	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jonathon Niese	5.0	5	1	7
Arquimedes Caminero	1.0	0	0	1
Tony Watson	1.0	1	1	1
Neftali Feliz	1.0	0	0	1
Mark Melancon	1.0	1	0	0
Kyle Lobstein	2.0	1	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Matt Carpenter: K
Stephen Piscotty: K
Matt Holliday: 63/G6S

Bot 1

John Jaso: 53/G56S
Andrew McCutchen: S9/L89S
David Freese: K
Starling Marte: 9/F9D+

Top 2

Randal Grichuk: 9/F9M
Yadier Molina: 6/F6MD-
Brandon Moss: DGR/F78XD+
Jedd Gyorko: 9/F9S-

Bot 2

Francisco Cervelli: S9/L9S
Gregory Polanco: T9/L9D+.1-H
Josh Harrison: 63/G6.3-H
Jordy Mercer: 13/G13-
Jonathon Niese: K

Top 3

Aledmys Diaz: S9/G4+
Michael Wacha: 23/SH/BG2R-.1-2
Matt Carpenter: W
Stephen Piscotty: S7/L7S.2-H(E7)(NR);1-3;B-2
Matt Holliday: 43/G6M-.3-H(UR);2-3
Randal Grichuk: K

Bot 3

John Jaso: S9/L9LS
Andrew McCutchen: D7/F78D.1-H
David Freese: S9/G34+.2XH(92)
Starling Marte: 64(1)3/GDP/G6M

Top 4

Yadier Molina: 63/G6
Brandon Moss: HP
Jedd Gyorko: HR/F7LD+.1-H
Aledmys Diaz: K
Michael Wacha: 63/G6+

Bot 4

Francisco Cervelli: 63/G6-
Gregory Polanco: K
Josh Harrison: S7/L78S
Jordy Mercer: S9/L3D.1-3
Jonathon Niese: 31/G34S-

Top 5

Matt Carpenter: K
Stephen Piscotty: T9/L89S
Matt Holliday: E6/TH/G56.3-H;B-2
Randal Grichuk: K
Yadier Molina: K

Bot 5

John Jaso: 31/G34S-
Andrew McCutchen: S7/L7S+
David Freese: S7/G6+.1-2
Starling Marte: W.2-3;1-2
Francisco Cervelli: E6/FO/G6M.3-H;2-3;1-2
Gregory Polanco: 8/SF/F8LXD+.3-H(UR);2-3
Josh Harrison: 8/L8LD+

Top 6

Brandon Moss: 3/G3-
Jedd Gyorko: K
Aledmys Diaz: 13/G

Bot 6

Jordy Mercer: K
Matt Joyce: K
John Jaso: K

Top 7

Kolten Wong: S8/L4
Matt Carpenter: 53/SH.1-2
Stephen Piscotty: W
Matt Holliday: K
Randal Grichuk: 8/F8LD

Bot 7

Andrew McCutchen: K
David Freese: K
Starling Marte: 9/F89M

Top 8

Yadier Molina: HP
Brandon Moss: 56(1)3/GDP/G6S
Jedd Gyorko: K

Bot 8

Francisco Cervelli: K
Gregory Polanco: 7/F78D
Josh Harrison: 7/F78XD+

Top 9

Jeremy Hazelbaker: D7/F5D-
Kolten Wong: 1/BP25
Matt Carpenter: 8/F89M
Stephen Piscotty: 7/F7S

Bot 9

Jordy Mercer: K
Mike Morse: K
John Jaso: 43/G4+

Top 10

Matt Holliday: W
Randal Grichuk: 8/F8RM
Yadier Molina: 54(1)3/GDP/G5

Bot 10

Andrew McCutchen: 63/G6
David Freese: K
Starling Marte: 63/G6S

Top 11

Brandon Moss: K
Jedd Gyorko: S7/L7S
Matt Adams: K
Kolten Wong: K

Bot 11

Francisco Cervelli: 53/G5
Gregory Polanco: W
Josh Harrison: S6/MREV/G6M.1-2
Jordy Mercer: S9/G3.2-H;1-2

Notes & reviews

replay,11,harrj002,PIT,cedeg901,PIT08,,N,M,SLN,C $when Gregory Polanco was called safe at 2B, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny challenged the ruling; the call was upheld by replay

⚾ Arcade