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St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

2016-04-06 · Night game · PNC Park · Att: 14890 · 63°F, cloudy · Wind 15 mph R to L · 3:08

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated St. Louis Cardinals 5–1. Pittsburgh Pirates opened the scoring in the 1st — Gregory Polanco walks. Andrew McCutchen scores. Starling Marte to 3rd. Francisco Cervelli to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 5th: John Jaso triples (1) on a fly ball to center fielder Jeremy Hazelbaker. John Jaso scores. Throwing error by second baseman Kolten Wong — worth 10% 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	1	0	0	0	1	4
PIT	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0		5	9

W: Juan Nicasio L: Mike Leake SV: Mark Melancon

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Matt Carpenter	4	0	0	0	0	2
Stephen Piscotty	4	0	0	0	0	1
Matt Holliday	3	0	0	0	1	1
Brandon Moss	3	0	0	0	0	1
Yadier Molina	4	0	1	0	0	0
Kolten Wong	3	0	1	0	1	0
Jedd Gyorko	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jeremy Hazelbaker	3	1	1	1	0	0
Mike Leake	1	0	0	0	0	1
Greg Garcia	2	0	1	0	0	1
Matt Adams	1	0	0	0	0	1
Randal Grichuk	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

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

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Leake	4.1	7	3	1
Tyler Lyons	1.0	1	2	0
Jonathan Broxton	0.2	0	1	2
Matthew Bowman	2.0	1	1	2

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Juan Nicasio	6.0	2	0	7
Arquimedes Caminero	1.2	1	1	2
Tony Watson	0.1	0	0	0
Cory Luebke	0.2	1	1	1
Mark Melancon	0.1	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Matt Carpenter: K
Stephen Piscotty: K
Matt Holliday: 63/G6MS-

Bot 1

John Jaso: 8/F8LD
Andrew McCutchen: S8/L8RS-
David Freese: 9/F9D+
Starling Marte: S9/L4D+.1-2
Francisco Cervelli: W.2-3;1-2
Gregory Polanco: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Josh Harrison: 1/L15

Top 2

Brandon Moss: K
Yadier Molina: 43/G4
Kolten Wong: S8/L8LS-
Jedd Gyorko: K

Bot 2

Jordy Mercer: 8/L8LM
Juan Nicasio: 43/G4
John Jaso: 43/G34

Top 3

Jeremy Hazelbaker: 7/F7S
Mike Leake: K
Matt Carpenter: 8/F8LXD+

Bot 3

Andrew McCutchen: 8/F8RS
David Freese: 63/G6
Starling Marte: HP
Francisco Cervelli: 7/L7M+

Top 4

Stephen Piscotty: 7/F78XD+
Matt Holliday: 13/G23-
Brandon Moss: 9/F89M

Bot 4

Gregory Polanco: W
Josh Harrison: CS2(24)/MREV
Josh Harrison: S9/L4D+
Jordy Mercer: PO1(E1).1-2
Jordy Mercer: K
Juan Nicasio: 13/G15

Top 5

Yadier Molina: 7/F7D
Kolten Wong: 43/G34D
Jedd Gyorko: 8/F8RD

Bot 5

John Jaso: T8/F9D+.B-H(E4/TH)(NR)
Andrew McCutchen: 53/G56S-
David Freese: S8/L89M
Starling Marte: S8/L8LS+.1-2
Francisco Cervelli: D7/L7LS.2-H;1-H
Gregory Polanco: W
Josh Harrison: 54(1)3/GDP/G56S-

Top 6

Jeremy Hazelbaker: HR/F89XD+
Greg Garcia: K
Matt Carpenter: K
Stephen Piscotty: 9/L9M

Bot 6

Jordy Mercer: W
Sean Rodriguez: D7/L7LD+.1-H
Mike Morse: 7/F7D+.2-3
Andrew McCutchen: IW
David Freese: K
Starling Marte: K

Top 7

Matt Holliday: K
Brandon Moss: 3/L3+
Yadier Molina: 7/F7D

Bot 7

Francisco Cervelli: K
Gregory Polanco: E4/G4
Josh Harrison: 64(1)/FO/G6S-
Jordy Mercer: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 8

Kolten Wong: W
Matt Adams: K
Jeremy Hazelbaker: 46(1)/FO/MREV/G4
Greg Garcia: D9/L9LD+.1-3
Matt Carpenter: 43/G4

Bot 8

Sean Rodriguez: W
Matt Joyce: K
Andrew McCutchen: S7/L6D-.1-3
David Freese: 14(1)3/GDP/G13

Top 9

Stephen Piscotty: 4/L6-
Matt Holliday: W
Randal Grichuk: K
Yadier Molina: S9/G34+.1-2
Kolten Wong: 54(1)/FO/G6S

Notes & reviews

replay,4,harrj002,PIT,laynj901,PIT08,,N,M,PIT,A $when Gregory Polanco was called out at 2B, Pirates manager Clint Hurdle challenged the ruling; the call was upheld by replay
replay,8,hazej001,SLN,laynj901,PIT08,,Y,M,PIT,C replay,8,hazej001,SLN,laynj901,PIT08,,N,U,,E $when Jeremy Hazelbaker was called out at 1B, Pirates manager Clint Hurdle challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay; crew chief Jerry Layne requested a review of the slide at 2B and no violation of the new slide rule was found

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