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Pittsburgh Pirates @ San Francisco Giants

2016-08-17 · Day game · AT&T Park · Att: 41139 · 65°F, cloudy · Wind 9 mph to CF · 3:21

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated San Francisco Giants 6–5. San Francisco Giants opened the scoring in the 1st — Buster Posey singles on a ground ball to center fielder Andrew McCutchen. Angel Pagan scores. Pittsburgh Pirates took the lead in the 5th — Andrew McCutchen homers (17) on a line drive to left center field. Matt Joyce scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 9th: Buster Posey grounds into a double play, shortstop Jordy Mercer to second baseman Josh Harrison to first baseman David Freese. Eduardo Nunez scores. Angel Pagan to 3rd. Brandon Belt out at 2nd. Buster Posey out at 1st — worth 34% 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	6	0	0	0	0	6	7
SFN	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	10

W: Juan Nicasio L: Matt Cain SV: Tony Watson

Umpires — HP: Doug Eddings · 1B: Mike Winters · 2B: Mike Muchlinski · 3B: Marty Foster · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Josh Harrison	4	0	1	1	0	2
Starling Marte	5	0	0	0	0	2
Andrew McCutchen	4	1	2	2	0	0
Gregory Polanco	4	0	0	0	0	1
David Freese	3	1	1	0	0	0
John Jaso	2	1	1	0	2	1
Jordy Mercer	3	1	0	0	1	0
Eric Fryer	3	1	0	1	1	2
Ivan Nova	1	0	1	0	0	0
Matt Joyce	1	1	1	2	0	0
Adam Frazier	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jung Ho Kang	1	0	0	0	0	1

San Francisco Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eduardo Nunez	4	1	0	0	1	2
Angel Pagan	4	2	3	0	1	0
Brandon Belt	4	0	1	0	1	3
Buster Posey	5	2	3	1	0	0
Brandon Crawford	5	0	2	3	0	0
Hunter Pence	4	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Panik	3	0	0	0	1	0
Gregor Blanco	3	0	1	0	0	0
Matt Cain	2	0	0	0	0	1
Conor Gillaspie	0	0	0	0	1	0
Trevor Brown	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ehire Adrianza	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ivan Nova	4.0	6	0	5
Jeff Locke	1.0	1	1	0
Juan Nicasio	2.0	1	2	2
Felipe Vazquez	1.0	0	1	1
Tony Watson	1.0	2	1	0

San Francisco Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Matt Cain	4.2	3	3	4
Javier Lopez	0.1	0	0	0
Jake Peavy	1.0	2	0	2
Hunter Strickland	1.0	1	0	1
George Kontos	1.0	0	1	0
Sergio Romo	1.0	1	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Josh Harrison: 3/G3-
Starling Marte: 6/L6+
Andrew McCutchen: 2/F2LF-

Bot 1

Eduardo Nunez: 7/F7D+
Angel Pagan: D8/L78S
Brandon Belt: K
Buster Posey: S8/G6M+.2-H
Brandon Crawford: D7/MREV/L78M.1-H;B-3(THH)
Hunter Pence: K23

Top 2

Gregory Polanco: 7/F7LSF
David Freese: 53/G56
John Jaso: K

Bot 2

Joe Panik: 3/G3
Gregor Blanco: 63/G6
Matt Cain: 63/G6-

Top 3

Jordy Mercer: 7/F7M
Eric Fryer: 8/F8LM
Ivan Nova: S7/G6
Josh Harrison: K

Bot 3

Eduardo Nunez: K
Angel Pagan: S6/G6MD
Brandon Belt: K
Buster Posey: S4/G4-.1-3
Brandon Crawford: T9/F89XD+.3-H;1-H
Hunter Pence: 53/G5

Top 4

Starling Marte: K
Andrew McCutchen: 43/G4
Gregory Polanco: K

Bot 4

Joe Panik: 8/F78D+
Gregor Blanco: 43/G4
Matt Cain: K

Top 5

David Freese: HP
John Jaso: W.1-2
Jordy Mercer: W.2-3;1-2
Eric Fryer: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Matt Joyce: S9/G4+.3-H;2-H;1-3
Josh Harrison: 8/SF/F8RM.3-H
Starling Marte: 9/F89D+
Andrew McCutchen: HR/F78XD+.1-H
Gregory Polanco: 7/L78S

Bot 5

Eduardo Nunez: 3/F3DF-
Angel Pagan: 8/F8LD+
Brandon Belt: W
Buster Posey: S9/L34D.1-3
Brandon Crawford: 43/G4-

Top 6

David Freese: S7/G56+
John Jaso: D8/L8LM.1-3
Jordy Mercer: 3/F3DF-
Eric Fryer: K
Adam Frazier: K

Bot 6

Hunter Pence: 13/G13+
Joe Panik: 43/G4
Gregor Blanco: S8/G4+
Conor Gillaspie: W.1-2
Eduardo Nunez: K

Top 7

Josh Harrison: K
Starling Marte: 7/L7M
Andrew McCutchen: S7/G56+
Gregory Polanco: 43/G4

Bot 7

Angel Pagan: W
Brandon Belt: K
Buster Posey: 7/F7S
Brandon Crawford: 13/G13

Top 8

David Freese: 63/G6
John Jaso: W
Jordy Mercer: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 8

Hunter Pence: 13/G15-
Joe Panik: W
Trevor Brown: K
Ehire Adrianza: 3/G3S-

Top 9

Eric Fryer: K
Jung Ho Kang: K
Josh Harrison: D9/F89S
Starling Marte: K

Bot 9

Eduardo Nunez: W
Angel Pagan: S8/L8LS.1-2
Brandon Belt: S9/L34D.2-3;1-2
Buster Posey: 64(1)3/GDP/G6-.3-H;2-3
Brandon Crawford: 8/F8LS

Notes & reviews

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