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Pittsburgh Pirates @ St. Louis Cardinals

2016-07-05 · Night game · Busch Stadium III · Att: 41444 · 90°F, sunny · Wind 6 mph R to L · 3:07

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated St. Louis Cardinals 5–2. St. Louis Cardinals opened the scoring in the 2nd — Jedd Gyorko singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Starling Marte. Stephen Piscotty scores. Pittsburgh Pirates took the lead in the 6th — David Freese singles on a ground ball to center fielder Tommy Pham. Andrew McCutchen scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Eric Fryer doubles (3) on a soft line drive to right fielder Stephen Piscotty. David Freese scores. Jordy Mercer scores — worth 19% 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	2	3	0	0	0	5	11
SLN	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6

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

Umpires — HP: Bob Davidson · 1B: Lance Barrett · 2B: Dan Iassogna · 3B: Dale Scott · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
John Jaso	3	0	0	0	0
Gregory Polanco	5	0	0	0	1
Andrew McCutchen	4	1	2	0	0
Starling Marte	4	0	1	0	0
David Freese	4	2	2	1	2
Josh Harrison	4	1	1	1	0
Jordy Mercer	4	1	1	0	0
Eric Fryer	4	0	2	3	1
Steven Brault	1	0	1	0	0
Matt Joyce	1	0	0	0	0
Juan Nicasio	1	0	0	0	1
Sean Rodriguez	2	0	0	0	1
Jung Ho Kang	1	0	1	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Matt Carpenter	5	0	0	0	0	2
Aledmys Diaz	2	1	1	0	2	0
Matt Holliday	3	0	1	1	0	0
Stephen Piscotty	4	1	0	0	0	0
Jhonny Peralta	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jedd Gyorko	4	0	2	1	0	0
Tommy Pham	3	0	0	0	1	2
Brayan Pena	4	0	1	0	0	1
Mike Leake	2	0	0	0	0	2
Matt Adams	3	0	0	0	0	1
Greg Garcia	1	0	0	0	0	0
Randal Grichuk	1	0	1	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Steven Brault	4.0	4	2	5
Juan Nicasio	2.0	1	1	2
Arquimedes Caminero	1.0	0	0	0
Tony Watson	1.0	0	0	0
Mark Melancon	1.0	1	0	2

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	SO
Mike Leake	6.0	9	3
Tyler Lyons	1.0	0	1
Trevor Rosenthal	2.0	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

John Jaso: 9/F89XD+
Gregory Polanco: 31/G34
Andrew McCutchen: S7/G56+
Starling Marte: PO1(13)/MREV

Bot 1

Matt Carpenter: 43/G34
Aledmys Diaz: W
Matt Holliday: 3/DP.1X1(3)

Top 2

Starling Marte: 3/G34S-
David Freese: K
Josh Harrison: 43/G4

Bot 2

Stephen Piscotty: E9/F89D+.B-3
Jhonny Peralta: K
Jedd Gyorko: S7/L7S+.3-H(UR)
Tommy Pham: K
Brayan Pena: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 3

Jordy Mercer: 31/G34S-
Eric Fryer: 63/G6M
Steven Brault: S8/G6M
John Jaso: 53/G6S-

Bot 3

Mike Leake: K
Matt Carpenter: K
Aledmys Diaz: W
Matt Holliday: SB2
Matt Holliday: S8/G6.2-H
Stephen Piscotty: 6/F6-

Top 4

Gregory Polanco: 3/G3
Andrew McCutchen: 53/G5
Starling Marte: 53/G56S-

Bot 4

Matt Adams: 7/F78D
Jedd Gyorko: S3/F3D-
Tommy Pham: 9/F34D
Brayan Pena: S8/L8RS.1-2
Mike Leake: K

Top 5

David Freese: D9/F9LD+
Josh Harrison: S8/L78S.2-H
Jordy Mercer: SB2
Jordy Mercer: 43/G4MD.2-3
Eric Fryer: S8/G6.3-H
Matt Joyce: WP.1-2
Matt Joyce: E4/TH1/MREV/G4-.2-3
John Jaso: FC3/G3S-.3XH(325364);1-3;B-2
Gregory Polanco: K

Bot 5

Matt Carpenter: K
Aledmys Diaz: S4/G34S-
Matt Holliday: HP.1-2
Stephen Piscotty: 4/IF/P6MD-
Matt Adams: K

Top 6

Andrew McCutchen: S8/L78S
Starling Marte: PB.1-2
Starling Marte: 43/G4.2-3
David Freese: S8/G6M.3-H
Josh Harrison: 8/L8LD+
Jordy Mercer: D7/L78M.1-3
Eric Fryer: D9/L3D-.3-H;2-H
Juan Nicasio: K

Bot 6

Jedd Gyorko: 63/G6
Tommy Pham: W
Brayan Pena: 31/G34S-.1-2
Greg Garcia: 3/G3

Top 7

Sean Rodriguez: K
Gregory Polanco: 7/F7D+
Andrew McCutchen: 13/G13-

Bot 7

Matt Carpenter: 43/G4
Aledmys Diaz: 9/F9D+
Matt Holliday: 2/P3F

Top 8

Starling Marte: S9/F9S
David Freese: SB2
David Freese: K
Josh Harrison: 63/G6M.2-3
Jordy Mercer: 8/F89S

Bot 8

Stephen Piscotty: 53/G-
Matt Adams: 8/F8RD
Jedd Gyorko: 3/F34-

Top 9

Eric Fryer: K
Jung Ho Kang: S8/G6M+
Sean Rodriguez: 9/F9LD
Gregory Polanco: 9/L9M+

Bot 9

Tommy Pham: K
Brayan Pena: K
Randal Grichuk: S9/L89S-
Matt Carpenter: 7/F7M

Notes & reviews

replay,1,marts002,PIT,scotd901,STL10,,Y,M,SLN,A $when Andrew McCutchen was called safe at 1B, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay
replay,5,joycm001,PIT,scotd901,STL10,,Y,M,PIT,C $when Matthew Joyce was called out at 1B, Pirates manager Clint Hurdle challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay

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