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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Boston Red Sox

2017-04-13 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 32400 · 53°F, cloudy · Wind 15 mph to RF · 3:15

Boston Red Sox defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 4–3. Pittsburgh Pirates opened the scoring in the 1st — Andrew McCutchen homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field. Jordy Mercer scores. Boston Red Sox took the lead in the 8th — Xander Bogaerts singles on a line drive to right fielder Andrew McCutchen. Hanley Ramirez scores. Mitch Moreland to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 8th: Xander Bogaerts singles on a line drive to right fielder Andrew McCutchen. Hanley Ramirez scores. Mitch Moreland to 2nd — worth 26% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	7
BOS	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3		4	8

W: Matt Barnes L: Juan Nicasio SV: Craig Kimbrel

Umpires — HP: Gabe Morales · 1B: Gary Cederstrom · 2B: Eric Cooper · 3B: Adrian Johnson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jordy Mercer	4	1	1	0	1	1
Starling Marte	3	0	0	0	1	2
Andrew McCutchen	4	1	1	2	0	2
Gregory Polanco	4	1	2	0	0	1
David Freese	1	0	1	0	3	0
Josh Harrison	4	0	0	0	0	2
Josh Bell	3	0	0	0	0	1
Philip Gosselin	3	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Stewart	3	0	1	0	0	1
John Jaso	1	0	0	0	0	0
Adam Frazier	1	0	1	0	0	0
Francisco Cervelli	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dustin Pedroia	3	1	0	0	1	1
Andrew Benintendi	4	1	2	0	0	1
Mookie Betts	3	0	1	0	1	0
Hanley Ramirez	4	1	1	2	0	1
Mitch Moreland	3	1	1	0	1	1
Xander Bogaerts	4	0	2	1	0	0
Marco Hernandez	4	0	1	1	0	1
Christian Vazquez	3	0	0	0	0	1
Brock Holt	3	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chad Kuhl	6.1	5	0	6
Felipe Vazquez	0.2	0	0	0
Daniel Hudson	0.1	1	1	0
Juan Nicasio	0.2	2	2	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Eduardo Rodriguez	5.1	4	4	8
Heath Hembree	1.2	2	0	2
Matt Barnes	1.0	0	1	0
Craig Kimbrel	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jordy Mercer: W
Starling Marte: K
Andrew McCutchen: HR/F7LD.1-H
Gregory Polanco: S8/L8RM
David Freese: S8/L8LM.1-2
Josh Harrison: K
Josh Bell: K

Bot 1

Dustin Pedroia: K
Andrew Benintendi: S9/L9S+
Mookie Betts: 8/F8LM
Hanley Ramirez: 9/F9D

Top 2

Philip Gosselin: 3/L34-
Chris Stewart: 63/G6
Jordy Mercer: 7/F78M

Bot 2

Mitch Moreland: D8/F8RXD+
Xander Bogaerts: 9/F89S
Marco Hernandez: D7/F7D.2-H
Christian Vazquez: 31/G4S-.2-3
Brock Holt: K

Top 3

Starling Marte: W
Andrew McCutchen: K
Gregory Polanco: CS2(26)
Gregory Polanco: K

Bot 3

Dustin Pedroia: 63/G6MD
Andrew Benintendi: K
Mookie Betts: 6/L56

Top 4

David Freese: W
Josh Harrison: 8/F8RXD+
Josh Bell: 9/F9D+
Philip Gosselin: 4/F34D-

Bot 4

Hanley Ramirez: K
Mitch Moreland: 7/F7D
Xander Bogaerts: 53/G56

Top 5

Chris Stewart: K
Jordy Mercer: K
Starling Marte: 8/F8RXD+

Bot 5

Marco Hernandez: 5/F5DF-
Christian Vazquez: K
Brock Holt: 5/F5D-

Top 6

Andrew McCutchen: K
Gregory Polanco: D9/F9LD+
David Freese: W
Josh Harrison: K+SB3.2-H(UR)(E2/TH3);1-2
Josh Bell: 43/G34

Bot 6

Dustin Pedroia: 9/L9S
Andrew Benintendi: 8/F8RD+
Mookie Betts: S7/G56+
Hanley Ramirez: 4/F89S

Top 7

Philip Gosselin: 43/G4+
Chris Stewart: D8/F78D+
Jordy Mercer: S7/G56.2-3
Starling Marte: K
Andrew McCutchen: 9/F89D

Bot 7

Mitch Moreland: K
Xander Bogaerts: S56/G56+
Marco Hernandez: 54(1)/FO/MREV/G56
Christian Vazquez: 53/G6S-

Top 8

Gregory Polanco: 8/F8RXD+
David Freese: W
Josh Harrison: 9/F89S
John Jaso: 63/G6S-

Bot 8

Brock Holt: 31/G34S
Dustin Pedroia: W
Andrew Benintendi: S/F8RS.1-2
Mookie Betts: W.2-3;1-2
Hanley Ramirez: D8/MREV/F8RXD+.3-H;2-H;1XH(862);B-3
Mitch Moreland: IW
Xander Bogaerts: S9/L34D.3-H;1-2
Marco Hernandez: K

Top 9

Adam Frazier: S8/L8LM
Francisco Cervelli: 9/F89XD+
Jordy Mercer: CS2(24)
Jordy Mercer: 43/G4

Notes & reviews

makeup of rain out on April 6
replay,7,hernm003,BOS,cedeg901,BOS07,,N,M,BOS,C $when Xander Bogaerts was called out at 2B, Red Sox manager John Farrell challenged the ruling; the call was upheld by replay
originally scored as fielder's choice with a dropped catch error by Pedroia, changed to a single on 04-25-2017, making all 3 runs in the inning earned
replay,8,ramih003,BOS,cedeg901,BOS07,,Y,M,PIT,A $when Mookie Betts was called safe at HP, Pirates manager Clint Hurdle challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay

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