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San Francisco Giants @ Pittsburgh Pirates

2017-07-02 · Day game · PNC Park · Att: 32144 · 82°F, cloudy · Wind 13 mph to CF · 2:55

San Francisco Giants defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–3. Pittsburgh Pirates opened the scoring in the 4th — Jordy Mercer homers (8) on a fly ball to left center field. Gregory Polanco scores. San Francisco Giants took the lead in the 7th — Kelby Tomlinson out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Gregory Polanco. Brandon Belt scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 8th: Brandon Belt homers (16) on a fly ball to right field. Joe Panik scores — worth 19% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Jeff Samardzija L: Tony Watson SV: Sam Dyson

Umpires — HP: Nic Lentz · 1B: Dan Iassogna · 2B: Brian Gorman · 3B: Dan Bellino · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

San Francisco Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Denard Span	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Panik	4	1	1	0	0	0
Hunter Pence	3	1	0	0	1	1
Buster Posey	4	1	1	0	0	2
Brandon Belt	4	2	3	3	0	0
Brandon Crawford	4	0	1	1	0	0
Jae-gyun Hwang	4	0	2	0	0	2
Austin Slater	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jeff Samardzija	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kelby Tomlinson	0	0	0	1	0	0
Gorkys Hernandez	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Adam Frazier	4	0	1	0	2
Jose Osuna	4	0	1	0	2
John Jaso	4	1	2	1	0
Josh Bell	4	0	0	0	0
Gregory Polanco	4	1	1	0	0
Jordy Mercer	4	1	1	2	0
Max Moroff	3	0	1	0	0
Chris Stewart	3	0	0	0	1
Trevor Williams	2	0	0	0	1
David Freese	1	0	0	0	0
Josh Harrison	1	0	0	0	1

San Francisco Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	SO
Jeff Samardzija	6.0	6	5
Cory Gearrin	1.2	0	1
Steven Okert	0.1	1	0
Sam Dyson	1.0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Trevor Williams	6.0	3	1	3
Tony Watson	1.0	3	0	0
Edgar Santana	0.2	2	0	2
Antonio Bastardo	1.1	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Denard Span: 13/G13-
Joe Panik: 63/G6
Hunter Pence: 9/F9M

Bot 1

Adam Frazier: S7/G56+
Jose Osuna: K
John Jaso: 9/F9LM
Josh Bell: 3/G3S

Top 2

Buster Posey: K
Brandon Belt: S5/BG56S+
Brandon Crawford: 1/G34S-.1-2
Jae-gyun Hwang: K

Bot 2

Gregory Polanco: 7/F78XD+
Jordy Mercer: 31/G34+
Max Moroff: S9/L89S-
Chris Stewart: K

Top 3

Austin Slater: 63/G6S-
Jeff Samardzija: 63/G6
Denard Span: 3/G3

Bot 3

Trevor Williams: K
Adam Frazier: K
Jose Osuna: T9/F9LD+
John Jaso: 9/F89M

Top 4

Joe Panik: 7/F78S
Hunter Pence: 53/G5
Buster Posey: 31/G34

Bot 4

Josh Bell: 43/G34
Gregory Polanco: D9/L3
Jordy Mercer: HR/F7D+.2-H
Max Moroff: 9/F89D+
Chris Stewart: 8/F8RXD+

Top 5

Brandon Belt: 63/G4
Brandon Crawford: 4/F3D-
Jae-gyun Hwang: S9/L4D
Austin Slater: K

Bot 5

Trevor Williams: 3/G34S-
Adam Frazier: K
Jose Osuna: 8/F89D

Top 6

Jeff Samardzija: 53/G
Denard Span: 9/F9D+
Joe Panik: 7/F7LM

Bot 6

John Jaso: S8/L6MD+
Josh Bell: 7/F7D+
Gregory Polanco: 5/F5SF-
Jordy Mercer: 7/F78S

Top 7

Hunter Pence: W
Buster Posey: D7/L5D+.1-3
Brandon Belt: S7/L7S.3-H;2-3
Brandon Crawford: S7/G56+.3-H;1-2
Jae-gyun Hwang: S1/G25-.2-3;1-2
Austin Slater: 3/F3F-
Kelby Tomlinson: 8/SF/F8RD.3-H
Denard Span: 63/G4M

Bot 7

Max Moroff: 7/L7S
Chris Stewart: 63/G6-
David Freese: 8/F8LD

Top 8

Joe Panik: D9/F9LD
Hunter Pence: K
Buster Posey: K
Brandon Belt: HR/F9D+.2-H
Brandon Crawford: 8/F8LM

Bot 8

Adam Frazier: 7/L78S-
Jose Osuna: K
John Jaso: HR/F9D+
Josh Bell: 3/F34D-

Top 9

Jae-gyun Hwang: K
Austin Slater: 9/F9LMF
Gorkys Hernandez: K

Bot 9

Gregory Polanco: 13/G13-
Jordy Mercer: 13/G13
Josh Harrison: K

Notes & reviews

Pirates challenged call that Samardzija was safe at first; call was overturned - out
Giants challenged call that Hwang was out at 1st; call was overturned - safe for single

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