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Pittsburgh Pirates @ St. Louis Cardinals

2017-04-17 Β· Night game Β· Busch Stadium III Β· Att: 40172 Β· 68Β°F, overcast Β· Wind 7 mph from RF Β· 2:14

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 2–1. St. Louis Cardinals opened the scoring in the 3rd β€” Kolten Wong homers (1) on a fly ball to right center field. The game's biggest swing came in the 9th: John Jaso grounds out to first baseman Jose Martinez β€” worth 12% in win probability.

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Line score

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PIT00000000115
SLN0010001025

W: Lance Lynn   L: Ivan Nova   SV: Seung Hwan Oh

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

Pittsburgh Pirates β€” batting

BatterABRHRBIBBSO
Adam Frazier400001
Starling Marte400000
Andrew McCutchen401002
David Freese300010
Josh Bell412000
Francisco Cervelli401000
Josh Harrison100000
Jordy Mercer300000
Ivan Nova300003
Gregory Polanco101100
John Jaso100000

St. Louis Cardinals β€” batting

BatterABRHRBIBBSO
Dexter Fowler400000
Aledmys Diaz300001
Stephen Piscotty301000
Randal Grichuk312000
Jose Martinez301100
Greg Garcia300000
Eric Fryer300001
Kolten Wong311100
Lance Lynn200001
Matt Adams100000

Pittsburgh Pirates β€” pitching

PitcherIPHBBSO
Ivan Nova8.0503

St. Louis Cardinals β€” pitching

PitcherIPHBBSO
Lance Lynn7.0315
Trevor Rosenthal1.0001
Seunghwan Oh1.0200

Play-by-play

Top 1

  • Adam Frazier: 8/F8RM
  • Starling Marte: 63/G6
  • Andrew McCutchen: S7/L78S
  • David Freese: W.1-2
  • Josh Bell: 5/F5F-

Bot 1

  • Dexter Fowler: 7/F78D
  • Aledmys Diaz: 63/G6MS-
  • Stephen Piscotty: 63/G6

Top 2

  • Francisco Cervelli: 9/F9S
  • Josh Harrison: HP
  • Jordy Mercer: 7/L78D+
  • Ivan Nova: K

Bot 2

  • Randal Grichuk: S7/G56+
  • Jose Martinez: 64(1)/FO/G6-
  • Greg Garcia: 8/L8LM
  • Eric Fryer: K

Top 3

  • Adam Frazier: 7/F7LM
  • Starling Marte: 8/F8LXD+
  • Andrew McCutchen: K

Bot 3

  • Kolten Wong: HR/F89D+
  • Lance Lynn: K
  • Dexter Fowler: 4/L4D+
  • Aledmys Diaz: K

Top 4

  • David Freese: 53/G5-
  • Josh Bell: 31/G3
  • Francisco Cervelli: D7/G5+
  • Josh Harrison: HP
  • Jordy Mercer: 9/F89S

Bot 4

  • Stephen Piscotty: 63/G6+
  • Randal Grichuk: 9/F9S
  • Jose Martinez: 53/G56-

Top 5

  • Ivan Nova: K
  • Adam Frazier: 7/F78D
  • Starling Marte: 53/G56

Bot 5

  • Greg Garcia: 53/G5S-
  • Eric Fryer: 63/G6
  • Kolten Wong: 31/G34

Top 6

  • Andrew McCutchen: K
  • David Freese: 3/G34-
  • Josh Bell: S9/G34+
  • Francisco Cervelli: 7/L7D+

Bot 6

  • Lance Lynn: 41/G4
  • Dexter Fowler: 43/G4
  • Aledmys Diaz: 63/G6

Top 7

  • Josh Harrison: 53/G5S-
  • Jordy Mercer: 7/L7M
  • Ivan Nova: K

Bot 7

  • Stephen Piscotty: S8/G6.BX2(84)
  • Randal Grichuk: S7/L78S
  • Jose Martinez: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
  • Jose Martinez: S8/L8RS.3-H
  • Greg Garcia: 8/F8LD
  • Eric Fryer: 53/G56-

Top 8

  • Adam Frazier: K
  • Starling Marte: 9/L9M
  • Andrew McCutchen: 53/G5-

Bot 8

  • Kolten Wong: 13/BG13S
  • Matt Adams: 6/L6D+
  • Dexter Fowler: 8/L8LM

Top 9

  • David Freese: 8/F8RD
  • Josh Bell: S39/G34
  • Francisco Cervelli: 13/G15-.1-2
  • Gregory Polanco: D8/L78M.2-H
  • John Jaso: 3/G34