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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Atlanta Braves

2018-08-31 · Night game · Suntrust Park · Att: 36650 · 84°F, sunny · Wind 7 mph from RF · 2:55

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Atlanta Braves 3–2. Pittsburgh Pirates opened the scoring in the 2nd — Elias Diaz singles on a ground ball to center fielder Ender Inciarte. Corey Dickerson scores. Elias Diaz to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 7th: Johan Camargo homers (15) on a fly ball to right field — worth 22% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Jameson Taillon L: Brad Brach SV: Felipe Vazquez

Umpires — HP: Lance Barrett · 1B: Bill Welke · 2B: Tony Randazzo · 3B: Jordan Baker · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Starling Marte	4	1	2	0	0	0
Josh Bell	3	0	0	0	1	1
Gregory Polanco	4	0	1	1	0	2
David Freese	4	0	1	1	0	0
Corey Dickerson	4	1	1	0	0	1
Elias Diaz	3	0	1	1	0	0
Josh Harrison	4	0	1	0	0	2
Kevin Newman	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jameson Taillon	2	0	0	0	0	1
Adam Frazier	0	1	0	0	1	0
Francisco Cervelli	1	0	0	0	0	0

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ronald Acuna	4	1	1	1	0	1
Ender Inciarte	4	0	2	0	0	1
Freddie Freeman	4	0	0	0	0	3
Nick Markakis	4	0	0	0	0	0
Johan Camargo	3	1	2	1	0	1
Kurt Suzuki	4	0	2	0	0	0
Ozzie Albies	4	0	0	0	0	2
Dansby Swanson	3	0	0	0	1	1
Anibal Sanchez	2	0	0	0	0	1
Lucas Duda	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jameson Taillon	7.0	5	1	7
Keone Kela	1.0	0	0	2
Felipe Vazquez	1.0	2	0	1

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Anibal Sanchez	5.1	5	1	6
Sam Freeman	0.2	0	0	0
Luke Jackson	1.0	1	0	0
Brad Brach	0.2	1	1	0
Jesse Biddle	1.1	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Starling Marte: S5/G56S-
Josh Bell: CS2(26)
Josh Bell: W
Gregory Polanco: K
David Freese: 8/F89D+

Bot 1

Ronald Acuna: 7/F7D+
Ender Inciarte: S8/F78D+
Freddie Freeman: K+CS2(26)/DP

Top 2

Corey Dickerson: D9/G3+
Elias Diaz: S8/G6M.2-H;B-2
Josh Harrison: K
Kevin Newman: K
Jameson Taillon: K

Bot 2

Nick Markakis: 6/L6D-
Johan Camargo: HP
Kurt Suzuki: 6/F6MS-
Ozzie Albies: K

Top 3

Starling Marte: 53/G56
Josh Bell: K
Gregory Polanco: K

Bot 3

Dansby Swanson: 8/L8LD+
Anibal Sanchez: K
Ronald Acuna: K

Top 4

David Freese: 8/F8LD+
Corey Dickerson: 5/F5F-
Elias Diaz: 53/G5

Bot 4

Ender Inciarte: D8/G4M
Freddie Freeman: 8/F8RD
Nick Markakis: 8/F8LD
Johan Camargo: K

Top 5

Josh Harrison: 9/F9D+
Kevin Newman: 8/F89M
Jameson Taillon: 43/G4

Bot 5

Kurt Suzuki: 8/F8LXD+
Ozzie Albies: 9/F89S
Dansby Swanson: W
Anibal Sanchez: 13/G13

Top 6

Starling Marte: S8/L8LM
Josh Bell: E3/TH/FO/G34S-.1-2
Gregory Polanco: 9/F89S
David Freese: S8/L8LS-.2-H(UR);1-2
Corey Dickerson: 4/DP.1X1(43)

Bot 6

Ronald Acuna: HR/F9D+
Ender Inciarte: 9/F89XD+
Freddie Freeman: K
Nick Markakis: 8/F8RXD+

Top 7

Elias Diaz: 63/G6M-
Josh Harrison: S8/L8RS
Kevin Newman: 64(1)/FO/G6
Jameson Taillon: CS2(26)

Bot 7

Johan Camargo: HR/F9LD+
Kurt Suzuki: S7/L78M
Ozzie Albies: K
Dansby Swanson: 64(1)/FO/G56
Lucas Duda: 5/F5F-

Top 8

Adam Frazier: W
Starling Marte: E4/G4+.1-2
Josh Bell: 8/L8RXD+.2-3
Gregory Polanco: S8/L8LS-.3-H(UR);1-2
David Freese: SB3;SB2
David Freese: 3/G34S
Corey Dickerson: K

Bot 8

Ronald Acuna: 8/F8LXD+
Ender Inciarte: K
Freddie Freeman: K

Top 9

Francisco Cervelli: 53/G56+
Josh Harrison: K
Kevin Newman: 63/G6

Bot 9

Nick Markakis: 7/F7LS
Johan Camargo: S8/G4M+
Kurt Suzuki: S9/G4+.1-2
Ozzie Albies: 5(2)/FO/G56.1-2
Dansby Swanson: K

Notes & reviews

On-field Delay
Injury Delay
Braves challenged call that Marte was safe at 2nd; call was upheld - safe on error
Mound Visit
Injury Delay
Elias Diaz left with an injured leg
Injury Delay
Mound Visit
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