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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Atlanta Braves

2018-09-02 · Night game · Suntrust Park · Att: 37475 · 88°F, cloudy · Wind 10 mph L to R · 2:44

Atlanta Braves defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–1. Pittsburgh Pirates opened the scoring in the 1st — Colin Moran singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Ronald Acuna. Gregory Polanco scores. Josh Bell to 2nd. Atlanta Braves took the lead in the 8th — Freddie Freeman reaches on a fielding error by second baseman Kevin Newman. Ronald Acuna scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 8th: Freddie Freeman reaches on a fielding error by second baseman Kevin Newman. Ronald Acuna scores — worth 21% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Jonny Venters L: Steven Brault SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Starling Marte	4	0	0	0	0	0
Adam Frazier	4	0	0	0	0	1
Gregory Polanco	3	1	1	0	1	1
Josh Bell	2	0	0	0	1	0
Colin Moran	4	0	3	1	0	0
Jordy Mercer	4	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Newman	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jacob Stallings	3	0	1	0	0	1
Nick Kingham	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jose Osuna	1	0	0	0	0	0
Pablo Reyes	1	0	0	0	0	0

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ronald Acuna	4	2	3	1	0	0
Ender Inciarte	3	0	1	0	0	0
Freddie Freeman	4	1	0	0	0	0
Nick Markakis	3	1	0	0	1	0
Johan Camargo	4	1	1	0	0	1
Ozzie Albies	4	0	2	1	0	1
Tyler Flowers	3	0	0	0	0	1
Dansby Swanson	4	0	2	1	0	1
Julio Teheran	1	0	0	0	0	1
Adam Duvall	1	0	0	0	0	1
Lucas Duda	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Nick Kingham	5.0	4	0	4
Steven Brault	2.1	4	1	2
Dovydas Neverauskas	0.2	1	0	1

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Julio Teheran	7.0	4	2	5
Dan Winkler	0.2	1	0	0
Jonny Venters	0.1	0	0	0
Brad Brach	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Starling Marte: 8/F89XD+
Adam Frazier: 63/G6MD+
Gregory Polanco: W
Josh Bell: SB2
Josh Bell: W
Colin Moran: S7/L78S.2-H;1-2
Jordy Mercer: 13/G56S-

Bot 1

Ronald Acuna: HR/F7D+
Ender Inciarte: S9/G34+
Freddie Freeman: 8/F8RXD+
Nick Markakis: 8/L8LXD+
Johan Camargo: 9/F9S

Top 2

Kevin Newman: 8/F8LM
Jacob Stallings: 8/F8RD
Nick Kingham: 53/G6S-

Bot 2

Ozzie Albies: 8/F8RXD+
Tyler Flowers: K
Dansby Swanson: K

Top 3

Starling Marte: 43/G4S-
Adam Frazier: K
Gregory Polanco: S7/L7S
Josh Bell: 13/G15-

Bot 3

Julio Teheran: K
Ronald Acuna: D7/L7D+
Ender Inciarte: 9/L9D+
Freddie Freeman: 7/L7M+

Top 4

Colin Moran: S9/L9S+
Jordy Mercer: 9/F9LD
Kevin Newman: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 4

Nick Markakis: 43/G4+
Johan Camargo: 7/F7LM
Ozzie Albies: K

Top 5

Jacob Stallings: K
Nick Kingham: K23
Starling Marte: 43/G4S-

Bot 5

Tyler Flowers: 53/G56+
Dansby Swanson: S8/L8LM
Julio Teheran: 54/SH/BG15S.1-2
Ronald Acuna: 63/G6+

Top 6

Adam Frazier: 8/F8LXD+
Gregory Polanco: K
Josh Bell: 31/G34

Bot 6

Ender Inciarte: 3/G
Freddie Freeman: 7/F78M
Nick Markakis: 53/G56

Top 7

Colin Moran: S7/F7LS
Jordy Mercer: 46(1)3/GDP/G4MS-
Kevin Newman: K

Bot 7

Johan Camargo: K
Ozzie Albies: S6/G6MD
Tyler Flowers: 6/L6M
Dansby Swanson: E6/G6+.1-3;B-2
Adam Duvall: K

Top 8

Jacob Stallings: S8/G6M+
Jose Osuna: 9/F9S
Starling Marte: 9/F9LD
Adam Frazier: E6/G6+.1-2
Gregory Polanco: 7/F7M

Bot 8

Ronald Acuna: S8/L8RS
Ender Inciarte: 53/SH/BG56S.1-2
Freddie Freeman: E4/G4.2-H(NR)
Nick Markakis: W.1-2
Johan Camargo: S6/G56.2-3;1-2
Ozzie Albies: S9/F4D-.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Lucas Duda: K
Dansby Swanson: WP.3-H(NR)(UR);2-3
Dansby Swanson: SB2
Dansby Swanson: S6/G56+.3-H(UR);2XH(6524)

Top 9

Pablo Reyes: 7/F7M
Colin Moran: 8/L8RXD+
Jordy Mercer: 7/F7M

Notes & reviews

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