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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Philadelphia Phillies

2018-04-20 · Night game · Citizens Bank Park · Att: 20183 · 54°F, sunny · Wind 15 mph from LF · 2:42

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 2–1. Pittsburgh Pirates opened the scoring in the 6th — Jordy Mercer out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Aaron Altherr. Francisco Cervelli scores. Philadelphia Phillies took the lead in the 8th — Odubel Herrera triples (1) on a sharp ground ball to right fielder Gregory Polanco. Cesar Hernandez scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 8th: Odubel Herrera triples (1) on a sharp ground ball to right fielder Gregory Polanco. Cesar Hernandez scores — worth 16% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Luis Garcia L: George Kontos SV: Hector Neris

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Adam Frazier	5	0	0	0	0	1
Gregory Polanco	3	0	2	0	1	1
Starling Marte	4	0	1	0	0	0
Josh Bell	3	0	0	0	1	0
Corey Dickerson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Francisco Cervelli	3	1	1	0	0	0
Colin Moran	4	0	1	0	0	2
Jordy Mercer	2	0	1	1	1	0
Ivan Nova	3	0	0	0	0	2
David Freese	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cesar Hernandez	4	1	2	0	0	1
Carlos Santana	4	1	2	0	0	0
Odubel Herrera	4	0	2	1	0	1
Rhys Hoskins	3	0	0	1	1	0
Aaron Altherr	3	0	0	0	0	1
Andrew Knapp	3	0	0	0	0	1
Maikel Franco	3	0	2	0	0	0
Ben Lively	2	0	0	0	0	0
J. P. Crawford	3	0	0	0	0	1
Nick Williams	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ivan Nova	6.0	5	0	3
Michael Feliz	1.0	1	0	2
George Kontos	1.0	2	1	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ben Lively	6.0	5	3	4
Adam Morgan	1.0	0	0	2
Luis Garcia	1.0	0	0	0
Hector Neris	1.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Adam Frazier: 63/G6M
Gregory Polanco: D9/L9LS+
Starling Marte: 9/F9LSF
Josh Bell: 63/G4-

Bot 1

Cesar Hernandez: 9/F9D+
Carlos Santana: D9/F89XD+
Odubel Herrera: 63/G6
Rhys Hoskins: WP.2-3
Rhys Hoskins: 63/G6

Top 2

Corey Dickerson: K
Francisco Cervelli: S8/G6M
Colin Moran: 7/F78D+
Jordy Mercer: 6/F6D-

Bot 2

Aaron Altherr: K
Andrew Knapp: 43/G4
Maikel Franco: S5/G5
Ben Lively: 53/G56S-

Top 3

Ivan Nova: K
Adam Frazier: 7/L7S
Gregory Polanco: W
Starling Marte: S8/L8RS.1-3
Josh Bell: SB2
Josh Bell: W
Corey Dickerson: 9/F9LD

Bot 3

J. P. Crawford: 7/F7LM
Cesar Hernandez: S9/L34D
Carlos Santana: 2/F25F-
Odubel Herrera: BK.1-2
Odubel Herrera: K

Top 4

Francisco Cervelli: 7/F78D
Colin Moran: K
Jordy Mercer: W
Ivan Nova: K

Bot 4

Rhys Hoskins: 43/G6M-
Aaron Altherr: 63/G56
Andrew Knapp: 6/L6D

Top 5

Adam Frazier: 53/G56+
Gregory Polanco: S7/F56D-
Starling Marte: 46(1)/FO/G4
Josh Bell: 3/L34S+

Bot 5

Maikel Franco: 53/G5
Ben Lively: 4/F4S-
J. P. Crawford: 7/F78D+

Top 6

Corey Dickerson: 4/F34-
Francisco Cervelli: HP
Colin Moran: D7/L7M.1-3
Jordy Mercer: 9/SF/F9M.3-H
Ivan Nova: 13/G4MS-

Bot 6

Cesar Hernandez: K
Carlos Santana: S8/G4
Odubel Herrera: S9/G34+.1-3
Rhys Hoskins: 54(1)/FO/G5-.3-H
Aaron Altherr: 43/G4MD+

Top 7

Adam Frazier: K
Gregory Polanco: K
Starling Marte: 43/G4MD

Bot 7

Andrew Knapp: K
Maikel Franco: S9/L89S-
Nick Williams: 6/L6M
J. P. Crawford: K

Top 8

Josh Bell: 8/L8LM+
Corey Dickerson: 5/L56+
Francisco Cervelli: 3/F34-

Bot 8

Cesar Hernandez: D9/L9LD+
Carlos Santana: 3/G3+.2-3
Odubel Herrera: T9/G3.3-H
Rhys Hoskins: W
Aaron Altherr: CSH(1342)/DP.1X3(2587)

Top 9

Colin Moran: K
Jordy Mercer: D7/F7LM
David Freese: 4/F4D
Adam Frazier: 43/G34D

Notes & reviews

Hoskins was trapped off first and while Pirates were running him down, Herrara broke for home and was caught in a rundown; after Herrera was tagged out, Hoskins was caught between 2nd and 3rd to complete double play

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