Monday, May 26, 2014

Pirates 5 Mets 3

23-27
5 3
22-28

Top Loops

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Pit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 12 3
NYM 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 8 1

Scoring Summary

Bottom 5th: NY Mets
Daniel Murphy singled to shallow right center, Jacob deGrom scored, Juan Lagares to third, Juan Lagares scored on right fielder Josh Harrison's fielding error, Daniel Murphy to second advancing on throw
PIT 0 - NYM 2
Top 8th: Pittsburgh
Gaby Sánchez homered to left
PIT 1 - NYM 2
Jose Tabata singled to right, Starling Marte scored
PIT 2 - NYM 2
Top 9th: Pittsburgh
Gaby Sánchez singled to shallow left, Neil Walker scored, Andrew McCutchen to second, Andrew McCutchen to third, Gaby Sánchez to second advancing on throw, Andrew McCutchen scored, Gaby Sánchez to third on left fielder Curtis Granderson's fielding error
PIT 4 - NYM 2
Russell Martin doubled to deep center, Gaby Sánchez scored
PIT 5 - NYM 2
Bottom 9th: NY Mets
Lucas Duda homered to deep right center
PIT 5 - NYM 3

Pitching Details


Batting

Pittsburgh

AB R H RBI HR BB K SB LOB AVG
Josh HarrisonRF 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 .286
Neil Walker2B 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 .272
Andrew McCutchenCF 3 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 2 .309
Ike Davis1B 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .280
Gaby SánchezPH-1B 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 .274
Russell MartinC 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 .264
Pedro Álvarez3B 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 .215
Starling MarteLF 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 .258
Jordy MercerSS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .197
Jose TabataPH 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .270
Tony WatsonP 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Mark MelanconP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Brandon CumptonP 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 .000
Travis SniderPH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .212
Jared HughesP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Clint BarmesPH-SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .200
Totals 38 5 12 4 1 7 6 1 24
Batting
2B - R Martin (3, C Torres); P Alvarez (3, J deGrom); S Marte (9, J Valverde)
HR - G Sanchez (5, 8th inning off S Rice 0 on, 0 Out)
RBI - G Sanchez 2 (12), R Martin (12), J Tabata (10)
2-out RBI - J Tabata
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Harrison 1, A McCutchen 1, B Cumpton 1, C Barmes 3
GIDP - R Martin
Team LOB - 13
Running
SB - J Tabata (1, 2nd base off J Valverde/J Centeno)
Fielding
E - J Harrison (1, field); P Alvarez (11, field); J Mercer (3, field)
DP - 2 (P Alvarez-N Walker-I Davis, J Mercer-I Davis)

NY Mets

AB R H RBI HR BB K SB LOB AVG
Juan LagaresCF 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .290
Daniel Murphy2B 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 .309
David Wright3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .305
Curtis GrandersonLF 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 .212
Bobby AbreuRF 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .289
Carlos TorresP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Lucas Duda1B 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 .236
Wilmer FloresSS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .231
Juan CentenoC 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .278
Jacob deGromP 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .800
Jeurys FamiliaP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Chris YoungPH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .202
Scott RiceP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
José ValverdeP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Matt den DekkerRF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000
Totals 34 3 8 2 1 2 3 0 9
Batting
2B - B Abreu (4, B Cumpton)
HR - L Duda (6, 9th inning off M Melancon 0 on, 0 Out)
RBI - D Murphy (20), L Duda (20)
2-out RBI - D Murphy
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Wright 1, C Granderson 1, W Flores 1
GIDP - D Murphy, W Flores
Team LOB - 6
Fielding
E - C Granderson (2, field)
DP - 1 (D Wright-D Murphy-L Duda)
Pitching

Pittsburgh

IP H R ER BB K HR WHIP ERA
Brandon Cumpton 6.0 7 2 1 1 1 0 1.07 3.38
Jared Hughes 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.13 2.40
Tony Watson(W, 5-0) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.24 1.16
Mark Melancon(SV, 10) 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0.92 2.25

NY Mets

IP H R ER BB K HR WHIP ERA
Jacob deGrom 6.2 5 0 0 5 4 0 1.17 1.83
Jeurys Familia(HLD, 2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.30 3.13
Scott Rice(HLD, 5) 0.2 1 1 1 0 0 1 1.85 5.56
José Valverde(L, 1-1)(BS, 2) 0.2 4 4 4 1 0 0 1.65 5.66
Carlos Torres 0.2 2 0 0 1 1 0 1.47 2.76
IBB - P Alvarez (by C Torres)
Pitches-strikes - T Watson 14-7; M Melancon 9-8; B Cumpton 86-57; J Hughes 11-7; C Torres 25-15; J deGrom 122-67; J Familia 6-3; S Rice 14-9; J Valverde 28-16
Ground balls-fly balls - T Watson 1-2; M Melancon 0-2; B Cumpton 11-2; J Hughes 2-0; C Torres 1-2; J deGrom 11-5; J Familia 0-0; S Rice 1-2; J Valverde 2-1
Batters faced - T Watson 4; M Melancon 4; B Cumpton 25; J Hughes 3; C Torres 5; J deGrom 29; J Familia 1; S Rice 3; J Valverde 7
Game Details
Game Time: 3:30.

Umpires: HP--Laz Diaz. 1B--Clint Fagan. 2B--Jeff Nelson. 3B--Scott Barry.
Weather: 85 degrees, Partly Cloudy.
Wind: 14 mph, Out to Right.
Attendance: 29,309.

The Good: a comeback with timely pinch hitting and the pitching

The Bad: 3 errors and missed chances to blow the game open early

Pirates vs. Mets - Thread Two

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