PITTSBURGH 5, NY METS 0
WHEN: 7:05
PM ET, Saturday, July 28, 2018
WHERE: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
TEMPERATURE: 77°
UMPIRES: Home - Mark Wegner, 1B - Dan Bellino, 2B - John Tumpane, 3B - Nic Lentz
ATTENDANCE: 35900
WHERE: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
TEMPERATURE: 77°
UMPIRES: Home - Mark Wegner, 1B - Dan Bellino, 2B - John Tumpane, 3B - Nic Lentz
ATTENDANCE: 35900
Trevor Williams combined with
three Pittsburgh relievers on a six-hit shutout Saturday as the Pirates won
their second straight game, 5-0, against the visiting New York Mets.
It was the Pirates' 12th
shutout, most in the National League.
Colin Moran drove in two runs,
and David Freese, Adam Frazier and Francisco Cervelli each added an RBI for
Pittsburgh, which has won 15 of its past 18.
Mets starter Jacob deGrom
doubled and singled, the only player with multiple hits for New York, which
lost its second in a row.
Williams (9-7) pitched six
innings for his third straight win, with five hits, five strikeouts and three
walks. He worked out of a few jams: The Mets stranded two runners in each of
the third, fourth and fifth innings.
Edgar Santana pitched the
seventh, Kyle Crick struck out the side in the eighth and Richard Rodriguez
worked a perfect ninth with two strikeouts.
DeGrom (5-6) gave up a
season-high eight hits. He allowed three runs in seven innings, with five
strikeouts and no walks. DeGrom, who entered the game leading the major leagues
with a 1.71 ERA, has held opponents to three runs or fewer in 18 straight
starts but has not, notched a win since June 18 because of a lack of run
support.
In the sixth, Gregory Polanco
singled to right with two outs and stole second. Moran drove him in with a base
hit to right for a 1-0 Pittsburgh lead.
The Pirates' Jordan Luplow led
off the seventh with a base hit to left, moved to second on Cervelli's bunt, to
third on Jordy Mercer's single to left and scored on Freese's pinch-hit
groundout. Frazier drove in Mercer with a double for a 3-0 lead.
Against Mets reliever Robert
Gsellman in the eighth, Polanco opened with a double off the wall in right and
scored on Moran's single to left to make it 4-0. Two outs later, Cervelli hit
an RBI single for a 5-0 lead.
GAME NOTES
With the win the improve their record to 55-51 while Mets
drop their record to 43-59. The Pirates remain 6 games behind the first place
Chicago Cubs. The Pirates move to within 3 games of the Milwaukee Brewers for
first place in the wildcard
THE PIRATES...have gone 13-2 in their last 15 games...Won 11
straight games between 7/11-24...Have won 15 of their last 18 games and have
gone 19-10 in their last 29...Have gone 16-8 this month; the fifth-best record
in all of MLB behind the Red Sox (17-5), Rockies (15-5), Dodgers (16-7) and
Athletics (15-7)...Were a season-high nine games over .500 following the action
on 5/17 (26-17)...Were 51-55 after 106 games in 2017 (51-56 after 107).
BUCCO BLANKINGS: Last night’s 5-0 shutout of the Mets marked
Pittsburgh’s 12th of the season - tops in the Majors and matching the club’s
total from last year...The last season in which the Pirates had more than 12
blanking’s was 2013 (16).
FLYING HIGH IN JULY: In his eight seasons as Bucco manager, Clint
Hurdle has guided the Pirates to a 120-83 record during the month of July (.591
winning percentage)...That record ranks second among all Major League teams
behind the Dodgers (123-71; .634) for the month of July.
BULLISH PEN: Since Pittsburgh’s 17-5 loss to the Phillies on 7/6,
the Bucco bullpen has posted a 2.54 ERA (56.2ip/16er) in 18 games, which
includes 7.0 scoreless frames over the last two games...The pen’s ERA since 7/7
ranks first among National League teams and second among all Major League teams
behind Oakland (2.26).
EXTRA! EXTRA!: Among all National League outfielders, Gregory
Polanco ranks first with 45 extra-base hits...His 18 home runs rank fifth among
N.L. outfielders and are four shy of his career high of 22, established in
2016. ON DECK: Following an off day tomorrow, the Pirates are scheduled to host
the Cubs for a brief two-game series beginning Tuesday night...The Bucs are 4-5
against the Cubs this season (1-2 at PNC Park and 3-3 on the road)...The nine-game
homestand concludes with three games against the Cardinals beginning Friday
night.
FIRST THINGS FIRST: The Pirates have won each of their last 13
games when they have scored the first run...Overall this season, the Bucs are
39-15 when scoring first and 16-36 when the opposing team plates the first run.
DOING SOME YARD WORK: The Pirates have homered in 11 of their last
13 games, connecting for a total of 25 taters in that span...Entering today’s
action, the Bucs lead all National League teams with 34 home runs hit during
the month of July (the Yankees lead all teams with 35)...The 34 home runs hit
this month are six behind the club record for the month of July (40 in 1966)
and represent the most hit in the month since the club clubbed 39 in 2012.
FROM THE TOP: The Pirates have used 11 different starters in the
leadoff spot this season, matching the most in one season for the club since
1900 (also used 11 in 1956)...In the last 10 games, the players appearing in
the leadoff spot have combined to hit .432 (19-for-44) with 11 RBI and 14 runs
scored.
TOP GAME PERFORMANCES
STARTING PITCHERS
|
NY METS
|
|
PITTSBURGH
|
|
Player
|
||
|
Loss
|
W/L
|
Win
|
|
7.0
|
IP
|
6.0
|
|
5
|
Strikeouts
|
5
|
|
8
|
Hits
|
5
|
|
3.86
|
ERA
|
0.00
|
HITTING
|
NY METS
|
|
PITTSBURGH
|
|
Player
|
||
|
2
|
Hits
|
3
|
|
0
|
RBI
|
1
|
|
0
|
HR
|
0
|
|
3
|
TB
|
4
|
|
.667
|
Avg
|
.750
|
TEAM STATS SUMMARY
|
TEAM
|
HITS
|
HR
|
TB
|
AVG
|
LOB
|
K
|
RBI
|
BB
|
SB
|
ERRORS
|
|
6
|
0
|
7
|
.188
|
16
|
11
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
|
|
11
|
0
|
14
|
.324
|
14
|
6
|
5
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
SCORING SUMMARY
|
INNING
|
NYM
|
PIT
|
|||
|
Pirates
|
6th
|
Moran singled to right, Polanco scored.
|
0
|
1
|
|
|
Pirates
|
7th
|
Freese grounded out to shortstop, Luplow scored, Mercer
to second.
|
0
|
2
|
|
|
Pirates
|
7th
|
Frazier doubled to right, Mercer scored.
|
0
|
3
|
|
|
Pirates
|
8th
|
Moran singled to right, Polanco scored.
|
0
|
4
|
|
|
Pirates
|
8th
|
Cervelli singled to center, Luplow scored.
|
0
|
5
|
|
FINAL SCORING SUMMARY
|
FINAL
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
R
|
H
|
E
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
-
|
5
|
11
|
0
|
NY Mets
|
Hitters
|
Pos
|
AB
|
R
|
H
|
RBI
|
BB
|
K
|
LOB
|
Avg
|
|
SS
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
.245
|
|
|
CF
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
5
|
.254
|
|
|
1B
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
.266
|
|
|
LF
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
.230
|
|
|
RF
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
.220
|
|
|
2B
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
.333
|
|
|
C
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
.227
|
|
|
3B
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
.167
|
|
|
SP
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
.111
|
|
|
RP
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.000
|
|
|
Totals
|
32
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
3
|
11
|
16
|
|
|
|
Batting
|
|||||||||
|
2B - Jacob deGrom (1)
|
|||||||||
|
TB - Michael Conforto, Jose Bautista, Jeff
McNeil, Devin Mesoraco, Jacob deGrom 3
|
|||||||||
|
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Brandon
Nimmo 3 (29), Wilmer Flores (21)
|
|||||||||
|
GIDP - Devin Mesoraco (9)
|
|||||||||
|
Team LOB - 8
|
|||||||||
|
Baserunning
|
|||||||||
|
SB - Amed Rosario (9, 2nd off
Santana/Cervelli)
|
|||||||||
|
Pitchers
|
IP
|
H
|
R
|
ER
|
BB
|
K
|
HR
|
ERA
|
|
Jacob
deGrom (L 5-6)
|
7.0
|
8
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
1.82
|
|
1.0
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
4.27
|
|
|
Pitches-Strikes - Jacob deGrom 94-71,
Robert Gsellman 24-14
|
||||||||
|
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jacob deGrom 7-4,
Robert Gsellman 1-0
|
||||||||
|
Batters Faced - Jacob deGrom 29, Robert
Gsellman 7
|
||||||||
Pittsburgh
|
Hitters
|
Pos
|
AB
|
R
|
H
|
RBI
|
BB
|
K
|
LOB
|
Avg
|
|
2B
|
4
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
.262
|
|
|
RP
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.000
|
|
|
RP
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.000
|
|
|
CF
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
.286
|
|
|
RF
|
4
|
2
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
.242
|
|
|
3B
|
4
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
.268
|
|
|
1B
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
.180
|
|
|
LF
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
.206
|
|
|
C
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.239
|
|
|
SS
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
.260
|
|
|
SP
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
.069
|
|
|
RP
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.000
|
|
|
PH
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
.287
|
|
|
2B
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
.165
|
|
|
Totals
|
34
|
5
|
11
|
5
|
1
|
6
|
14
|
|
|
|
Batting
|
|||||||||
|
2B - Adam Frazier (7), Gregory Polanco 2
(24)
|
|||||||||
|
TB - Adam Frazier 4, Gregory Polanco 5,
Colin Moran 2, Jordan Luplow, Francisco Cervelli, Jordy Mercer
|
|||||||||
|
RBI - Adam Frazier (10), Colin Moran 2
(39), Francisco Cervelli (37), David Freese (33)
|
|||||||||
|
2-Out RBI - Adam Frazier (3), Colin Moran
(20), Francisco Cervelli (26)
|
|||||||||
|
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Starling
Marte (25), Sean Rodriguez (18)
|
|||||||||
|
S - Francisco Cervelli (1)
|
|||||||||
|
Team LOB - 7
|
|||||||||
|
Baserunning
|
|||||||||
|
SB - Gregory Polanco (5, 2nd off
deGrom/Mesoraco), Jordan Luplow (1, 2nd off Gsellman/Mesoraco)
|
|||||||||
|
Pitchers
|
IP
|
H
|
R
|
ER
|
BB
|
K
|
HR
|
ERA
|
|
Trevor
Williams (W 9-7)
|
6.0
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
5
|
0
|
3.89
|
|
Edgar
Santana (H 14)
|
1.0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
3.02
|
|
Kyle Crick (H
9)
|
1.0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
2.02
|
|
1.0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
2.83
|
|
|
Pitches-Strikes - Trevor Williams 97-59,
Edgar Santana 15-10, Kyle Crick 18-11, Richard Rodriguez 13-7
|
||||||||
|
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Trevor Williams
6-2, Edgar Santana 1-1, Kyle Crick 0-0, Richard Rodriguez 0-1
|
||||||||
|
Batters Faced - Trevor Williams 25, Edgar
Santana 4, Kyle Crick 3, Richard Rodriguez 3
|
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