PIRATES BULLPEN GETS THE JOB

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PITTSBURGH 7, ST. LOUIS 6

WHEN: 7:05 PM ET, Friday, August 3, 2018
WHERE: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
TEMPERATURE: 81°
UMPIRES: Home - Lance Barksdale, 1B - Ted Barrett, 2B - Will Little, 3B - Ben May
ATTENDANCE: 26773

Adam Frazier's two-out RBI single in the eighth inning, his third hit, gave the Pittsburgh Pirates a 7-6 win Friday over the visiting St. Louis Cardinals.

It was 6-6 entering the bottom of the eighth after the Pirates blew a four-run lead. Josh Harrison got a one-out infield single against Jordan Hicks (3-3), and Jordy Mercer walked. An out later, Frazier ripped the ball up the middle to bring Harrison home.

Gregory Polanco tripled and had three RBIs for Pittsburgh, which moved into third place alone in the National League Central after the clubs entered the game with identical records.

Matt Carpenter was 2 for 4 with a homer and two walks for St. Louis.

Right-hander Chris Archer, making his Pirates debut, allowed five runs, four earned, and seven hits in 4 1/3 innings, with six strikeouts and four walks.

Reliever Keone Kela also made his Pittsburgh debut, pitching a scoreless seventh. Kyle Crick (2-1) gave up the tying run in the eighth but picked up the win. Felipe Vazquez pitched the ninth for his 25th save.

St. Louis right-hander John Gant gave up six runs and eight hits in four innings, with five strikeouts and a walk.

Carpenter, the first batter to face Archer, sent a 2-0 pitch over the wall in right-center for his 27th homer and a 1-0 St. Louis lead.

Pittsburgh took a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the first on Polanco's two-run triple and Colin Moran's sacrifice fly.

The Cardinals drew to within 3-2 on Yairo Munoz's RBI double in the second inning.

The Pirates ran their lead to 6-2 in the third as Polanco brought in a run on a sacrifice fly, another scored on Francisco Cervelli's base hit, and a third on Harrison's RBI single.

The Cardinals drew to within 6-5 in the fifth. Jedd Gyorko and Dexter Fowler each hit one-out RBI singles to chase Archer. Against Edgar Santana, Munoz drove in another with a single.

St. Louis tied it in the eighth on Gyorko's RBI groundout.

TOP GAME PERFORMANCES

STARTING PITCHERS

ST. LOUIS		PITTSBURGH
JOHN GANT	PLAYER	CHRIS ARCHER
No Decision	W/L	No Decision
4.0	IP	4.1
5	Strikeouts	6
8	Hits	7
13.50	ERA	8.31

HITTING

ST. LOUIS		PITTSBURGH
YAIRO MUNOZ	PLAYER	ADAM FRAZIER
3	Hits	3
1	RBI	1
0	HR	0
4	TB	4
.750	Avg	.600

TEAM STATS SUMMARY

TEAM	HITS	HR	TB	AVG	LOB	K	RBI	BB	SB	ERRORS
St. Louis	15	1	21	.366	32	8	6	6	0	0
Pittsburgh	12	0	16	.353	13	8	7	2	0	1

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SCORING SUMMARY

INNING

Cardinals 1st     Carpenter homered to right center (406 feet).              1-0

Pirates 1st        Polanco tripled to deep right, Frazier and Marte scored.  1-2

Pirates 1st        Moran hit sacrifice fly to left, Polanco scored.    1-3

Cardinals 2nd    Muñoz doubled to right, Gyorko scored, Fowler to third. 2-3

Pirates 3rd        Polanco hit sacrifice fly to center, Frazier scored.           2-4

Pirates 3rd        Cervelli singled to center, Marte scored, Moran to third.  2-5

Pirates 3rd        Harrison singled to left, Moran scored, Cervelli to second.          2-6

Cardinals 5th     Gyorko singled to right center, DeJong scored, O'Neill to third.   3-6

Cardinals 5th     Fowler singled to shallow right center, O'Neill scored, Gyorko to second.            4          6

Cardinals 5th     J. Martínez grounded out to third, Gyorko scored, Fowler to third, Muñoz to second.  5-6

Cardinals 8th     Gyorko grounded out to second, Ozuna scored, O'Neill to third.            6-6

Pirates 8th        Frazier singled to center, Harrison scored, Mercer to second.                6-7

FINAL SCORING SUMMARY

FINAL	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	6	15	0
Pittsburgh	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	-	7	12	1

St. Louis

Hitters	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Avg
Matt Carpenter	1B-3B	4	1	2	1	2	0	1	.281
Yadier Molina	C-1B	6	0	1	0	0	2	8	.282
Paul DeJong	SS	4	1	1	0	1	2	4	.243
Marcell Ozuna	LF	5	1	1	0	0	0	3	.267
Tyler O'Neill	CF	5	1	3	0	0	2	2	.309
Jedd Gyorko	3B-2B	4	2	2	2	1	0	2	.252
Dexter Fowler	RF	4	0	2	1	1	1	2	.180
Francisco Pena	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.198
Yairo Munoz	2B-RF	4	0	3	1	1	0	3	.296
John Gant	SP	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000
Jose Martinez	PH	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	.293
John Brebbia	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Greg Garcia	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234
Tyler Webb	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Harrison Bader	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.273
Jordan Hicks	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals		41	6	15	6	6	8	32
Batting
2B - Matt Carpenter (32), Marcell Ozuna (11), Yairo Munoz (11)
HR - Matt Carpenter (27)
TB - Matt Carpenter 6, Yadier Molina, Paul DeJong, Marcell Ozuna 2, Tyler O'Neill 3, Jedd Gyorko 2, Dexter Fowler 2, Yairo Munoz 4
RBI - Matt Carpenter (58), Jedd Gyorko 2 (33), Dexter Fowler (31), Yairo Munoz (31), Jose Martinez (62)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Yadier Molina 2 (42), Paul DeJong 2 (27), Dexter Fowler (29), Yairo Munoz 2 (21), Harrison Bader (18)
Team LOB - 16

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
John Gant	4.0	8	6	6	1	5	0	4.12
John Brebbia	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3.82
Tyler Webb	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7.00
Jordan Hicks (L 3-3)	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	3.18
Pitches-Strikes - John Gant 71-45, John Brebbia 26-17, Tyler Webb 16-11, Jordan Hicks 22-15
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - John Gant 3-3, John Brebbia 0-2, Tyler Webb 1-1, Jordan Hicks 1-1
Batters Faced - John Gant 21, John Brebbia 7, Tyler Webb 4, Jordan Hicks 6

Pittsburgh

Hitters	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Avg
Adam Frazier	LF	5	2	3	1	0	1	0	.269
Felipe Vazquez	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Starling Marte	CF	5	2	3	0	0	0	2	.289
Gregory Polanco	RF	3	1	1	3	0	0	1	.253
David Freese	1B	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	.290
Colin Moran	3B	2	1	0	1	1	1	2	.266
Francisco Cervelli	C	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	.255
Josh Harrison	2B	4	1	2	1	0	1	1	.254
Jordy Mercer	SS	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	.257
Chris Archer	SP	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
Edgar Santana	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Richard Rodriguez	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Christopher Bostick	PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Keone Kela	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Kyle Crick	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Jose Osuna	PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.169
Jordan Luplow	LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171
Totals		34	7	12	7	2	8	13
Batting
2B - Adam Frazier (8), Starling Marte (18)
3B - Gregory Polanco (5)
TB - Adam Frazier 4, Starling Marte 4, Gregory Polanco 3, David Freese 2, Francisco Cervelli, Josh Harrison 2
RBI - Adam Frazier (11), Gregory Polanco 3 (62), Colin Moran (40), Francisco Cervelli (41), Josh Harrison (29)
2-Out RBI - Adam Frazier (4), Francisco Cervelli (30), Josh Harrison (13)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Starling Marte (26), Jordy Mercer (26)
SF - Gregory Polanco (6), Colin Moran (5)
Team LOB - 7
Fielding
E - Jordy Mercer (7)
Outfield Assists - Starling Marte (Ozuna at 3rd), Gregory Polanco (Carpenter at Home)

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Chris Archer	4.1	7	5	4	4	6	1	8.31
Edgar Santana	1.1	3	0	0	2	0	0	2.92
Richard Rodriguez (H 5)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.02
Keone Kela (H 1)	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Kyle Crick (W 2-1; BS 1)	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	2.14
Felipe Vazquez (SV 25)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.09
HBP - Paul DeJong (by Archer), Marcell Ozuna (by Crick)
IBB - Matt Carpenter (by Archer), Matt Carpenter (by Santana)
Pitches-Strikes - Chris Archer 95-57, Edgar Santana 35-21, Richard Rodriguez 5-3, Keone Kela 16-10, Kyle Crick 21-14, Felipe Vazquez 15-12
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Chris Archer 4-2, Edgar Santana 3-0, Richard Rodriguez 1-0, Keone Kela 0-0, Kyle Crick 3-0, Felipe Vazquez 0-2
Batters Faced - Chris Archer 25, Edgar Santana 9, Richard Rodriguez 1, Keone Kela 4, Kyle Crick 6, Felipe Vazquez 4
Inherited Runners-Scored - Edgar Santana 2-1, Richard Rodriguez 3-0