Monday, September 24, 2018

PIRATES CAN’T KEEP UP WITH THE BREWERS


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MILWAUKEE 13, PITTSBURGH 6
WHEN: 1:35 PM ET, Sunday, September 23, 2018
WHERE: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
TEMPERATURE: 66°
UMPIRES: Home - Mike Winters, 1B - Ryan Blakney, 2B - Marty Foster, 3B - Mike Muchlinski
ATTENDANCE: 20623
Christian Yelich and Travis Shaw hit towering home runs Sunday as the visiting Milwaukee Brewers clobbered the Pittsburgh Pirates 13-6.
Milwaukee scored four runs on wild pitches, two on bases-loaded walks and one on a bases-loaded hit batsman.
The Brewers won two of three in the weekend series after having trouble with Pittsburgh all year. The Pirates won the season series 12-7.
Milwaukee (89-67) remains 2 1/2 games behind the first-place Chicago Cubs (91-64) in the National League Central and two games in front of the St. Louis Cardinals (87-69) in the race for the first NL wild card.
Josh Harrison and Jordy Mercer hit two-run doubles and Adam Frazier homered for Pittsburgh (78-76).
Milwaukee starter Wade Miley pitched four-plus innings, giving up four runs (three earned) and four hits. Corey Knebel (3-3) finished the fifth with three strikeouts.
Pirates right-hander Nick Kingham (5-7), making a spot start after Joe Musgrove got shut down because of an abdominal issue, lasted 1 1/3 innings, giving up six runs (five earned) and seven hits.
In the first, Milwaukee loaded the bases on three singles and took a 1-0 lead when Kingham hit Mike Moustakas with a pitch.
The Brewers added five in the second. Orlando Arcia doubled and Miley walked. An out later, Yelich cracked a 439-foot homer to right-center for a 4-0 lead.
Lorenzo Cain reached on an error before Shaw let loose with a 425-foot homer that reached the Allegheny River on a bounce and roll, making it 6-0.
In the third with runners at the corners, reliever Tanner Anderson's wild pitch upped Milwaukee's lead to 7-0.
Through four innings, Miley gave up one hit, a second-inning single to Elias Diaz. In the fifth, Daiz led off with a walk. Jordan Luplow singled and Jose Osuna reached on an error to load the bases. Harrison and Mercer followed with successive two-run doubles to close the deficit to 7-4.
Pittsburgh reliever Steven Brault left with the bases loaded and no outs in the sixth. Michael Feliz walked in two runs, then dished up an inaccurate pitch that led to all three runners scoring. Two came home on the wild pitch, a third runner came around when Feliz committed an error by failing to catch the throw to the plate from catcher Diaz.
Moustakas' leadoff homer to right made it 13-4 in the eighth, and Frazier hit a two-run homer in the ninth for the final score.
TOP GAME PERFORMANCES
STARTING PITCHERS
MILWAUKEE

PITTSBURGH
Player
No Decision
W/L
Loss
4.0
IP
1.1
1
Strikeouts
2
4
Hits
7
6.75
ERA
33.75
HITTING
MILWAUKEE

PITTSBURGH
Player
2
Hits
1
2
RBI
2
1
HR
1
5
TB
4
.667
Avg
1.000
TEAM STATS SUMMARY
TEAM
Hits
HR
TB
Avg
LOB
K
RBI
BB
SB
Errors
12
3
23
.308
27
6
9
9
2
1
6
1
11
.182
9
9
6
1
0
2
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SCORING SUMMARY
INNING
MIL
PIT

Brewers
1st
Moustakas hit by pitch, Yelich scored, Cain to third, Shaw to second.
1
0
Brewers
2nd
Yelich homered to right center (439 feet), Arcia and Miley scored.
4
0
Brewers
2nd
Shaw homered to left (425 feet), Cain scored.
6
0
Brewers
3rd
Granderson scored, Cain to third on wild pitch by Anderson.
7
0
Pirates
5th
Harrison doubled to deep center, Díaz and Luplow scored, Osuna to third.
7
2
Pirates
5th
Mercer doubled to deep right, Osuna and Harrison scored.
7
4
Brewers
6th
Braun walked, Cain scored, Shaw to third, Aguilar to second.
8
4
Brewers
6th
Arcia walked, Shaw scored, Aguilar to third, Braun to second.
9
4
Brewers
6th
Aguilar scored, Braun to third, Arcia to second on wild pitch by Feliz, Arcia and Braun scored on error by pitcher Feliz.
12
4
Brewers
8th
Moustakas homered to right (405 feet).
13
4
Pirates
9th
Frazier homered to right (377 feet), Osuna scored.
13
6
FINAL SCORING SUMMARY

FINAL
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
1
5
1
0
0
5
0
1
0
13
12
1
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
2
6
6
2
Milwaukee
Hitters
Pos
AB
R
H
RBI
BB
K
LOB
Avg
RF-LF
6
1
2
0
0
1
3
.205
LF
3
2
2
3
1
1
0
.322
     Domingo Santana
RF
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
.260
CF
5
2
2
0
0
0
3
.308
     Keon Broxton
CF
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
.187
2B-1B
4
2
2
2
2
0
2
.242
1B
4
1
1
0
1
1
4
.274
     Jordan Lyles
RP
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
     Tyler Saladino
PH
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
.254
     Matt Albers
RP
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
3B
3
1
2
2
1
1
3
.257
C
3
0
0
0
0
0
6
.247
     Ryan Braun
PH
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
.248
     Manny Pina
C
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.248
SS
4
2
1
1
1
0
2
.221
SP
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
.185
     Corey Knebel
RP
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
     Eric Thames
PH
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
.218
     Corbin Burnes
RP
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
     Hernan Perez
2B
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.255
Totals
39
13
12
9
9
6
27

Batting
2B - Curtis Granderson (1), Orlando Arcia (14)
HR - Christian Yelich (32), Travis Shaw (31), Mike Moustakas (8)
TB - Curtis Granderson 3, Christian Yelich 5, Lorenzo Cain 2, Travis Shaw 5, Jesus Aguilar, Mike Moustakas 5, Orlando Arcia 2
RBI - Christian Yelich 3 (96), Travis Shaw 2 (83), Mike Moustakas 2 (30), Ryan Braun (54), Orlando Arcia (28)
2-Out RBI - Mike Moustakas (11), Ryan Braun (31), Orlando Arcia (17)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Travis Shaw (51), Jesus Aguilar (60), Tyler Saladino (15), Erik Kratz 2 (17), Orlando Arcia 2 (35)
GIDP - Erik Kratz (7)
Team LOB - 10
Baserunning
SB - Christian Yelich (21, 2nd off Feliz/Diaz), Lorenzo Cain (29, 2nd off Anderson/Diaz)
Fielding
E - Mike Moustakas (2)

Pitchers
IP
H
R
ER
BB
K
HR
ERA
4.0
4
4
3
1
1
0
2.32
Corey Knebel (W 3-3)
1.0
0
0
0
0
3
0
3.93
1.0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2.65
2.0
0
0
0
0
2
0
4.20
1.0
2
2
2
0
2
1
7.34
HBP - Colin Moran (by Lyles)
Pitches-Strikes - Wade Miley 73-44, Corey Knebel 13-9, Corbin Burnes 15-9, Jordan Lyles 20-13, Matt Albers 25-19
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Wade Miley 8-1, Corey Knebel 0-0, Corbin Burnes 1-0, Jordan Lyles 1-2, Matt Albers 1-0
Batters Faced - Wade Miley 17, Corey Knebel 3, Corbin Burnes 3, Jordan Lyles 7, Matt Albers 5
Inherited Runners-Scored - Corey Knebel 1-0
Pittsburgh
Hitters
Pos
AB
R
H
RBI
BB
K
LOB
Avg
RF-LF
4
0
0
0
0
1
2
.324
CF
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
.274
     Kevin Kramer
PH-3B
2
0
0
0
0
2
2
.120
1B
4
0
0
0
0
0
1
.268
C
3
1
1
0
1
2
0
.285
LF-CF
4
1
1
0
0
0
1
.188
3B-RF
4
2
1
0
0
0
2
.205
2B
3
1
1
2
0
1
0
.252
     Adam Frazier
2B
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
.291
SS
3
0
1
2
0
1
0
.250
     Kevin Newman
SS
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
.188
SP
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.091
     Tanner Anderson
RP
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
     Ryan Lavarnway
PH
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
.750
     Steven Brault
RP
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.158
     Michael Feliz
RP
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
RP
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
     Colin Moran
PH
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.278
     Nick Burdi
RP
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
Totals
33
6
6
6
1
9
9

Batting
2B - Josh Harrison (13), Jordy Mercer (29)
HR - Adam Frazier (10)
TB - Elias Diaz, Jordan Luplow, Jose Osuna, Josh Harrison 2, Adam Frazier 4, Jordy Mercer 2
RBI - Josh Harrison 2 (37), Adam Frazier 2 (35), Jordy Mercer 2 (39)
2-Out RBI - Adam Frazier 2 (18)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Kevin Kramer (4)
GIDP - Jordan Luplow (7)
Team LOB - 2
Fielding
E - Pablo Reyes (2), Michael Feliz (1)

Pitchers
IP
H
R
ER
BB
K
HR
ERA
Nick Kingham (L 5-7)
1.1
7
6
5
2
2
2
5.23
3.2
2
1
1
1
0
0
8.59
0.2
1
3
3
2
2
0
4.90
1.1
0
2
1
3
0
0
6.04
1.0
1
1
1
0
0
1
9.00
1.0
1
0
0
1
2
0
20.25
WP - Tanner Anderson, Steven Brault, Michael Feliz
HBP - Mike Moustakas (by Kingham), Christian Yelich (by Feliz)
Pitches-Strikes - Nick Kingham 51-32, Tanner Anderson 36-25, Steven Brault 24-11, Michael Feliz 30-13, Dovydas Neverauskas 22-15, Nick Burdi 19-11
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Nick Kingham 0-1, Tanner Anderson 8-1, Steven Brault 0-0, Michael Feliz 2-2, Dovydas Neverauskas 2-1, Nick Burdi 0-1
Batters Faced - Nick Kingham 15, Tanner Anderson 13, Steven Brault 5, Michael Feliz 8, Dovydas Neverauskas 4, Nick Burdi 5
Inherited Runners-Scored - Tanner Anderson 2-0, Michael Feliz 3-3



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