Sunday, September 16, 2018

PIRATES PUT A SNAG INTO THE BREWERS PLAYOFF RUN


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PITTSBURGH 3, MILWAUKEE 1
WHEN: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, September 15, 2018
WHERE: Miller Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
TEMPERATURE: 77° 
UMPIRES: HOME - Tripp Gibson III, 1B - Adrian Johnson, 2B - Brian Gorman, 3B - Nic Lentz
ATTENDANCE: 37358

The Milwaukee Brewers couldn't muster much offense beyond Christian Yelich's 30th homer Saturday, falling 3-1 to the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates and losing ground in the National League Central.
The Brewers (85-64), who had their two-game winning streak halted, fell 2 1/2 games behind the first-place Chicago Cubs in the division. Milwaukee holds a 3 1/2-game lead over Colorado for the top NL wild-card spot.
Colin Moran and Francisco Cervelli each had an RBI double for the Pirates (73-74), who have won two of three.
Pittsburgh starter Ivan Nova (9-9) made his 200th major league appearance. Yelich's homer was the only run and one of four hits he allowed in six innings, with four strikeouts and a walk.
Felipe Vazquez pitched the ninth for his 33rd save.
Brewers starter Zach Davies (2-6) went five innings, giving up two runs and three hits, with three strikeouts and one walk.
Yelich's homer to left-center in the first gave Milwaukee a 1-0 lead.
In the second, Pittsburgh's Corey Dickerson drew a one-out walk. With two outs, Moran doubled to left and Dickerson raced home from first for a 1-1 tie.
The Pirates took the lead in the fourth. Josh Bell led off with an infield single and, like Dickerson earlier, raced home on a double, this one by Cervelli to make it 2-1.
In the sixth, Brewers reliever Dan Jennings got one out and yielded to Jacob Barnes. The first batter Barnes faced, Starling Marte, doubled to left. Bell walked.
With Cervelli at the plate, Marte and Bell executed a double steal. Catcher Erik Katz’s throw went into center for an error, allowing Marte to score for a 3-1 lead.
Cervelli was called out on strikes and objected. He and Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle were ejected.
In the seventh against Pittsburgh reliever Richard Rodriguez, Jesus Aguilar led off with a double and went to third on a wild pitch, but Rodriguez got two strikeouts sandwiched around a foul popup.
TOP GAME PERFORMANCES
STARTING PITCHERS
PITTSBURGH

MILWAUKEE
Ivan Nova
Player
Zach Davies
Win
W/L
Loss
6.0
IP
5.0
4
Strikeouts
3
4
Hits
3
1.50
ERA
3.60
HITTING
PITTSBURGH

MILWAUKEE
Josh Bell
Player
Jesus Aguilar
1
Hits
3
0
RBI
0
0
HR
0
1
TB
4
.333
Avg
.750
TEAM STATS SUMMARY
TEAM
Hits
HR
TB
Avg
LOB
K
RBI
BB
SB
Errors
PITTSBURGH
5
0
8
.167
9
8
2
4
2
0
MILWAUKEE
7
1
11
.212
17
8
1
2
0
1
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SCORING SUMMARY
INNING
PIT
MIL
Brewers
1st
Yelich homered to center (406 feet).
0
1
Pirates
2nd
Moran doubled to left, Dickerson scored.
1
1
Pirates
4th
Cervelli doubled to left, Bell scored.
2
1
Pirates
6th
Marte scored on throwing error by catcher Kratz.
3
1

FINAL SCORING SUMMARY
FINAL
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
PITTSBURGH
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
-
3
5
0
MILWAUKEE
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-
1
7
1
Pittsburgh
Hitters
Pos
AB
R
H
RBI
BB
K
LOB
Avg
Adam Frazier
2B
4
0
0
0
0
0
1
.282
Starling Marte
CF
4
1
1
0
0
1
0
.270
Josh Bell
1B
3
1
1
0
1
1
0
.263
Francisco Cervelli
C
3
0
1
1
0
1
1
.258
     Jacob Stallings
C
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.208
Corey Dickerson
LF
2
1
0
0
2
1
1
.289
Jordan Luplow
RF
3
0
0
0
1
0
4
.227
Colin Moran
3B
4
0
1
1
0
1
0
.278
Kevin Newman
SS
3
0
1
0
0
0
1
.180
Ivan Nova
SP
2
0
0
0
0
2
0
.020
     Kevin Kramer
PH
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
.214
     Richard Rodriguez
RP
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
     Kyle Crick
RP
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
     Felipe Vazquez
RP
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
Totals
30
3
5
2
4
8
9

Batting
2B - Starling Marte (26), Francisco Cervelli (13), Colin Moran (17)
TB - Starling Marte 2, Josh Bell, Francisco Cervelli 2, Colin Moran 2, Kevin Newman
RBI - Francisco Cervelli (53), Colin Moran (52)
2-Out RBI - Colin Moran (28)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jordan Luplow (4), Kevin Newman (5)
Team LOB - 4
Baserunning
CS - Jordan Luplow (1, 2nd by Lyles/Kratz)
SB - Starling Marte (32, 3rd off Barnes/Kratz), Josh Bell (1, 2nd off Barnes/Kratz)

Pitchers
IP
H
R
ER
BB
K
HR
ERA
Ivan Nova (W 9-9)
6.0
4
1
1
1
4
1
4.07
Richard Rodriguez (H 9)
1.0
1
0
0
0
2
0
2.61
Kyle Crick (H 14)
1.0
0
0
0
1
1
0
2.60
Felipe Vazquez (SV 33)
1.0
2
0
0
0
1
0
2.57
WP - Richard Rodriguez
Pitches-Strikes - Ivan Nova 76-53, Richard Rodriguez 17-12, Kyle Crick 17-10, Felipe Vazquez 17-11
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Ivan Nova 6-6, Richard Rodriguez 0-0, Kyle Crick 2-0, Felipe Vazquez 0-1
Batters Faced - Ivan Nova 22, Richard Rodriguez 4, Kyle Crick 4, Felipe Vazquez 5
Milwaukee
Hitters
Pos
AB
R
H
RBI
BB
K
LOB
Avg
Curtis Granderson
RF
3
0
0
0
1
1
1
.357
Christian Yelich
LF
4
1
2
1
0
0
1
.315
Lorenzo Cain
CF
4
0
1
0
0
1
3
.312
Travis Shaw
2B
3
0
0
0
0
1
1
.239
     Ryan Braun
PH
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
.250
Jesus Aguilar
1B
4
0
3
0
0
0
0
.274
     Keon Broxton
PR
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.188
Mike Moustakas
3B
4
0
0
0
0
2
4
.269
Erik Kratz
C
3
0
0
0
0
0
2
.243
     Domingo Santana
PH
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
.255
Orlando Arcia
SS
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
.221
     Jonathan Schoop
PH-SS
2
0
0
0
0
2
3
.196
Zach Davies
SP
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
     Tyler Saladino
PH
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
.261
     Dan Jennings
RP
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.667
     Jacob Barnes
RP
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
     Junior Guerra
RP
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.088
     Eric Thames
PH
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
.222
     Jordan Lyles
RP
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
Totals
33
1
7
1
2
8
17

Batting
2B - Jesus Aguilar (24)
HR - Christian Yelich (30)
TB - Christian Yelich 5, Lorenzo Cain, Ryan Braun, Jesus Aguilar 4
RBI - Christian Yelich (89)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Lorenzo Cain (38), Jonathan Schoop 2 (14)
GIDP - Erik Kratz (6)
Team LOB - 7
Fielding
E - Erik Kratz (2)

Pitchers
IP
H
R
ER
BB
K
HR
ERA
Zach Davies (L 2-6)
5.0
3
2
2
1
3
0
4.66
Dan Jennings 
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
3.16
Jacob Barnes 
0.1
1
1
0
2
1
0
3.55
Junior Guerra 
2.1
1
0
0
0
3
0
4.18
Jordan Lyles 
1.0
0
0
0
1
1
0
4.35
Pitches-Strikes - Zach Davies 88-55, Dan Jennings 4-2, Jacob Barnes 28-16, Junior Guerra 30-19, Jordan Lyles 18-9
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Zach Davies 6-1, Dan Jennings 1-0, Jacob Barnes 0-0, Junior Guerra 2-2, Jordan Lyles 0-0
Batters Faced - Zach Davies 18, Dan Jennings 1, Jacob Barnes 4, Junior Guerra 8, Jordan Lyles 3
Inherited Runners-Scored - Junior Guerra 2-0


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