ATLANTA 6, PITTSBURGH 2
WHEN: 1:05 PM ET, Monday, March 11,
2019
WHERE: Champion Stadium, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
TEMPERATURE: 85°
UMPIRES: Home - Manny Gonzalez, 1B - Hunter Wendelstedt, 2B - Victor Carapazza, 3B - D.J. Reyburn
ATTENDANCE: 5668
WHERE: Champion Stadium, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
TEMPERATURE: 85°
UMPIRES: Home - Manny Gonzalez, 1B - Hunter Wendelstedt, 2B - Victor Carapazza, 3B - D.J. Reyburn
ATTENDANCE: 5668
Nick Kingham and Steven Brault have
a lot in common this spring. They’re competing for the same spot in the
Pirates’ rotation. They’re staying under the same roof. And they have the same
goal every time they take the mound: Get ahead of hitters.
Kingham struggled to do so as he started the Pirates’ 6-2 loss to
the Braves on Monday at Champion Stadium, while Brault avoided trouble by
throwing strikes when he needed to during a four-inning relief appearance.
Kingham allowed five runs on six hits and four walks while
striking out two in 3 2/3 innings against most of the Braves’ everyday
lineup. Ender
Inciarte hit a leadoff double, stole third base and scored
on a single by Josh
Donaldson. Ronald Acuna
Jr. then swatted a sinker off the scoreboard in left-center
field.
The Braves got to Kingham again in the third inning,
when Freddie
Freeman doubled and scored on a single by Nick Markakis.
A run-scoring groundout brought home Acuna, who walked earlier in the inning.
Overall, Kingham threw 43 of his 75 pitches for strikes.
Last time out, Kingham showed how effective he can be when
he’s ahead in the count. The right-hander limited most of Boston’s regular lineup
to two hits and struck out three without one walk over four innings on
Wednesday.
Brault has seemingly addressed that issue since a three-out,
four-walk appearance in Tampa on Feb. 28. He allowed only one run on three hits
and one walk during Monday’s outing -- and the lone run was scored on a pair of
ground-ball singles followed by a groundout.
Brault didn’t walk anybody in his first start of the spring.
After the rough outing in Tampa, he bounced back with a better (and walk-free)
performance in Sarasota last Tuesday. He felt his work on Monday was another
step in the right direction.
TRIPLED UP
The Pirates turned a rare 6-3-5 triple play to get Kingham
out of the second inning. After Charlie
Culberson doubled and Dansby
Swanson walked, Inciarte hit a grounder to Kevin Newman.
The shortstop stepped on second base and fired the ball to Jose Osuna at
first. Osuna stepped toward third base, then surprised everyone by taking
another step and throwing the ball across the infield. Colin Moran tagged out
Culberson, and the inning was over.
AROUND THE HORN
• Manager Clint Hurdle said the Pirates are reviewing video
of left-hander Francisco
Liriano’s four-walk, no-out performance in Tampa on Sunday. The
veteran made three walk-free appearances to start the spring, but he has walked
five of the last six hitters he’s faced.
“There’s something they were digging into today, because it
hadn’t shown up until the one walk in the last outing and then yesterday,”
Hurdle said. “I think it’s a time to bear down, peel back the tape and take
some good, close looks at it, which we are doing right now.”
• Non-roster outfielders Patrick Kivlehan and JB Shuck
continued their strong spring showings on Monday. Kivlehan started in left
field and went 3-for-3, bringing his average to .370 in 11 Grapefruit League
games. Shuck, batting .400 after 11 games, went 1-for-3 and played six innings
in center field.
• Kingham had a special guest in attendance on Monday: his
brother, Nolan. Also a pitcher, Nolan is in his first Minor League spring camp
after being selected by the Braves in the 12th round of last year’s Draft.
UP NEXT
The Pirates will return to LECOM Park on Tuesday to host the
Twins at 1:05 p.m. ET. Opening Day starter Jameson Taillon is scheduled to make
his first Grapefruit League start after pitching in simulated games all
spring. Jordan Lyles,
right-hander Michael Feliz and lefty Tyler Lyons are also expected to pitch.
The game will air on MLB Network, AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh, KDKA-FM and
the Pirates Radio Network.
SCORING SUMMARY
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INNING
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PGH
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ATL
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Braves
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1st
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Donaldson singled to center, Inciarte scored.
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0
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1
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Braves
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1st
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Acuña Jr. homered to center, Donaldson scored.
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0
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3
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Braves
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3rd
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Markakis singled to deep right, F. Freeman scored, Acuña
Jr. to third.
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0
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4
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Braves
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3rd
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McCann grounded out to shortstop, Acuña Jr. scored,
Neslony to second.
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0
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5
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Pirates
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4th
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Moran singled to center, Shuck scored, Osuna to second.
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1
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5
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Pirates
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4th
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Kivlehan singled to center, Osuna scored, Moran to second.
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2
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5
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||||
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Braves
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5th
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Neslony grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop,
Wilkins scored, Acuña Jr. out at second.
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2
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6
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Final Scoring Summary
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Final
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
R
|
H
|
E
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
7
|
0
|
|
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-
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6
|
10
|
0
|
Pittsburgh
|
Hitters
|
Pos
|
AB
|
R
|
H
|
RBI
|
BB
|
K
|
LOB
|
Avg
|
|
RF
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
.296
|
|
|
RF
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
.400
|
|
|
DH
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
.130
|
|
|
PH-DH
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
.091
|
|
|
CF
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
.400
|
|
|
CF
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.000
|
|
|
1B
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
.167
|
|
|
1B
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
.318
|
|
|
3B
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
.208
|
|
|
3B
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.364
|
|
|
LF
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.357
|
|
|
PR-LF
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.111
|
|
|
SS
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
5
|
.182
|
|
|
SS
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
.389
|
|
|
2B
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
.185
|
|
|
2B
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
.000
|
|
|
C
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
.133
|
|
|
C
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.267
|
|
|
Totals
|
33
|
2
|
7
|
2
|
1
|
12
|
15
|
|
|
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Batting
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TB - Pablo Reyes, J.B. Shuck, Colin Moran,
Patrick Kivlehan 3, Steven Baron
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RBI - Colin Moran (3), Patrick Kivlehan (5)
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Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jose
Osuna (3), Jacob Stallings (2)
|
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GIDP - Erik Gonzalez (1)
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Team LOB - 5
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|||||||||
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Pitchers
|
IP
|
H
|
R
|
ER
|
BB
|
K
|
HR
|
ERA
|
|
Nick
Kingham (L 1-2)
|
3.2
|
6
|
5
|
5
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
7.11
|
|
0.1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
4.0
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
6.30
|
|
|
HBP - Tyler Neslony (by Brault)
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Pitches-Strikes - Nick Kingham 12-12, Yeudy
Garcia 0-0, Steven Brault 13-13
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Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Nick Kingham 3-1,
Yeudy Garcia 0-1, Steven Brault 8-0
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Batters Faced - Nick Kingham 18, Yeudy Garcia
2, Steven Brault 15
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Atlanta
|
Hitters
|
Pos
|
AB
|
R
|
H
|
RBI
|
BB
|
K
|
LOB
|
Avg
|
|
CF
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
.240
|
|
|
CF
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.455
|
|
|
3B
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
.333
|
|
|
PH-3B
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
.233
|
|
|
3B
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.000
|
|
|
1B
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
.316
|
|
|
PR-1B
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.500
|
|
|
LF
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
.273
|
|
|
LF
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
.500
|
|
|
RF
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.364
|
|
|
PR-RF
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
.000
|
|
|
C
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
.417
|
|
|
C
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
.273
|
|
|
2B
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
.259
|
|
|
2B
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
.000
|
|
|
DH
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
.182
|
|
|
PH-DH
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
.300
|
|
|
SS
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
.200
|
|
|
SS
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.158
|
|
|
Totals
|
29
|
6
|
10
|
6
|
5
|
3
|
13
|
|
|
|
Batting
|
|||||||||
|
2B - Ender Inciarte 2 (2), Freddie Freeman
(2), Andy Wilkins (1), Charlie Culberson (2)
|
|||||||||
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HR - Ronald Acuna Jr. (2)
|
|||||||||
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TB - Ender Inciarte 4, Josh Donaldson, Freddie
Freeman 3, Andy Wilkins 2, Ronald Acuna Jr. 5, Nick Markakis, Charlie
Culberson 2
|
|||||||||
|
RBI - Josh Donaldson (1), Ronald Acuna Jr. 2
(3), Nick Markakis (1), Tyler Neslony (1), Brian McCann (2)
|
|||||||||
|
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Austin
Riley (1), Jefry Ramos (1), Johan Camargo (4)
|
|||||||||
|
GIDP - Brian McCann (1), Alex Jackson (1),
Dansby Swanson (1)
|
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|
Team LOB - 5
|
|||||||||
|
Baserunning
|
|||||||||
|
SB - Ender Inciarte (2, 3rd off Kingham/Stallings)
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Pitchers
|
IP
|
H
|
R
|
ER
|
BB
|
K
|
HR
|
ERA
|
|
Kyle Wright (W
1-0)
|
3.0
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
5
|
0
|
2.25
|
|
Jesse
Biddle (H 2)
|
1.0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
3.18
|
|
Touki
Toussaint (H 1)
|
4.0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
6.30
|
|
1.0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1.29
|
|
|
HBP - Jose Osuna (by Wright)
|
||||||||
|
Pitches-Strikes - Kyle Wright 9-9, Jesse
Biddle 4-4, Touki Toussaint 14-14, Sam Freeman 0-0
|
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|
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Kyle Wright 3-0,
Jesse Biddle 2-0, Touki Toussaint 3-3, Sam Freeman 0-1
|
||||||||
|
Batters Faced - Kyle Wright 14, Jesse Biddle
4, Touki Toussaint 14, Sam Freeman 3
|
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|
Inherited Runners-Scored - Jesse Biddle 2-1
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