Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Pittsburgh 8,
Atlanta 5
When: 7:05 PM ET, Monday, May 16, 2016
Where: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Temperature: 62°
Umpires: Home - Jerry Meals, 1B - Ron Kulpa, 2B - Paul Nauert, 3B - Chris Conroy
Attendance: 16905
Where: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Temperature: 62°
Umpires: Home - Jerry Meals, 1B - Ron Kulpa, 2B - Paul Nauert, 3B - Chris Conroy
Attendance: 16905
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Atlanta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 8 | 14 | 1 |
Atlanta
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Nick Markakis | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .257 |
| Ender Inciarte | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .191 |
| Freddie Freeman | 1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .284 |
| Jeff Francoeur | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .241 |
| Kelly Johnson | 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .240 |
| Tyler Flowers | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .246 |
| Chase d'Arnaud | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .304 |
| Erick Aybar | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .181 |
| Williams Perez | SP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Reid Brignac | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 |
| Alexi Ogando | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Eric O'Flaherty | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Mallex Smith | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .236 |
| Totals | 35 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Nick Markakis (12), Freddie Freeman 2 (8) | |||||||||
| 3B - Chase d'Arnaud (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Jeff Francoeur (1), Kelly Johnson (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Nick Markakis 2, Ender Inciarte, Freddie Freeman 4, Jeff Francoeur 4, Kelly Johnson 5, Tyler Flowers, Chase d'Arnaud 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Jeff Francoeur 3 (10), Kelly Johnson 2 (9) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jeff Francoeur 2 (9), Erick Aybar (12), Williams Perez (1) | |||||||||
| S - Ender Inciarte (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Tyler Flowers (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Williams Perez (L 1-1) | 6.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.78 |
| Alexi Ogando | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.63 |
| Eric O'Flaherty | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.22 |
| WP - Williams Perez, Alexi Ogando | ||||||||
| IBB - Jordy Mercer (by Perez) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Williams Perez 96-59, Alexi Ogando 26-18, Eric O'Flaherty 24-14 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Williams Perez 12-3, Alexi Ogando 0-0, Eric O'Flaherty 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Williams Perez 29, Alexi Ogando 6, Eric O'Flaherty 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Eric O'Flaherty 1-0 | ||||||||
Pittsburgh
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| John Jaso | 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .279 |
| Sean Rodriguez | PH-1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .314 |
| Andrew McCutchen | CF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .243 |
| Gregory Polanco | LF | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .295 |
| David Freese | 3B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .279 |
| Francisco Cervelli | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .276 |
| Matt Joyce | RF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .372 |
| Josh Harrison | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .304 |
| Jordy Mercer | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .276 |
| Jon Niese | SP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 |
| Alen Hanson | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Neftali Feliz | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Cory Luebke | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jared Hughes | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Cole Figueroa | PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 |
| Mark Melancon | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 38 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 21 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 3B - Josh Harrison (2) | |||||||||
| HR - Matt Joyce (5) | |||||||||
| TB - John Jaso, Sean Rodriguez, Gregory Polanco 3, David Freese 2, Francisco Cervelli, Matt Joyce 6, Josh Harrison 3, Jordy Mercer, Cole Figueroa | |||||||||
| RBI - Francisco Cervelli 2 (18), Matt Joyce 3 (15), Josh Harrison 2 (20) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Matt Joyce 3 (9), Josh Harrison (13) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - David Freese 2 (18), Jordy Mercer (15), Jon Niese (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Gregory Polanco (5, 2nd off Ogando/Flowers) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Jordy Mercer (4) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jon Niese (W 4-2) | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5.28 |
| Neftali Feliz | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.05 |
| Cory Luebke | 0.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14.73 |
| Jared Hughes (H 1) | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.57 |
| Mark Melancon (SV 12) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.81 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Jon Niese 97-61, Neftali Feliz 15-12, Cory Luebke 7-7, Jared Hughes 6-5, Mark Melancon 13-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jon Niese 10-0, Neftali Feliz 0-2, Cory Luebke 1-0, Jared Hughes 0-1, Mark Melancon 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jon Niese 25, Neftali Feliz 3, Cory Luebke 4, Jared Hughes 3, Mark Melancon 3 | ||||||||