Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Pittsburgh 2,
Kansas City 1
When: 7:05 PM ET, Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Where: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Temperature: 80°
Umpires: Home - Scott Barry, 1B - John Libka, 2B - Carlos Torres, 3B - Paul Nauert
Attendance: 11566
Where: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Temperature: 80°
Umpires: Home - Scott Barry, 1B - John Libka, 2B - Carlos Torres, 3B - Paul Nauert
Attendance: 11566
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | X | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B-2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .301 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .284 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .244 |
| Jorge Bonifacio | RF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .235 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .279 |
| Salvador Perez | PH-1B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .236 |
| Alcides Escobar | 3B-2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .218 |
| Jake Newberry | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Burch Smith | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Brian Goodwin | CF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .288 |
| Hunter Dozier | PH-3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .233 |
| Meibrys Viloria | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .200 |
| Eric Skoglund | SP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Brandon Maurer | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Rosell Herrera | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .232 |
| Jason Hammel | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Tim Hill | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Brett Phillips | CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .202 |
| Totals | 38 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Alex Gordon (24), Alcides Escobar (21), Hunter Dozier (18) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield, Alex Gordon 2, Ryan O'Hearn, Salvador Perez, Alcides Escobar 2, Brian Goodwin, Hunter Dozier 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Hunter Dozier (30) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Hunter Dozier (13) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jorge Bonifacio (17) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Alcides Escobar (12) | |||||||||
| PB - Salvador Perez (5) | |||||||||
| PO - Eric Skoglund (Marte at 1st) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Eric Skoglund | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.60 |
| Brandon Maurer | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.98 |
| Jason Hammel | 1.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.98 |
| Tim Hill | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.46 |
| Jake Newberry | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.45 |
| Burch Smith (L 1-6) | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.75 |
| IBB - Adam Frazier (by Smith) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Eric Skoglund 85-56, Brandon Maurer 8-6, Jason Hammel 27-22, Tim Hill 2-1, Jake Newberry 10-4, Burch Smith 31-17 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Eric Skoglund 3-4, Brandon Maurer 2-1, Jason Hammel 1-1, Tim Hill 1-0, Jake Newberry 0-1, Burch Smith 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Eric Skoglund 21, Brandon Maurer 4, Jason Hammel 6, Tim Hill 1, Jake Newberry 2, Burch Smith 8 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Tim Hill 2-0, Jake Newberry 2-0 | ||||||||
Pittsburgh
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Pablo Reyes | RF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .435 |
| Starling Marte | CF | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .276 |
| Josh Bell | 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .266 |
| Francisco Cervelli | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .255 |
| Jordan Luplow | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .192 |
| Adam Frazier | PH-LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .282 |
| Jose Osuna | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .205 |
| Colin Moran | PH-3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .277 |
| Elias Diaz | PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
| Edgar Santana | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Kyle Crick | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Ryan Lavarnway | PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Josh Harrison | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .251 |
| Jordy Mercer | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .249 |
| Jameson Taillon | SP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .057 |
| Richard Rodriguez | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Corey Dickerson | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .292 |
| Felipe Vazquez | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Kevin Kramer | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .158 |
| Totals | 38 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Josh Bell (30) | |||||||||
| HR - Colin Moran (10) | |||||||||
| TB - Pablo Reyes 2, Starling Marte 3, Josh Bell 3, Colin Moran 4, Ryan Lavarnway | |||||||||
| RBI - Colin Moran (53), Ryan Lavarnway (1) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Colin Moran (29) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Francisco Cervelli (45), Josh Harrison 2 (21) | |||||||||
| S - Francisco Cervelli (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Pablo Reyes (1, 2nd by Hammel/Viloria), Starling Marte (13, 2nd by Skoglund/Viloria) | |||||||||
| PO - Starling Marte (1st by Skoglund) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Pablo Reyes (O'Hearn at Home), Jordan Luplow (Perez at Home) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jameson Taillon | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 3.24 |
| Richard Rodriguez (H 11) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.53 |
| Felipe Vazquez (BS 5) | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.91 |
| Edgar Santana | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.71 |
| Kyle Crick (W 3-2) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.51 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Jameson Taillon 104-70, Richard Rodriguez 19-11, Felipe Vazquez 16-11, Edgar Santana 17-10, Kyle Crick 10-7 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jameson Taillon 6-2, Richard Rodriguez 0-0, Felipe Vazquez 0-0, Edgar Santana 1-1, Kyle Crick 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jameson Taillon 25, Richard Rodriguez 4, Felipe Vazquez 5, Edgar Santana 4, Kyle Crick 3 | ||||||||