PIT 5, NYY 9 | Mar 15, 2018 | The Best Box Score

Thursday, March 15, 2018•George M. Steinbrenner Field•64°F, Sunny

PIT

Pirates

NYY

Yankees

Final

WIN

Sonny Gray

LOSS

Brett McKinney

SAVE

Ben Heller

The Yankees defeated the Pirates 9-5.

★Gary Sánchez5 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 8: Tyler Austin homers (1) on a line drive to left center field.

Weather: 64°F, SunnyWind: 8 mph, L To RFirst pitch: 5:05 PM UTCT: 3:16Att: 10,146Venue: George M. Steinbrenner Field

Win Probability

NYY WinPIT Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	6	1
NYY	1	0	3	4	0	0	0

Game 534090 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Pittsburgh Pirates

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Wyatt Mathisen2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.667/.000
Jordy MercerDH	4	0	0	0	1	1	.130/.200/.261
Erich Weiss3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.118/.111/.176
Ryan LavarnwayC	0	0	0	0	1	0	.267/.313/.467
Max MoroffSS	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273/.333/.545
Pablo ReyesLF	1	0	1	0	0	0	.188/.278/.188
Todd CunninghamRF	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167/.192/.208
Eric Wood1B	1	0	0	0	0	1	.364/.440/.636
Christopher BostickCF	4	0	1	0	0	2	.138/.194/.276
Bench
Josh Harrison2B	3	2	1	0	1	1	.208/.296/.333
Colin Moran3B	4	0	0	1	0	1	.333/.371/.424
Francisco CervelliC
Totals	33	5	6	5	4	12	-

HR:Cervelli (1st off Gray, 1 on, 2 out); Osuna (6th off Betances, 1 on, 2 out)

2B:Bostick; Harrison

TB:14

RBI:Cervelli 2; Osuna 2; Moran

SB:Rodríguez

Team LOB:7

New York Yankees

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Zack ZehnerLF	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.000/.000
Jorge SaezDH	1	0

Pitching

Pittsburgh Pirates

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Joe Musgrove	2.2	1	2	2	3	5	0	31-18	6.75
Brett McKinneyLBS	0.1	1	2	2	1	1	1	13-5	4.76
Felipe Vázquez	0.1	0	4	0	3	0	0	14-2	3.60
Sean Keselica	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	5-5	3.86
Kyle Crick	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	12-8	5.87
Kevin Siegrist	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	7-7	0.00
Dovydas Neverauskas	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	1	15-8	9.00
Totals	8.0	5	9	5	9	11	2	97-53	-

HBP:Stanton (by McKinney)

Inherited runners-scored:McKinney 1-1; Keselica 3-3

Pitches-strikes:Musgrove 31-18; McKinney 13-5; Vázquez 14-2; Keselica 5-5; Crick 12-8; Siegrist 7-7; Neverauskas 15-8

Groundouts-flyouts:Musgrove 1-1; McKinney 0-0; Vázquez 1-1; Keselica 1-0; Crick 4-0; Siegrist 0-1; Neverauskas 1-1

New York Yankees

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Sonny GrayW	3.0	2	3	2	3	4	1	34-20	2.08

Scoring Plays

Top 1 • PIT

2-0

Francisco Cervelli homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. Josh Harrison scores.

Bot 1 • NYY

2-1

Aaron Judge doubles (1) on a fly ball to right fielder Bryce Brentz. Brett Gardner scores.

Top 3 • PIT

3-1

Colin Moran grounds out, second baseman Tyler Wade to pitcher Sonny Gray. Josh Harrison scores. Jordy Mercer to 2nd.

Bot 3 • NYY

3-4

Gary Sanchez homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. Aaron Judge scores. Giancarlo Stanton scores.

Bot 4 • NYY

3-5

Aaron Judge walks. Greg Bird scores. Tyler Wade to 3rd. Brett Gardner to 2nd.

3-6

Giancarlo Stanton grounds out, third baseman Colin Moran to first baseman Jose Osuna. Tyler Wade scores. Brett Gardner to 3rd. Aaron Judge to 2nd.

3-8

Gary Sanchez doubles (1) on a line drive to center fielder Christopher Bostick. Brett Gardner scores. Aaron Judge scores.

Top 6 • PIT

5-8

Jose Osuna homers (1) on a fly ball to right center field. Sean Rodriguez scores.

Bot 8 • NYY

5-9

Tyler Austin homers (1) on a line drive to left center field.

HR:Sánchez (3rd off McKinney, 2 on, 2 out); Austin (8th off Neverauskas, 0 on, 0 out)

2B:Judge; Sánchez

TB:13

RBI:Stanton; Austin; Judge 2; Sánchez 5

SB:Gregorius

CS:Wade

GIDP:Stanton

Team LOB:5

HBP:Osuna (by Warren); Mathisen (by Heller)

Inherited runners-scored:Kahnle 2-0; Heller 2-0

Pitches-strikes:Gray 34-20; Warren 4-3; Kahnle 6-6; Betances 11-11; Shreve 14-10; Heller 10-9

Groundouts-flyouts:Gray 5-0; Warren 0-2; Kahnle 2-1; Betances 0-0; Shreve 1-2; Heller 0-2

Bench
Brett GardnerLF	2	2	0	0	2	0	.208/.321/.208
Aaron JudgeDH	2	2	2	2	2	0	.240/.367/.440
Giancarlo StantonRF	3	1	0	1	0	1	.233/.303/.467
Gary SánchezC	4	1	2	5	0	1	.370/.414/.778
Didi GregoriusSS	3	0	0	0	1	2	.258/.281/.548
Aaron HicksCF	4	0	0	0	0	3	.267/.405/.400
Greg Bird1B	2	1	0	0	1	1	.152/.300/.152
Brandon Drury3B	3	0	0	0	0	1	.273/.351/.515
Tyler Wade2B	1	1	0	0	2	1	.310/.447/.379
Sonny GrayP							.000/.000/.000
Adam WarrenP							.000/.000/.000
Tommy KahnleP							.000/.000/.000
Dellin BetancesP							.000/.000/.000
Chasen ShreveP							.000/.000/.000
Ben HellerP							.000/.000/.000

Win Probability

Batting

Pittsburgh Pirates

New York Yankees

Pitching

Pittsburgh Pirates

New York Yankees

Game Notes