PIT 4, STL 17 | May 9, 2019 | The Best Box Score

Thursday, May 9, 2019•Busch Stadium•58°F, Cloudy

PIT

Pirates

STL

Cardinals

Final

WIN

Michael Wacha

LOSS

Joe Musgrove

The Cardinals cruised past the Pirates 17-4 in a dominant performance.

★Gregory Polanco3-for-4, 3 RBI

★Dexter Fowler3 RBI

★Paul Goldschmidt3-for-5, 2 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 2: Yadier Molina doubles (11) on a line drive to left fielder Melky Cabrera. Marcell Ozuna scores. Jose Martinez to 3rd.

Weather: 58°F, CloudyWind: 11 mph, Out To CFFirst pitch: 11:45 PM UTCT: 3:30Att: 38,925Venue: Busch Stadium

Ump Audit

Mike Winters

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94.8%B

9 missed calls

+15.8% PIT

+0.21 runs STL

Win Probability

STL WinPIT Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	10	1
STL	0	4	2	5	0	5	0

Game 566586 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Pittsburgh Pirates

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Elias DíazC	1	0	0	0	0	0	.133/.161/.167	90.8	.057	.051
Starling MarteCF	5	1	2	0	0	1	.231/.272/.407	98.4	.430	.401
Gregory PolancoRF	4	1	3	3	1	0	.308/.368/.519	113.7	.595	.775
Josh Bell1B	4	0	1	1	0	1	.294/.368/.635	105.2	.484	.631
Bryan ReynoldsLF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357/.386/.571	-	-	-
Montana DuRapauP	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Colin Moran2B	3	0	0	0	1	1	.230/.301/.392	98.9	.230	.303
Jung Ho Kang3B	2	0	0	0	0	0	.135/.206/.303	93.2	.144	.162
Kevin NewmanSS	3	1	2	0	0	1	.391/.440/.565	97.7	.495	.468
Bench
Adam Frazier2B	4	1	1	0	0	1	.258/.324/.347	93.7	.219	.223
Melky CabreraLF	4	0	0	0	0	0	.337/.373/.481
Totals	37	4	10	4	2	6	-	-	-	-

HR:Polanco (1st off Wacha, 0 on, 2 out)

2B:Polanco 2; Newman

TB:16

RBI:Polanco 3; Bell

Team LOB:8

St. Louis Cardinals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Matt Carpenter3B	4	3	2	1	2	0	.214/.331/.357	101.1	.526

Pitching

Pittsburgh Pirates

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P-S	Velo	ERA
Joe MusgroveL	3.0	6	8	8	5	3	78-43	88.7	4.20
Clay Holmes	2.0	3	3	2	2	3	49-30	88.8	9.00
Dovydas Neverauskas	1.0	4	5	5	1	3	39-24	91.3	37.80
Montana DuRapau	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	23-19	88.1	4.50
Totals	8.0	16	17	16	8	10	189-116	-	-

WP:Neverauskas

HBP:Martínez (by Holmes)

Inherited runners-scored:Holmes 2-2

Pitches-strikes:Musgrove 78-43; Holmes 49-30; Neverauskas 39-24; DuRapau 23-19

Groundouts-flyouts:Musgrove 2-4; Holmes 4-0; Neverauskas 0-1; DuRapau 3-1

St. Louis Cardinals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Michael WachaW	5.2	9	4	4	1	2	1	89-59	88	5.35

Top 1 • PIT

1-0

Gregory Polanco homers (2) on a fly ball to right center field.

EV: 105.4 mph💣 426 ftLA: 24°

Bot 2 • STL

1-1

Yadier Molina doubles (11) on a line drive to left fielder Melky Cabrera. Marcell Ozuna scores. Jose Martinez to 3rd.

EV: 96.1 mph286 ftLA: 19°

1-3

Dexter Fowler hits a ground-rule double (7) on a line drive to right field. Jose Martinez scores. Yadier Molina scores.

EV: 104.2 mph332 ftLA: 22°

1-4

Paul Goldschmidt singles on a sharp ground ball to center fielder Starling Marte. Dexter Fowler scores. Matt Carpenter to 2nd.

EV: 107.5 mph77 ftLA: 3°

Top 3 • PIT

2-4

Gregory Polanco doubles (4) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Jose Martinez. Adam Frazier scores.

EV: 113.7 mph242 ftLA: 8°

Bot 3 • STL

2-5

Dexter Fowler singles on a line drive to right fielder Gregory Polanco. Marcell Ozuna scores. Yadier Molina to 3rd.

EV: 99.1 mph222 ftLA: 13°

2-6

Kolten Wong grounds into a force out, second baseman Adam Frazier to shortstop Cole Tucker. Yadier Molina scores. Dexter Fowler out at 2nd. Kolten Wong to 1st.

Bot 4 • STL

2-7

Jose Martinez walks. Matt Carpenter scores. Paul Goldschmidt to 3rd. Paul DeJong to 2nd.

2-8

Yadier Molina singles on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Starling Marte. Paul Goldschmidt scores. Paul DeJong to 3rd. Jose Martinez to 2nd.

EV: 101.8 mph380 ftLA: 29°

2-10

Dexter Fowler reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by first baseman Josh Bell. Paul DeJong scores. Jose Martinez scores. Yadier Molina to 2nd. Fielding error by first baseman Josh Bell.

EV: 71.7 mph4 ftLA: -47°

2-11

Kolten Wong doubles (5) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Gregory Polanco. Yadier Molina scores. Dexter Fowler to 3rd.

EV: 99.9 mph249 ftLA: 11°

Top 5 • PIT

4-11

Josh Bell grounds out sharply, shortstop Paul DeJong to first baseman Paul Goldschmidt. Starling Marte scores. Gregory Polanco to 3rd.

EV: 100.1 mph31 ftLA: -3°

3-11

Gregory Polanco doubles (5) on a ground ball to right fielder Jose Martinez. Kevin Newman scores. Starling Marte to 3rd.

EV: 82.5 mph118 ftLA: 9°

Bot 6 • STL

4-12

Matt Carpenter singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Gregory Polanco. Kolten Wong scores. Harrison Bader to 2nd.

EV: 101.1 mph261 ftLA: 20°

4-13

Paul Goldschmidt hits a ground-rule double (4) on a line drive to right field. Harrison Bader scores. Matt Carpenter to 3rd.

EV: 99.4 mph321 ftLA: 19°

4-16

Marcell Ozuna doubles (8) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Gregory Polanco. Matt Carpenter scores. Paul Goldschmidt scores. Paul DeJong scores.

EV: 103.9 mph366 ftLA: 19°

Bot 8 • STL

4-17

Marcell Ozuna grounds into a force out, shortstop Kevin Newman to second baseman Colin Moran. Matt Carpenter scores. Paul Goldschmidt to 3rd. Jedd Gyorko out at 2nd. Marcell Ozuna to 1st.

EV: 103.8 mph7 ftLA: -17°

Bench
Paul Goldschmidt1B	5	2	3	2	1	1	.252/.331/.457	107.5	.401	.401
Paul DeJongSS	3	2	1	0	2	1	.329/.410/.582	97.9	.674	.725
José A. MartínezRF	2	2	1	1	1	0	.346/.400/.471	98.8	.547	.707
Yadier MolinaC	4	3	3	2	0	0	.289/.315/.437	101.8	.396	.587
Michael WachaP	3	0	0	0	0	2	.154/.154/.231	78.3	.255	.230