May 27, 2008 Pittsburgh Pirates at Cincinnati Reds Play by Play and Box Score

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LAA 3
DET 2 BAL 10
NYY 9
(11) CLE 8
CHW 2 MIN 4
@KCR 3
(12) OAK 3
TOR 1 SEA 4
BOS 3 TEX 12
@TBR 6 SFG 6
@ARI 3 CHC 3
LAD 1 CIN 9
PIT 6 MIL 3
ATL 2 NYM 5
FLA 3 PHI 7
COL 4 SDP 4
WSN 2 HOU 8
@STL 2

Standings at end of play this day

Great American Ballpark, Attendance: 17,964

Tuesday, May 27, 2008, 7:10pm
Time of Game: 3:30

Pirates

24-27

Lost 1

5th, 6½ GB

John Russell

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Pirates         0  1  1   0  1  0   0  0  3    6 14  0
Reds            0  0  0   0  4  4   1  0  X    9 12  2

W: J Cueto (3-5), L: I Snell (2-4), S: F Cordero (11)

Reds

24-28

Won 1

6th, 7 GB

Dusty Baker

BATTING

Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
F Sanchez 2B                  6   0   1   0    0   1  .243  .588   28    2   2   
J Wilson SS                   5   0   3   0    0   1  .235  .551   17    1   2   
  L Rivas SS                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .221  .572         0   0   
N McLouth CF                  5   0   0   0    0   2  .315 1.005   17    1   0   
J Bay LF                      4   3   2   0    1   0  .294  .966   25    1   0   2B
X Nady RF                     4   0   2   1    1   2  .321  .908   33    2   0   
A LaRoche 1B                  4   1   2   3    0   0  .236  .713   15    5   0   HR,SF
J Bautista 3B                 3   1   1   0    1   1  .222  .664   13    1   0   2B
  S Burnett P                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  J Michaels PH               1   0   0   0    0   1  .226  .558    5    0   0   
R Paulino C                   4   1   2   2    1   1  .210  .569   23   11   0   HR,IW
I Snell P                     3   0   1   0    0   1  .100  .293   18    0   1   
  D Marte P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   1   
  M Salas P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  C Gomez 3B                  1   0   0   0    1   0  .325  .713   10    0   1   
Totals                       40   6  14   6    5  10              204   24   7

BATTING

2B: J Bautista (9, off J Cueto); J Bay (8, off J Cueto).

HR: A LaRoche (6, off J Affeldt; 9th inn, 1 on, 1 out to Deep CF-RF); R Paulino (1, off J Affeldt; 9th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to Deep RF Line).

SF: A LaRoche (2, off J Cueto).

IBB: R Paulino (1, by J Cueto).

TB: R Paulino 5; A LaRoche 5; J Bay 3; J Wilson 3; X Nady 2; J Bautista 2; F Sanchez; I Snell.

RBI: A LaRoche 3 (24); R Paulino 2 (15); X Nady (40).

2-out RBI: X Nady; R Paulino.

Team LOB: 13.

With RISP: 2 for 8.

FIELDING

DP: 1. I Snell-J Wilson-A LaRoche.

Cincinnati Reds              AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Hairston SS                 3   1   2   1    2   0  .320  .833   19    2   0   SB
J Bruce CF                    3   2   3   2    2   0 1.000 2.333   22    1   0   2B,SB
K Griffey RF                  2   1   0   1    3   1  .249  .723   24    1   1   GDP,IW
B Phillips 2B                 3   0   0   1    1   0  .295  .871   22    4   3   SF
A Dunn LF                     5   1   2   4    0   2  .256  .969   15    1   0   HR
E Encarnacion 3B              5   0   0   0    0   3  .233  .734   21    0   1   
J Votto 1B                    5   1   3   0    0   0  .284  .882   20    7   1   
P Bako C                      5   2   2   0    0   2  .262  .769   15   10   0   
J Cueto P                     0   0   0   0    1   0  .000  .111    5    1   1   
  C Patterson PH              1   0   0   0    0   0  .200  .592    2    0   0   
  M Lincoln P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  D Ross PH                   0   1   0   0    1   0  .263  .680    6    0   0   
  J Burton P                  1   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    3    0   0   
  R Freel PH                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .322  .757    3    0   0   
  J Affeldt P                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  F Cordero P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
Totals                       34   9  12   9   10   9              177   27   7

BATTING

2B: J Bruce (1, off M Salas).

HR: A Dunn (14, off I Snell; 5th inn, 2 on, 2 outs to Deep RF Line).

SF: B Phillips (2, off I Snell).

IBB: K Griffey (10, by M Salas).

TB: A Dunn 5; J Bruce 4; J Votto 3; P Bako 2; J Hairston 2.

GIDP: K Griffey (4).

RBI: A Dunn 4 (36); J Bruce 2 (2); B Phillips (28); K Griffey (23); J Hairston (8).

2-out RBI: A Dunn 3.

Team LOB: 12.

With RISP: 5 for 13.

FIELDING

E: J Votto (7); E Encarnacion (9).

BASERUNNING

SB: J Bruce (1, 2nd base off I Snell/R Paulino); J Hairston (8, 3rd base off I Snell/R Paulino).

PITCHING

Pittsburgh Pirates            IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
I Snell, L (2-4)               5     6   7   7    7   6   1   5.46   27  106-59   32·10·17    5· 5· 4· 0     26    -     1.34  -0.37
D Marte                        0.1   3   1   1    1   0   0   4.32    5   17-9     5· 1· 3    2· 0· 2· 0          3-3    0.72  -0.11
M Salas                        1.1   2   1   1    2   1   0   6.75    8   34-17   10· 0· 7    2· 2· 1· 0          3-0    0.14   0.01
S Burnett                      1.1   1   0   0    0   2   0   8.00    5   19-12    9· 1· 2    2· 1· 0· 0          3-0    0.03   0.00
Totals                         8    12   9   9   10   9   1          45  176-97   56·12·29   11· 8· 7· 0          9-3

Cincinnati Reds               IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Cueto, W (3-5)               5     9   3   2    3   4   0   5.40   27  119-72   46· 6·20    8· 3· 9· 0     40    -     1.07  -0.08
M Lincoln, H (5)               1     1   0   0    1   2   0   6.35    5   27-14    5· 3· 6    1· 0· 1· 0          0-0    1.93   0.08
J Burton                       2     1   0   0    0   2   0   3.65    7   23-16   11· 2· 3    3· 1· 1· 0          0-0    0.16   0.03
J Affeldt                      0.2   3   3   3    1   2   2   4.43    6   27-15    7· 0· 8    1· 2· 0· 0          0-0    0.12  -0.01
F Cordero, S (11)              0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   2.28    1    4-3     2· 0· 1    0· 1· 0· 0          1-0    0.42   0.01
Totals                         9    14   6   5    5  10   2          46  200-120  71·11·38   13· 7·11· 0          1-0

I Snell faced 3 batters in the 6th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: M Lincoln (2).

IBB: M Salas (2; K Griffey); J Cueto (1; R Paulino).

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Scott Barry, 1B - Bruce Dreckman, 2B - Brian Gorman, 3B - Sam Holbrook.

Time of Game: 3:30.

Attendance: 17,964.

Weather: 66° F, Wind 11mph from Left to Right, Overcast, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Pittsburgh Pirates            Cincinnati Reds                      
1. F Sanchez            2B    1. J Hairston           SS 
2. J Wilson             SS    2. J Bruce              CF 
3. N McLouth            CF    3. K Griffey            RF 
4. J Bay                LF    4. B Phillips           2B 
5. X Nady               RF    5. A Dunn               LF 
6. A LaRoche            1B    6. E Encarnacion        3B 
7. J Bautista           3B    7. J Votto              1B 
8. R Paulino            C     8. P Bako               C  
9. I Snell              P     9. J Cueto              P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 5   2  3-1  12-  2   39%  67% A Dunn          I Snell         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Bruce Scores; Griffey Scores
   t 1   0  0-0  1--  1  -10%  37% J Wilson        J Cueto         Single to 1B (Bunt to Short 1B Line); Sanchez to 3B/Adv on E3 (throw); Wilson to 2B
   t 6   2  4-3  -23  7   10%  74% X Nady          M Lincoln       Strikeout Swinging
   t 3   2  0-1  -2-  5   -9%  31% X Nady          J Cueto         Single to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Bay Scores
   b 3   0  2-0  1--  3   -9%  29% K Griffey       I Snell         Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B (Weak SS-2B)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Pirates Batting, Tied 0-0, Johnny Cueto facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  4   47%  F Sanchez       Single to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF)
          1--  1   37%  J Wilson        Single to 1B (Bunt to Short 1B Line); Sanchez to 3B/Adv on E3 (throw); Wilson to 2B
   O      -23  4   42%  N McLouth       Strikeout Looking
   O      -23  5   49%  J Bay           Groundout: P-1B (Front of Home)
          -23  6   48%  X Nady          Walk
   O      123  5   55%  A LaRoche       Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB. Pirates 0, Reds 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Reds Batting, Tied 0-0, Ian Snell facing 1-2-3
          ---  5   58%  J Hairston      Single to RF (Line Drive to Short CF-RF)
          1--  4   64%  J Bruce         Walk; Hairston to 2B
   O      12-  6   58%  K Griffey       Strikeout Looking
          12-      63%  B Phillips      Hairston Steals 3B; Bruce Steals 2B
          -23  6   64%  " "             Walk
   O      123  3   57%  A Dunn          Strikeout Swinging
   O      123  4   50%  E Encarnacion   Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Pirates 0, Reds 0.

Top of the 2nd, Pirates Batting, Tied 0-0, Johnny Cueto facing 7-8-9
          ---  2   44%  J Bautista      Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
   RO     -2-  6   42%  R Paulino       Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF); Bautista Scores; Paulino out at 2B/RF-SS
   O      ---  5   43%  I Snell         Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  4   44%  F Sanchez       Popfly: 2B (Deep 2B)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Reds 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Reds Batting, Behind 0-1, Ian Snell facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  2   42%  J Votto         Lineout: 1B (2B-1B)
   O      ---  2   40%  P Bako          Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  5   41%  J Cueto         Walk
   O      1--  3   39%  J Hairston      Popfly: 2B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Reds 0.

Top of the 3rd, Pirates Batting, Ahead 1-0, Johnny Cueto facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  3   41%  J Wilson        Popfly: SS (Deep SS-2B)
   O      ---  3   43%  N McLouth       Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  6   41%  J Bay           Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
   R      -2-  5   31%  X Nady          Single to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Bay Scores
          1--  4   29%  A LaRoche       Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Nady to 3B
          1-3  5   27%  J Bautista      Walk; LaRoche to 2B
   O      123  3   33%  R Paulino       Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B (Weak SS)
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Pirates 2, Reds 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Reds Batting, Behind 0-2, Ian Snell facing 2-3-4
          ---  4   37%  J Bruce         Single to LF (Line Drive)
   OO     1--  3   29%  K Griffey       Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B (Weak SS-2B)
   O      ---  3   27%  B Phillips      Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Reds 0.

Top of the 4th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 2-0, Johnny Cueto facing 9-1-2
          ---  5   25%  I Snell         Single to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF)
   O      1--  8   27%  F Sanchez       Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  4   29%  J Wilson        Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  4   31%  N McLouth       Lineout: LF (Deep LF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 2, Reds 0.

Bottom of the 4th, Reds Batting, Behind 0-2, Ian Snell facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  3   28%  A Dunn          Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   26%  E Encarnacion   Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   28%  J Votto         Single to LF (Line Drive to LF-CF)
   O      1--  5   25%  P Bako          Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 2, Reds 0.

Top of the 5th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 2-0, Johnny Cueto facing 4-5-6
          ---  6   22%  J Bay           Reached on E5 (Ground Ball to Weak 3B)
          1--  6   16%  X Nady          Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); Bay to 3B
   RO     1-3  1   17%  A LaRoche       Lineout: CF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep CF); Bay Scores/unER
   O      1--  2   17%  J Bautista      Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B); Nady to 2B
          -2-  4   17%  R Paulino       Intentional Walk
   O      12-  8   19%  I Snell         Lineout: 2B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB. Pirates 3, Reds 0.

Bottom of the 5th, Reds Batting, Behind 0-3, Ian Snell facing 9-1-2
                  Corey Patterson pinch hits for Johnny Cueto batting 9th
   O      ---  2   17%  C Patterson     Flyball: LF
          ---  5   20%  J Hairston      Walk
          1--  5   24%  J Bruce         Walk; Hairston to 2B
          12-  5   32%  K Griffey       Walk; Hairston to 3B; Bruce to 2B
   RO     123  2   28%  B Phillips      Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Hairston Scores
   RRR    12-  2   67%  A Dunn          Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Bruce Scores; Griffey Scores
   O      ---  4   66%  E Encarnacion   Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
                  4 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Reds 4.

Top of the 6th, Pirates Batting, Behind 3-4, Mike Lincoln facing 1-2-3
                  Mike Lincoln replaces Corey Patterson pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  4   70%  F Sanchez       Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
          ---  8   65%  J Wilson        Single to RF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  4   70%  N McLouth       Strikeout Swinging
          1--  4   67%  J Bay           Walk; Wilson to 2B
          12-      64%  X Nady          Wild Pitch; Wilson to 3B; Bay to 2B
   O      -23  7   74%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Pirates 3, Reds 4.

Bottom of the 6th, Reds Batting, Ahead 4-3, Ian Snell facing 7-8-9
          ---  6   77%  J Votto         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
          1--  3   82%  P Bako          Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Votto to 2B
                  Dave Ross pinch hits for Mike Lincoln batting 9th
          12-  6   87%  D Ross          Walk; Votto to 3B; Bako to 2B
                  Damaso Marte replaces Ian Snell pitching and batting 9th
   R      123  1   93%  J Hairston      Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF); Votto Scores; Bako to 3B; Ross to 2B
   R      123  2   96%  J Bruce         Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B); Bako Scores; Ross to 3B; Hairston to 2B
   R      123  6   98%  K Griffey       Walk; Ross Scores; Hairston to 3B; Bruce to 2B
   O      123  5   97%  B Phillips      Groundout: P-C/Forceout at Hm; Bruce to 3B; Griffey to 2B
   R      123  3   98%  A Dunn          Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF); Bruce Scores; Griffey to 3B; Phillips to 2B
                  Marino Salas replaces Damaso Marte pitching and batting 9th
   O      123  5   98%  E Encarnacion   Foul Popfly: C (Behind Home)
   O      123  4   97%  J Votto         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  4 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Pirates 3, Reds 8.

Top of the 7th, Pirates Batting, Behind 3-8, Jared Burton facing 6-7-8
                  Jared Burton replaces Dave Ross pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  4   98%  A LaRoche       Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  4   98%  J Bautista      Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   99%  R Paulino       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Reds 8.

Bottom of the 7th, Reds Batting, Ahead 8-3, Marino Salas facing 8-9-1
          ---  1   99%  P Bako          Single to RF (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  3   99%  J Burton        Strikeout Looking
          1--  5   99%  J Hairston      Walk; Bako to 2B
   R      12-  7  100%  J Bruce         Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF); Bako Scores; Hairston to 3B
          -23  4  100%  K Griffey       Intentional Walk
   O      123  5   99%  B Phillips      Flyball: RF (Short RF)
                  Sean Burnett replaces Jose Bautista pitching and batting 7th; Chris Gomez replaces Marino Salas playing 3B batting 9th
   O      123  4   99%  A Dunn          Flyball: RF (CF-RF)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Pirates 3, Reds 9.

Top of the 8th, Pirates Batting, Behind 3-9, Jared Burton facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  3  100%  C Gomez         Lineout: 2B
   O      ---  4  100%  F Sanchez       Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
          ---  1  100%  J Wilson        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--  2  100%  N McLouth       Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Reds 9.

Bottom of the 8th, Reds Batting, Ahead 9-3, Sean Burnett facing 6-7-8
                  Luis Rivas replaces Jack Wilson playing SS batting 2nd
   O      ---  4  100%  E Encarnacion   Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4  100%  J Votto         Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
   O      1--  4  100%  P Bako          Strikeout Swinging
                  Ryan Freel pinch hits for Jared Burton batting 9th
   O      1--  3  100%  R Freel         Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Reds 9.

Top of the 9th, Pirates Batting, Behind 3-9, Jeremy Affeldt facing 4-5-6
                  Jeremy Affeldt replaces Ryan Freel pitching and batting 9th
          ---  4   99%  J Bay           Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
   O      1--  5  100%  X Nady          Strikeout Looking
   RR     1--  1   99%  A LaRoche       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Bay Scores
                  Jason Michaels pinch hits for Sean Burnett batting 7th
   O      ---  5  100%  J Michaels      Strikeout Looking
   R      ---  5  100%  R Paulino       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
          ---  7   99%  C Gomez         Walk
                  Francisco Cordero replaces Jeremy Affeldt pitching and batting 9th
   O      1--  4  100%  F Sanchez       Foul Flyball: RF (RF Foul)
        3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 6, Reds 9.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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