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Match Report

Cruz HR, drives in lead run, Pirates top Reds on opening day

— Oneil Cruz homered shortly after being helped by a pitch clock violation and later hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the eighth inning as the Pittsburgh Pirates opened the season by beating the Cincinnati Reds 5-4 Thursday.

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Top Performers

PIT

  • Andrew McCutchen DH H-AB 1-2 · AB 2 · R 0
  • Jihwan Bae CF H-AB 2-3 · AB 3 · R 2
  • Oneil Cruz CF H-AB 1-2 · AB 2 · R 2
  • Bryan Reynolds LF H-AB 1-4 · AB 4 · R 0

CIN

  • Jonathan India 2B H-AB 2-4 · AB 4 · R 2
  • Jake Fraley RF H-AB 2-4 · AB 4 · R 1
  • Spencer Steer 1B H-AB 1-2 · AB 2 · R 1
  • Jason Vosler 3B H-AB 1-4 · AB 4 · R 0

Head to Head

CIN wins series 2-1

Injuries

Cincinnati Reds

  • Tony Santillan Out
  • Julian Garcia Out
  • Spencer Steer 60-Day-IL
  • Dane Myers Out
  • Blake Dunn 60-Day-IL

Pittsburgh Pirates

  • Mitch Keller 60-Day-IL
  • Endy Rodriguez 60-Day-IL

Lineups

CIN

  1. 6Jonathan India2B
  2. 29TJ FriedlCF
  3. 17Jake FraleyDH
  4. 37Tyler StephensonC
  5. 35Jason Vosler3B
  6. 4Wil Myers1B
  7. 7Spencer Steer3B
  8. 30Will BensonRF
  9. 54Jose BarreroSS

Substitutes

  1. 17Stuart FairchildLF

PIT

  1. 15Oneil CruzSS
  2. 10Bryan ReynoldsLF
  3. 4Andrew McCutchenDH
  4. 41Carlos Santana1B
  5. 0Canaan Smith-NjigbaRF
  6. 3Ke'Bryan Hayes3B
  7. 43Jack SuwinskiRF
  8. 0Jihwan BaeCF
  9. 27Austin HedgesC

Substitutes

  1. 98Rodolfo Castro2B

Play by Play

  1. Foul Ball 5-4

    Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul

    38303 9th Inning
  2. Foul Ball 5-4

    Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul

    38303 9th Inning
  3. Foul Ball 5-4

    Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul

    38303 9th Inning
  4. Foul Ball 5-4

    Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul

    38303 9th Inning
  5. Foul Ball 5-4

    Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul

    37979 9th Inning
  6. Foul Ball 5-4

    Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul

    37979 9th Inning
  7. Foul Ball 5-4

    Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul

    4917897 8th Inning
  8. Foul Ball 5-4

    Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul

    33627 8th Inning
  9. Foul Ball 5-4

    Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul

    33627 8th Inning
  10. End Batter/Pitcher 5-4
    33627 8th Inning
  11. Play Result 5-4

    Cruz hit sacrifice fly to left, Bae scored.

    33627 8th Inning
  12. Sacrifice Fly 5-4

    Pitch 6 : Ball In Play

    33627 8th Inning
  13. Foul Ball 4-4

    Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul

    33627 8th Inning
  14. Strike Swinging 4-4

    Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Swinging

    33627 8th Inning
  15. Ball 4-4

    Pitch 3 : Ball 3

    33627 8th Inning
  16. Ball 4-4

    Pitch 2 : Ball 2

    33627 8th Inning
  17. Ball 4-4

    Pitch 1 : Ball 1

    33627 8th Inning
  18. Foul Out 4-4

    Pitch 2 : Ball In Play

    36025 7th Inning
  19. Foul Ball 4-4

    Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul

    36025 7th Inning
  20. Foul Ball 4-4

    Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul

    33139 7th Inning
  21. Foul Ball 4-4

    Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul

    33139 6th Inning
  22. Foul Ball 4-4

    Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul

    33139 6th Inning
  23. End Batter/Pitcher 4-4
    33722 5th Inning
  24. Play Result 4-4

    Vosler tripled to right, India scored and Fraley scored.

    33722 5th Inning
  25. Triple 4-4

    Pitch 3 : Ball In Play

    33722 5th Inning
  26. Foul Ball 4-2

    Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul

    33722 5th Inning
  27. Strike Swinging 4-2

    Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging

    33722 5th Inning
  28. Foul Ball 4-2

    Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul

    33722 5th Inning
  29. Foul Ball 4-2

    Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul

    33722 5th Inning
  30. Foul Ball 4-2

    Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul

    33722 5th Inning
  31. Foul Ball 4-2

    Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul

    33722 4th Inning
  32. Foul Ball 4-2

    Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul

    33722 4th Inning
  33. End Batter/Pitcher 4-2
    33722 4th Inning
  34. Play Result 4-2

    Steer homered to left center (435 feet).

    33722 4th Inning
  35. Home Run 4-2

    Pitch 7 : Ball In Play

    33722 4th Inning
  36. Foul Ball 4-2

    Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul

    33722 4th Inning
  37. Foul Ball 4-1

    Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul

    33722 4th Inning
  38. Ball 4-1

    Pitch 4 : Ball 1

    33722 4th Inning
  39. Foul Ball 4-1

    Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul

    33722 4th Inning
  40. Strike Swinging 4-1

    Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging

    33722 4th Inning
  41. Strike Looking 4-1

    Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking

    33722 4th Inning
  42. Foul Ball 4-1

    Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul

    33722 4th Inning
  43. Foul Ball 4-1

    Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul

    34972 4th Inning
  44. Play Result 4-1

    Cruz scored on Cruz wild pitch, McCutchen to second on wild pitch by Cruz, Reynolds to third on wild pitch by Cruz.

    34068 4th Inning
  45. Wild Pitch 4-1

    Cruz scored on Cruz wild pitch, McCutchen to second on wild pitch by Cruz, Reynolds to third on wild pitch by Cruz.

    34068 4th Inning
  46. Foul Ball 3-1

    Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul

    34068 4th Inning
  47. End Batter/Pitcher 3-1
    34068 4th Inning
  48. Play Result 3-1

    McCutchen walked, Hedges scored, Reynolds to second, Cruz to third.

    34068 4th Inning
  49. Ball 3-1

    Pitch 6 : Ball 4

    34068 4th Inning
  50. Foul Ball 3-1

    Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul

    34068 4th Inning
  51. Foul Ball 3-1

    Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Foul

    34068 4th Inning
  52. Ball 3-1

    Pitch 3 : Ball 3

    34068 4th Inning
  53. Ball 3-1

    Pitch 2 : Ball 2

    34068 4th Inning
  54. Ball 3-1

    Pitch 1 : Ball 1

    34068 4th Inning
  55. End Batter/Pitcher 2-1
    34068 4th Inning
  56. Play Result 2-1

    Reynolds walked, Bae scored, Cruz to second, Hedges to third.

    34068 4th Inning
  57. Ball 2-1

    Pitch 7 : Ball 4

    34068 4th Inning
  58. Foul Ball 1-1

    Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul

    34068 4th Inning
  59. Ball 1-1

    Pitch 5 : Ball 3

    34068 4th Inning
  60. Strike Looking 1-1

    Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Looking

    34068 4th Inning
  1. End Inning 5-4

    End of the 9th inning

    9th Inning
  2. End Batter/Pitcher 5-4
    38303 9th Inning
  3. Play Result 5-4

    Fraley struck out looking.

    38303 9th Inning
  4. Strike Looking 5-4

    Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Looking

    38303 9th Inning
  5. Strike Swinging 5-4

    Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging

    38303 9th Inning
  6. Strike Swinging 5-4

    Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging

    38303 9th Inning
  7. Ball 5-4

    Pitch 1 : Ball 1

    38303 9th Inning
  8. Start Batter/Pitcher 5-4

    David Bednar pitches to Jake Fraley

    38303 9th Inning
  9. End Batter/Pitcher 5-4
    38303 9th Inning
  10. Play Result 5-4

    Friedl struck out swinging.

    38303 9th Inning
  11. Strike Swinging 5-4

    Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging

    38303 9th Inning
  12. Foul Ball 5-4

    Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul

    38303 9th Inning
  13. Foul Ball 5-4

    Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul

    38303 9th Inning
  14. Foul Ball 5-4

    Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul

    38303 9th Inning
  15. Strike Looking 5-4

    Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking

    38303 9th Inning
  16. Start Batter/Pitcher 5-4

    David Bednar pitches to TJ Friedl

    38303 9th Inning
  17. End Batter/Pitcher 5-4
    38303 9th Inning
  18. Play Result 5-4

    India doubled to left.

    38303 9th Inning
  19. Double 5-4

    Pitch 4 : Ball In Play

    38303 9th Inning
  20. Ball 5-4

    Pitch 3 : Ball 1

    38303 9th Inning
  21. Strike Swinging 5-4

    Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging

    38303 9th Inning
  22. Strike Looking 5-4

    Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking

    38303 9th Inning
  23. Start Batter/Pitcher 5-4

    David Bednar pitches to Jonathan India

    38303 9th Inning
  24. End Batter/Pitcher 5-4
    38303 9th Inning
  25. Play Result 5-4

    Barrero grounded out to third.

    38303 9th Inning
  26. Ground Out 5-4

    Pitch 5 : Ball In Play

    38303 9th Inning
  27. Ball 5-4

    Pitch 4 : Ball 2

    38303 9th Inning
  28. Foul Ball 5-4

    Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul

    38303 9th Inning
  29. Strike Swinging 5-4

    Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging

    38303 9th Inning
  30. Ball 5-4

    Pitch 1 : Ball 1

    38303 9th Inning
  31. Start Batter/Pitcher 5-4

    David Bednar pitches to Jose Barrero

    38303 9th Inning
  32. Play Result 5-4

    Bednar relieved Holderman

    38303 9th Inning
  33. Play Result 5-4

    Bae in center field.

    9th Inning
  34. Play Result 5-4

    Suwinski in right field.

    9th Inning
  35. Play Result 5-4

    Castro at second base.

    9th Inning
  36. Start Inning 5-4

    Bottom of the 9th inning

    9th Inning
  37. End Inning 5-4

    Middle of the 9th inning

    9th Inning
  38. End Batter/Pitcher 5-4
    37979 9th Inning
  39. Play Result 5-4

    Smith-Njigba grounded into double play, first to shortstop, Santana out at second.

    37979 9th Inning
  40. Ground Out 5-4

    Pitch 5 : Ball In Play

    37979 9th Inning

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