MLB

Atlanta Braves at Pittsburgh Pirates

· Major League Baseball
Atlanta Braves
19-20, 7-14 Away
Final
3 - 2
Pittsburgh Pirates
13-27, 8-13 Home

Matt Olson homers, scores winning run on wild pitch in 11th as Braves top Pirates 3-2

Braves take lead in 11th on a Pirates wild pitch

Chase Shugart (1-3) got Sean Murphy to ground to short for the second out in the 11th with Olson on third. He intentionally walked Michael Harris II to bring up Eli White. Shugart nearly hit White in the head with a pitch that went to the backstop, allowing Olson to score.

Pittsburgh's Ke'Bryan Hayes started the 10th by moving automatic runner Henry Davis to third on a sacrifice bunt. Davis was thrown out at home after Matt Gorski grounded to third. Scott Blewett (2-0) then got Alexander Canario to fly out.

Joey Bart hit his fourth single of the game with one out in the eighth for the Pirates. Ji Hwan Bae entered as the pinch runner, stole second, advanced on a groundout and scored to tie it 2-all when Gorski sent a dribbler down the line to third.

Don Kelly, in his second game as Pirates manager since Derek Shelton was fired on Thursday, was tossed in the sixth inning after plate umpire Clint Vondrak called two balls to start Olson’s at bat.

Murphy and Harris hit back-to-back doubles in the second inning to put Atlanta ahead before Olson hit a sinker from Andrew Heaney 431 feet for a 2-0 lead.

Key moment Canario went to third on Jared Triolo's bunt to start the 11th for Pittsburgh. Blewett went on to strike out Liover Peguero and force Tommy Pham to ground to second.

Key stat The Pirates scored fewer than five runs in a 16th straight game. Their longest streak since at least 1901 is 17 games from Aug. 12-29, 1908.

Up next Braves LHP Chris Sale (1-3, 4.07 ERA) will take the mound in the series finale Sunday against Pittsburgh RHP Carmen Mlodzinski (1-3, 6.16).

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Scoring Summary

11th Inning Pham grounded out to second.
11th Inning Peguero struck out looking.
11th Inning Triolo hit sacrifice bunt to third, Canario to third.
11th Inning Williams flied out to center.
11th Inning White walked.
11th Inning Olson scored, Harris II to second on wild pitch by Shugart.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
2 Hit By Pitch 0
0 Ground Balls 0
6 Strikeouts 10
2 Runs Batted In 2
1 Sacrifice Hit 2
5 Hits 9
0 Stolen Bases 2
6 Walks 6
0 Catcher Interference 0
3 Runs 2
2 Ground Into Double Play 1
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
36 At Bats 39
1 Home Runs 0
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
18 Runners Left On Base 28
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 0
2 Intentional Walks 1
3 Doubles 1
0 Fly Balls 0
0 Caught Stealing 0
154 Pitches 173
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 0
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
0 Is Qualified In Steals 1
11 Total Bases 10
45 Plate Appearances 47
162.0 Projected Home Runs 0.0
4 Extra Base Hits 1
3.1 Runs Created 4.0
.139 Batting Average .231
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.306 Slugging Percentage .256
.333 Secondary Average .231
.295 On Base Percentage .333
.601 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .590
0.0 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.0
2.5 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 3.3
24.0 Batter Rating 21.0
36.0 At Bats Per Home Run 0.0
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 1.00
3.42 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.68
.167 Isolated Power .026
1.00 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.60
.133 Walks Per Plate Appearance .128
.194 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .000
5.0 Runs Produced 4.0
0.7 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.5 Patience Ratio 0.4
0.1 Balls In Play Average 0.3
73.0 MLB Rating 74.5
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

PNC Park

Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 27,767 | Capacity:

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