MLB

Pittsburgh Pirates at San Francisco Giants

· Major League Baseball
Pittsburgh Pirates
45-62, 14-37 Away
Final
6 - 5
San Francisco Giants
54-53, 28-24 Home

McCutchen's homer sends Pirates to 6-5 win on night of Giants' top pitching prospect's debut

Pirates hold on to defeat Giants

McCutchen’s 10th homer this season and 329th of his career put the Pirates in front 6-4 in the seventh.

Whisenhunt gave up a homer to the third batter he faced, NIck Gonzales, and three more runs in the second but then finished with three scoreless innings before departing after the fifth with the score tied 4-4. The 24-year-old left-hander gave up five hits with two walks and three strikeouts.

Isiah Kiner-Falefa hit a two-run double then scored on Tommy Pham’s single for a 4-1 lead in the second. The Giants came back with two runs in the bottom of the second and tied it game on Willy Adames' second RBI hit in the fourth.

Yohan Ramírez (1-0), the third of six Pirates pitchers, got the win and David Bednar pitched the ninth for his 17th save in 17 chances this season. Mitch Keller turned in the shortest of his 22 starts this season after throwing 73 pitches over two innings.

Adames had three hits for San Francisco. Carson Seymour (0-1) gave up McCutchen's homer and took the loss.

Key moment Bednar gave up three hits and a run in the ninth before getting Patrick Bailey on a ground out to convert his 17th consecutive save, the longest-active streak in the majors.

Key stat The Giants dropped to one game above .500 for the first time since the third game of the season.

Up next Pirates LHP Bailey Falter (7-5, 3.82) faces Giants RHP Justin Verlander (1-8, 4.70) on Tuesday.

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Bailey grounded out to second.
9th Inning Yastrzemski popped out to shortstop.
9th Inning Matos ran for Flores
9th Inning Flores singled to left, Lee to second.
9th Inning Lee singled to left, Adames scored.
9th Inning Chapman lined out to right, Adames to third.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 2
0 Ground Balls 0
8 Strikeouts 8
6 Runs Batted In 5
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
9 Hits 11
0 Stolen Bases 1
4 Walks 5
0 Catcher Interference 0
6 Runs 5
1 Ground Into Double Play 1
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
35 At Bats 37
2 Home Runs 0
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
14 Runners Left On Base 28
0 Triples 1
0 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 0
2 Doubles 3
0 Fly Balls 0
0 Caught Stealing 0
149 Pitches 186
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
17 Total Bases 16
39 Plate Appearances 44
324.0 Projected Home Runs 0.0
4 Extra Base Hits 4
5.5 Runs Created 6.9
.257 Batting Average .297
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.486 Slugging Percentage .432
.343 Secondary Average .297
.333 On Base Percentage .409
.819 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .842
0.0 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.0
5.5 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 6.9
43.0 Batter Rating 40.5
17.5 At Bats Per Home Run 0.0
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 1.00
3.82 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 4.23
.229 Isolated Power .135
0.50 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.63
.103 Walks Per Plate Appearance .114
.086 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .000
12.0 Runs Produced 10.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.6 Patience Ratio 0.5
0.3 Balls In Play Average 0.4
89.5 MLB Rating 89.5
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Oracle Park

Location: San Francisco, California
Attendance: 35,572 | Capacity:
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