Braves 2, Pirates 3 Box Score, Aug 20, 2014 | StatPro

August 20, 2014 · 7:05 PM EDT

Atlanta BravesATL · 79-83ATL79-832

Final

3

Pittsburgh PiratesPIT · 88-74PIT88-74

W: Mark MelanconL: David Carpenter

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ATL	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	5	1
PIT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	5	0

Top performers

JHJason HeywardRF1-3H-AB2B · 2 RTop hitterTSTravis SniderRF2-3H-AB2B · 1 R
Winning pitcherMMMark MelanconP1.0IP0 ER · 1 K · W
DCDavid CarpenterP0.2IP0 ER · 0 K · LLosing pitcher

Game flow

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Biggest lead ATL by 2 · PIT by 1 · 1 lead change

Key plays

B1 +11% ATLJordy Mercer grounds out softly, pitcher Alex Wood to first baseman Freddie Freeman.ATL 1 · PIT 0
B8 +20% PITTravis Snider hits a ground-rule double (9) on a line drive to right field. Gaby Sanchez to 3rd.ATL 2 · PIT 0
B8 +15% PITNeil Walker walks. Travis Snider scores. Wild pitch by pitcher Jordan Walden.ATL 2 · PIT 2
B9 +19% PITStarling Marte reaches on a fielding error by left fielder Justin Upton. Jordy Mercer to 3rd. Starling Marte to 2nd.ATL 2 · PIT 2
B9 +16% PITGaby Sanchez out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder B. J. Upton. Jordy Mercer scores.ATL 2 · PIT 3

Team stats

5Hits5
2Runs3
4Walks2
7Strikeouts5
1Errors0

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.179Batting average.172
.281On-base %.226
.250Slugging.241
2.08ERA2.00
9Left on base8

2014 National League Standings

	W	L	PCT	GB
1WSNationals	96	66	.593	—
2LADodgers	94	68	.580	2.0
3STCardinals	90	72	.556	6.0
4PIPirates	88	74	.543	8.0
5SFGiants	88	74	.543	8.0
6MIBrewers	82	80	.506	14.0
7ATBraves	79	83	.488	17.0
8NYMets	79	83	.488	17.0
9MIMarlins	77	85	.475	19.0
10SDPadres	77	85	.475	19.0
11CIReds	76	86	.469	20.0
12CHCubs	73	89	.451	23.0
13PHPhillies	73	89	.451	23.0
14CORockies	66	96	.407	30.0
15AZD-backs	64	98	.395	32.0

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48 balls in play · 10 hits · filled is a hit, hollow is an out

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Game info

Venue: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, PA

Braves

Batting


JHJason HeywardRF	3	2	1	0	0	1	1
ASAndrelton SimmonsSS	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
FFFreddie Freeman1B	3	0	1	0	0	1	1
JUJustin UptonLF	3	0	1	1	0	1	0
CJChris Johnson3B	4	0	1	1	0	0	1
EGEvan GattisC	4	0	1	0	0	0	1
TLTommy La Stella2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
BUB.J. UptonCF	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
AWAlex WoodP	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
PGPhil Gosselin2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
JWJordan WaldenP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DCDavid CarpenterP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	28	2	5	2	0	4	7

2B: Heyward, Gattis

RBI: Upton, Johnson

LOB: 9

Pitching


AWAlex Wood	7.0	4	2	1	4	0	98
JWJordan WaldenBS	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	18
DCDavid CarpenterL	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	14
Totals	8.2	5	2	2	5	0	130

Pirates

Batting


JHJosh Harrison3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
JMJordy MercerSS	4	1	1	0	0	0	0
AMAndrew McCutchenCF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
SMStarling MarteLF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
GSGaby Sanchez1B	2	1	1	1	0	1	0
TSTravis SniderRF	3	1	2	0	0	0	0
CSChris StewartC	3	0	0	1	0	0	0
JNJayson Nix2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
GCGerrit ColeP	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
NWNeil Walker2B	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
TWTony WatsonP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
GPGregory PolancoPH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
MMMark MelanconP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	29	3	5	2	0	2	5

2B: Harrison, Snider

RBI: Sanchez, Stewart

LOB: 8

Pitching


GCGerrit Cole	7.0	5	2	4	6	0	97
TWTony Watson	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	8
MMMark MelanconW	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	13
Totals	9.0	5	2	4	7	0	118