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3–2Final · Sep 25, 2015
PIT 3 CHC 2 Final
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PIT94-60001000110370
CHC89-64000100001270

· Line: CHC -119

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The scoring timeline.

Every scoring moment, when the official feed stamped it — and when FirstBuzzer's in-venue spotters buzzed it first. Times are ET.

  1. Cole singled to center, Mercer scored.

    1–0

  2. Russell grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Bryant scored, Rizzo out at second.

    1–1

  3. Morse singled to right, Broxton scored.

    2–1

  4. Marte grounded out to shortstop, Mercer scored, Álvarez to second.

    3–1

  5. Castro tripled to right, Denorfia scored.

    3–2

Play-by-play

  1. Top 1 Lineup Change
  2. Top 1 Polanco batting
  3. Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
  4. Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
  5. Top 1 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
  6. Top 1 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
  7. Top 1 Pitch 5: ball 3
  8. Top 1 Pitch 6: foul
  9. Top 1 Pitch 7: foul
  10. Top 1 Pitch 8: foul
  11. Top 1 Pitch 9: in play
  12. Top 1 Polanco lined out to center.
  13. Top 1 Marte batting
  14. Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
  15. Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
  16. Top 1 Pitch 3: in play
  17. Top 1 Marte lined out to left.
  18. Top 1 McCutchen batting
  19. Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  20. Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
  21. Top 1 Pitch 3: in play
  22. Top 1 McCutchen lined out to center.
  23. Bot 1 Fowler batting
  24. Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  25. Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
  26. Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  27. Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 2
  28. Bot 1 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
  29. Bot 1 Fowler struck out swinging.
  30. Bot 1 Schwarber batting
  31. Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  32. Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
  33. Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
  34. Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 3
  35. Bot 1 Pitch 5: ball 4
  36. Bot 1 Schwarber walked.
  37. Bot 1 Bryant batting
  38. Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  39. Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
  40. Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 1
  41. Bot 1 Pitch 4: foul
  42. Bot 1 Pitch 5: ball 2
  43. Bot 1 Pitch 6: ball 3
  44. Bot 1 Pitch 7: strike 3 (swinging)
  45. Bot 1 Bryant struck out swinging. Schwarber caught stealing second, catcher to second.
  46. Top 2 Ramírez batting
  47. Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  48. Top 2 Pitch 2: in play
  49. Top 2 Ramírez grounded out to shortstop.
  50. Top 2 Cervelli batting
  51. Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  52. Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
  53. Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
  54. Top 2 Pitch 4: in play
  55. Top 2 Cervelli grounded out to shortstop.
  56. Top 2 Morse batting
  57. Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  58. Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  59. Top 2 Pitch 3: foul
  60. Top 2 Pitch 4: ball 1
  61. Top 2 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
  62. Top 2 Morse struck out swinging.
  63. Bot 2 Rizzo batting
  64. Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  65. Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  66. Bot 2 Pitch 3: in play
  67. Bot 2 Rizzo flied out to left.
  68. Bot 2 Coghlan batting
  69. Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  70. Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
  71. Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
  72. Bot 2 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
  73. Bot 2 Pitch 5: ball 3
  74. Bot 2 Pitch 6: ball 4
  75. Bot 2 Coghlan walked.
  76. Bot 2 Russell batting
  77. Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  78. Bot 2 Pitch 2: in play
  79. Bot 2 Russell reached on bunt single to pitcher, Coghlan to second.
  80. Bot 2 Ross batting
  81. Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  82. Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  83. Bot 2 Pitch 3: in play
  84. Bot 2 Ross grounded out to shortstop, Coghlan to third, Russell to second.
  85. Bot 2 Lester batting
  86. Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  87. Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
  88. Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
  89. Bot 2 Pitch 4: foul
  90. Bot 2 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
  91. Bot 2 Lester struck out swinging.
  92. Top 3 Harrison batting
  93. Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  94. Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
  95. Top 3 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
  96. Top 3 Pitch 4: foul
  97. Top 3 Pitch 5: ball 2
  98. Top 3 Pitch 6: foul
  99. Top 3 Pitch 7: ball 3
  100. Top 3 Pitch 8: foul
  101. Top 3 Pitch 9: in play
  102. Top 3 Harrison flied out to left.
  103. Top 3 Mercer batting
  104. Top 3 Pitch 1: in play
  105. Top 3 Mercer hit a ground rule double to deep left center.
  106. Top 3 Cole batting
  107. Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  108. Top 3 Pitch 2: in play
  109. Top 3 Cole singled to center, Mercer scored. 1–0
  110. Top 3 Polanco batting
  111. Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  112. Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  113. Top 3 Pitch 3: ball 2
  114. Top 3 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
  115. Top 3 Pitch 5: ball 3
  116. Top 3 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
  117. Top 3 Polanco struck out swinging.
  118. Top 3 Marte batting
  119. Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  120. Top 3 Pitch 2: in play
  121. Top 3 Marte grounded out to second.
  122. Bot 3 La Stella batting
  123. Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  124. Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
  125. Bot 3 Pitch 3: in play
  126. Bot 3 La Stella grounded out to first.
  127. Bot 3 Fowler batting
  128. Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  129. Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  130. Bot 3 Pitch 3: ball 2
  131. Bot 3 Pitch 4: in play
  132. Bot 3 Fowler flied out to right.
  133. Bot 3 Schwarber batting
  134. Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  135. Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  136. Bot 3 Pitch 3: in play
  137. Bot 3 Schwarber popped out to shortstop.
  138. Top 4 McCutchen batting
  139. Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
  140. Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  141. Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
  142. Top 4 Pitch 4: in play
  143. Top 4 McCutchen flied out to center.
  144. Top 4 Ramírez batting
  145. Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  146. Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
  147. Top 4 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
  148. Top 4 Ramírez struck out swinging.
  149. Top 4 Cervelli batting
  150. Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  151. Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  152. Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 1
  153. Top 4 Pitch 4: ball 2
  154. Top 4 Pitch 5: in play
  155. Top 4 Cervelli flied out to center.
  156. Bot 4 Bryant batting
  157. Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  158. Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
  159. Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
  160. Bot 4 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
  161. Bot 4 Pitch 5: ball 3
  162. Bot 4 Pitch 6: in play
  163. Bot 4 Bryant singled to left.
  164. Bot 4 Rizzo batting
  165. Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
  166. Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
  167. Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
  168. Bot 4 Pitch 4: ball 3
  169. Bot 4 Pitch 5: in play
  170. Bot 4 Rizzo singled to right center, Bryant to third.
  171. Bot 4 Coghlan batting
  172. Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  173. Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
  174. Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  175. Bot 4 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
  176. Bot 4 Coghlan struck out swinging.
  177. Bot 4 Russell batting
  178. Bot 4 Pitch 1: in play
  179. Bot 4 Russell grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Bryant scored, Rizzo out at second. 1–1
  180. Bot 4 Ross batting
  181. Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
  182. Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
  183. Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  184. Bot 4 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
  185. Bot 4 Ross struck out swinging.
  186. Top 5 Morse batting
  187. Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  188. Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
  189. Top 5 Morse singled to right.
  190. Top 5 Harrison batting
  191. Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  192. Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
  193. Top 5 Harrison lined out to left.
  194. Top 5 Mercer batting
  195. Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  196. Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  197. Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 2
  198. Top 5 Pitch 4: ball 3
  199. Top 5 Pitch 5: strike 2 (looking)
  200. Top 5 Pitch 6: foul
  201. Top 5 Pitch 7: foul
  202. Top 5 Pitch 8: foul
  203. Top 5 Pitch 9: in play
  204. Top 5 Mercer grounded out to third, Morse to second.
  205. Top 5 Cole batting
  206. Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  207. Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
  208. Top 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
  209. Top 5 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
  210. Top 5 Cole struck out swinging.
  211. Bot 5 Lester batting
  212. Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  213. Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
  214. Bot 5 Pitch 3: foul
  215. Bot 5 Pitch 4: foul
  216. Bot 5 Pitch 5: strike 3 (looking)
  217. Bot 5 Lester struck out looking.
  218. Bot 5 La Stella batting
  219. Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  220. Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  221. Bot 5 Pitch 3: in play
  222. Bot 5 La Stella fouled out to third.
  223. Bot 5 Fowler batting
  224. Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  225. Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
  226. Bot 5 Pitch 3: ball 2
  227. Bot 5 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
  228. Bot 5 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
  229. Bot 5 Fowler struck out swinging.
  230. Top 6 Polanco batting
  231. Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  232. Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  233. Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
  234. Top 6 Pitch 4: ball 2
  235. Top 6 Pitch 5: foul
  236. Top 6 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
  237. Top 6 Polanco struck out swinging.
  238. Top 6 Marte batting
  239. Top 6 Pitch 1: in play
  240. Top 6 Marte grounded out to first.
  241. Top 6 McCutchen batting
  242. Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  243. Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
  244. Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
  245. Top 6 Pitch 4: ball 2
  246. Top 6 Pitch 5: foul
  247. Top 6 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
  248. Top 6 McCutchen struck out swinging.
  249. Bot 6 Schwarber batting
  250. Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  251. Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  252. Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
  253. Bot 6 Pitch 4: in play
  254. Bot 6 Schwarber singled to shallow right.
  255. Bot 6 Bryant batting
  256. Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  257. Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
  258. Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 3
  259. Bot 6 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
  260. Bot 6 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
  261. Bot 6 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
  262. Bot 6 Bryant struck out swinging.
  263. Bot 6 Rizzo batting
  264. Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  265. Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
  266. Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
  267. Bot 6 Pitch 4: in play
  268. Bot 6 Rizzo flied out to center.
  269. Bot 6 Coghlan batting
  270. Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  271. Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
  272. Bot 6 Pitch 3: in play
  273. Bot 6 Coghlan grounded out to shortstop.
  274. Top 7 Ramírez batting
  275. Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
  276. Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  277. Top 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
  278. Top 7 Pitch 4: in play
  279. Top 7 Ramírez doubled to shallow left.
  280. Top 7 Lineup Change
  281. Top 7 Lineup Change
  282. Top 7 Broxton ran for Ramírez.
  283. Top 7 Cervelli batting
  284. Top 7 Pitch 1: in play
  285. Top 7 Cervelli sacrificed to third, Broxton to third.
  286. Top 7 Morse batting
  287. Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  288. Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
  289. Top 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
  290. Top 7 Pitch 4: ball 2
  291. Top 7 Pitch 5: in play
  292. Top 7 Morse singled to right, Broxton scored. 2–1
  293. Top 7 Lineup Change
  294. Top 7 Lineup Change
  295. Top 7 Rodriguez ran for Morse.
  296. Top 7 Harrison batting
  297. Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  298. Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  299. Top 7 Pitch 3: foul
  300. Top 7 Pitch 4: in play
  301. Top 7 Harrison popped into double play, to first, Rodriguez doubled off first.
  302. Bot 7 Lineup Change
  303. Bot 7 Lineup Change
  304. Bot 7 Lineup Change
  305. Bot 7 Lineup Change
  306. Bot 7 Walker at second base.
  307. Bot 7 Rodriguez at first base.
  308. Bot 7 Harrison at third base.
  309. Bot 7 Russell batting
  310. Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
  311. Bot 7 Pitch 2: in play
  312. Bot 7 Russell popped out to second.
  313. Bot 7 Lineup Change
  314. Bot 7 Lineup Change
  315. Bot 7 Castro hit for Ross.
  316. Bot 7 Castro batting
  317. Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  318. Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  319. Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 1
  320. Bot 7 Pitch 4: ball 2
  321. Bot 7 Pitch 5: in play
  322. Bot 7 Castro grounded out to second.
  323. Bot 7 Lineup Change
  324. Bot 7 Lineup Change
  325. Bot 7 Soler hit for Lester.
  326. Bot 7 Soler batting
  327. Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
  328. Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  329. Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  330. Bot 7 Pitch 4: ball 2
  331. Bot 7 Pitch 5: foul
  332. Bot 7 Pitch 6: in play
  333. Bot 7 Soler flied out to center.
  334. Top 8 Lineup Change
  335. Top 8 Lineup Change
  336. Top 8 Lineup Change
  337. Top 8 Lineup Change
  338. Top 8 Lineup Change
  339. Top 8 Lineup Change
  340. Top 8 Montero catching.
  341. Top 8 Strop relieved Lester.
  342. Top 8 Castro at shortstop.
  343. Top 8 Soler in right field.
  344. Top 8 Mercer batting
  345. Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  346. Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  347. Top 8 Pitch 3: in play
  348. Top 8 Mercer struck out swinging, Mercer safe at first on wild pitch by Strop.
  349. Top 8 Álvarez hit for Cole.
  350. Top 8 Álvarez batting
  351. Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
  352. Top 8 Pitch 2: in play
  353. Top 8 Álvarez singled to right center, Mercer to third.
  354. Top 8 Polanco batting
  355. Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  356. Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
  357. Top 8 Pitch 3: ball 1
  358. Top 8 Pitch 4: ball 2
  359. Top 8 Pitch 5: strike 3 (looking)
  360. Top 8 Polanco struck out looking.
  361. Top 8 Marte batting
  362. Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  363. Top 8 Pitch 2: in play
  364. Top 8 Marte grounded out to shortstop, Mercer scored, Álvarez to second. 3–1
  365. Top 8 McCutchen batting
  366. Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  367. Top 8 Pitch 2: ball 1
  368. Top 8 Pitch 3: ball 2
  369. Top 8 Pitch 4: ball 3
  370. Top 8 Pitch 5: strike 2 (looking)
  371. Top 8 Pitch 6: foul
  372. Top 8 Pitch 7: strike 3 (swinging)
  373. Top 8 McCutchen struck out swinging.
  374. Bot 8 Lineup Change
  375. Bot 8 Lineup Change
  376. Bot 8 Lineup Change
  377. Bot 8 Lineup Change
  378. Bot 8 Lineup Change
  379. Bot 8 Lineup Change
  380. Bot 8 Lineup Change
  381. Bot 8 Lineup Change
  382. Bot 8 Watson relieved Cole.
  383. Bot 8 Báez hit for La Stella.
  384. Bot 8 Báez batting
  385. Bot 8 Pitch 1: in play
  386. Bot 8 Báez bunt grounded out to pitcher.
  387. Bot 8 Fowler batting
  388. Bot 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  389. Bot 8 Pitch 2: in play
  390. Bot 8 Fowler grounded out to first.
  391. Bot 8 Lineup Change
  392. Bot 8 Lineup Change
  393. Bot 8 Jackson hit for Schwarber.
  394. Bot 8 Jackson batting
  395. Bot 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  396. Bot 8 Pitch 2: ball 1
  397. Bot 8 Pitch 3: ball 2
  398. Bot 8 Pitch 4: ball 3
  399. Bot 8 Pitch 5: ball 4
  400. Bot 8 Jackson walked.

Box score

PIT

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Gregory PolancoRF0-4400000326.254.318.378
Starling MarteLF0-440010008.291.338.452
Andrew McCutchenCF0-4400000220.294.403.493
Aramis Ramirez3B1-330100019.253.299.435
Keon BroxtonPR0-001000000.000.000.000
Neil Walker2B0-110000004.273.333.430
Francisco CervelliC1-3301000014.301.377.403
Michael Morse1B2-3302100112.242.317.352
Sean Rodriguez1B0-110000015.245.281.359
Josh Harrison3B0-4400000120.282.322.378
Jordy MercerSS1-3321000113.249.301.321
Gerrit ColeP1-220110016.155.183.155
Pedro AlvarezPH1-110100002.245.315.472
Tony WatsonP0-000000000.000.000.000
Mark MelanconP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Gerrit ColeP7.0411280109-682.60109
Tony WatsonP1.010011014-81.9914
Mark MelanconP1.021103018-141.9518

CHC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Dexter FowlerCF0-4400000216.249.345.418
Kyle SchwarberLF1-2201001012.245.351.509
Austin JacksonLF0-000000105.212.268.308
Kris Bryant3B2-4412000221.278.370.501
Anthony Rizzo1B1-4401000116.282.391.520
Chris CoghlanRF0-2200001113.250.341.443
Pedro StropP0-000000000.000.000.000
Travis WoodP0-000000000.100.156.100
Fernando RodneyP0-000000000.000.000.000
Chris DenorfiaPH1-111100003.271.321.367
Addison RussellSS1-330110005.237.299.386
Miguel MonteroC0-110000014.244.343.412
David RossC0-220000017.182.274.264
Starlin Castro2B1-220110007.265.297.368
Quintin BerryPR0-000000000.000.000.000
Jon LesterP0-2200000210.051.082.051
Jorge SolerRF0-2200000111.269.329.411
Tommy La Stella2B0-220000006.278.339.426
Javier BaezSS0-220000015.286.318.397
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jon LesterP7.0522060102-723.43102
Pedro StropP1.011103019-133.0519
Travis WoodP0.10000004-44.034
Fernando RodneyP0.210002014-90.9614

Starting lineups

CHC

  1. 1 Dexter Fowler CF
  2. 2 Kyle Schwarber LF
  3. 3 Kris Bryant 3B
  4. 4 Anthony Rizzo 1B
  5. 5 Chris Coghlan RF
  6. 6 Addison Russell SS
  7. 7 David Ross C
  8. 8 Jon Lester P
  9. 9 Tommy La Stella 2B

PIT

  1. 1 Gregory Polanco RF
  2. 2 Starling Marte LF
  3. 3 Andrew McCutchen CF
  4. 4 Aramis Ramirez 3B
  5. 5 Francisco Cervelli C
  6. 6 Michael Morse 1B
  7. 7 Josh Harrison 3B
  8. 8 Jordy Mercer SS
  9. 9 Gerrit Cole P

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