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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs

2014-06-21 · Night game · Wrigley Field · Att: 36563 · 70°F, overcast · Wind 1 mph to RF · 2:54

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Chicago Cubs 5–3. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 5th. Vance Worley earned the win and Mark Melancon picked up the save. Josh Harrison went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Vance Worley L: Travis Wood SV: Mark Melancon

Umpires — HP: John Tumpane · 1B: James Hoye · 2B: Bill Welke · 3B: Bob Davidson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gregory Polanco	3	2	1	0	1	2
Josh Harrison	4	1	2	3	0	0
Andrew McCutchen	3	0	1	1	1	0
Russell Martin	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jose Tabata	3	0	0	0	1	1
Gaby Sanchez	3	0	1	0	0	0
Jordy Mercer	4	2	2	1	0	1
Clint Barmes	4	0	0	0	0	0
Vance Worley	2	0	0	0	0	1
Ike Davis	1	0	0	0	0	0
Pedro Alvarez	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chris Coghlan	4	1	1	0	0	0
Justin Ruggiano	4	0	0	0	0	1
Anthony Rizzo	4	1	1	2	0	1
Starlin Castro	3	0	0	0	1	3
Luis Valbuena	4	0	0	0	0	1
Junior Lake	4	0	1	0	0	1
Darwin Barney	3	1	1	0	0	0
Eli Whiteside	3	0	1	1	0	1
Travis Wood	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Sweeney	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nate Schierholtz	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vance Worley	6.2	5	1	4
Jared Hughes	0.1	0	0	0
Tony Watson	1.0	0	0	1
Mark Melancon	1.0	0	0	3

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Travis Wood	4.2	4	3	4
Brian Schlitter	0.1	0	0	0
Justin Grimm	2.0	3	0	1
Carlos Villanueva	2.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Gregory Polanco: K
Josh Harrison: 8/F8LD
Andrew McCutchen: 63/G6+

Bot 1

Chris Coghlan: 7/F78M
Justin Ruggiano: 63/G6
Anthony Rizzo: K

Top 2

Russell Martin: K
Jose Tabata: 9/F9M
Gaby Sanchez: 8/F8RM

Bot 2

Starlin Castro: K
Luis Valbuena: 9/F9S
Junior Lake: 8/F8LD

Top 3

Jordy Mercer: HR/F7D+
Clint Barmes: 7/F8LXD+
Vance Worley: K
Gregory Polanco: K

Bot 3

Darwin Barney: 7/L78D+
Eli Whiteside: 43/G4
Travis Wood: 53/G56

Top 4

Josh Harrison: 63/G6+
Andrew McCutchen: W
Russell Martin: 9/F9S
Jose Tabata: SB2
Jose Tabata: W
Gaby Sanchez: 7/F78XD+

Bot 4

Chris Coghlan: S9/G34+
Justin Ruggiano: 9/F89S
Anthony Rizzo: HR/F9D+.1-H
Starlin Castro: W
Luis Valbuena: 7/F78M
Junior Lake: 9/F9D

Top 5

Jordy Mercer: S7
Clint Barmes: 9/L9M
Vance Worley: 24/SH/BG2L-.1-2
Gregory Polanco: W
Josh Harrison: S8/G6M+.2-H;1-2
Andrew McCutchen: S7/G6+.2-H;1-3
Russell Martin: 53/G56-

Bot 5

Darwin Barney: D8/L6D+
Eli Whiteside: K
Ryan Sweeney: 3/G3.2-3
Chris Coghlan: 13/G13

Top 6

Jose Tabata: K
Gaby Sanchez: S7/G56+
Jordy Mercer: 6(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 6

Justin Ruggiano: 63/G6
Anthony Rizzo: 9/F9S
Starlin Castro: K

Top 7

Clint Barmes: 9/F89D
Vance Worley: 43/G4
Gregory Polanco: S6/MREV/G6+
Josh Harrison: HR/F9D+.1-H
Andrew McCutchen: 53/G5

Bot 7

Luis Valbuena: 8/F8LS
Junior Lake: S7/L7M
Darwin Barney: 4(1)/FO/G4+
Eli Whiteside: D8/F78XD+.1-H
Nate Schierholtz: 9/F9S

Top 8

Russell Martin: K
Jose Tabata: 3/G34S-
Ike Davis: 7/F7S

Bot 8

Chris Coghlan: 3/G34S-
Justin Ruggiano: K
Anthony Rizzo: 13/BG

Top 9

Jordy Mercer: K
Clint Barmes: 9/F9M
Pedro Alvarez: 7/F78M

Bot 9

Starlin Castro: K
Luis Valbuena: K
Junior Lake: K23

Notes & reviews

replay,7,polag001,PIT,davib902,CHI11,,Y,M,PIT,C $when Gregory Polanco was called out at 1B, Pirates manager Clint Hurdle challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay

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