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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs

2016-06-18 · Night game · Wrigley Field · Att: 41424 · 73°F, cloudy · Wind 5 mph from RF · 3:00

Chicago Cubs defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 4–3. Pittsburgh Pirates opened the scoring in the 1st — Jordy Mercer homers (3) on a line drive to left field. Chicago Cubs took the lead in the 6th — David Ross homers (5) on a fly ball to left center field. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: David Ross homers (5) on a fly ball to left center field — worth 18% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Jon Lester L: Jon Niese SV: Hector Rondon

Umpires — HP: Eric Cooper · 1B: Jim Wolf · 2B: Ramon De Jesus · 3B: Gary Cederstrom · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jordy Mercer	4	2	2	2	0	2
Josh Harrison	4	0	0	0	0	1
Andrew McCutchen	3	0	1	1	1	0
Jung Ho Kang	3	0	1	0	1	1
David Freese	3	1	2	0	1	0
Matt Joyce	3	0	1	0	0	1
Sean Rodriguez	4	0	1	0	0	1
Erik Kratz	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jonathon Niese	3	0	0	0	0	2
Jason Rogers	1	0	0	0	0	1
John Jaso	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dexter Fowler	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Heyward	3	0	0	0	0	0
Kris Bryant	3	1	1	1	1	0
Anthony Rizzo	3	1	2	1	1	0
Ben Zobrist	2	0	1	0	2	0
Javier Baez	4	1	1	0	0	1
Addison Russell	3	0	0	0	1	2
David Ross	1	1	1	2	2	0
Jon Lester	2	0	0	0	0	2
Albert Almora	4	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Coghlan	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hector Rondon	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jonathon Niese	5.1	6	4	5
Jared Hughes	1.0	0	2	0
Neftali Feliz	0.2	0	0	0
Mark Melancon	1.0	0	1	1

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jon Lester	6.0	7	3	7
Pedro Strop	1.1	1	0	1
Travis Wood	0.1	0	0	1
Hector Rondon	1.1	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jordy Mercer: HR/F7D+
Josh Harrison: 8/F8RXD+
Andrew McCutchen: W
Jung Ho Kang: SB2
Jung Ho Kang: W
David Freese: CS3(25)
David Freese: W.1-2
Matt Joyce: 63/G6+

Bot 1

Dexter Fowler: 53/G56-
Jason Heyward: 31/G34S-
Kris Bryant: 8/F8LXD+

Top 2

Sean Rodriguez: K
Erik Kratz: 6/F5D-
Jonathon Niese: K

Bot 2

Anthony Rizzo: HR/F9LD+
Ben Zobrist: 9/L9D+
Javier Baez: D7/G5
Addison Russell: K
David Ross: IW
Jon Lester: K

Top 3

Jordy Mercer: D7/L7LD+
Josh Harrison: 63/G6
Andrew McCutchen: S8/G4.2-H
Jung Ho Kang: 64(1)3/GDP/G6+

Bot 3

Albert Almora: 3/G3-
Jason Heyward: 23/G2L-
Kris Bryant: W
Anthony Rizzo: 5/L6

Top 4

David Freese: S8/L6MD+
Matt Joyce: D9/G3+.1-3
Sean Rodriguez: S6/G56.3-3;2-2
Erik Kratz: K
Jonathon Niese: K
Jordy Mercer: HP.3-H;2-3;1-2
Josh Harrison: K

Bot 4

Ben Zobrist: S1/BG5S
Javier Baez: 64(1)/FO/G6+
Addison Russell: SB2/MREV
Addison Russell: WP.2-3
Addison Russell: W
David Ross: 3/SH/BG34S+.3-H;1-2
Jon Lester: K

Top 5

Andrew McCutchen: 3/L4
Jung Ho Kang: K
David Freese: S5/G6S-
Matt Joyce: K

Bot 5

Albert Almora: 9/F9D
Jason Heyward: 31/G3
Kris Bryant: HR/F7D+
Anthony Rizzo: D7/L7D+
Ben Zobrist: W
Javier Baez: K23

Top 6

Sean Rodriguez: 53/G56
Erik Kratz: 8/F8RS
Jonathon Niese: 31/G34-

Bot 6

Addison Russell: K
David Ross: HR/F78XD+
Chris Coghlan: 7/L78M
Albert Almora: 63/G6

Top 7

Jordy Mercer: K
Josh Harrison: 53/G5-
Andrew McCutchen: 43/G4MD+

Bot 7

Jason Heyward: HP
Kris Bryant: 53/G56.1-2
Anthony Rizzo: IW
Ben Zobrist: W.2-3;1-2
Javier Baez: 64(1)3/GDP/G6+

Top 8

Jung Ho Kang: S8/L6D+
David Freese: 53/G5S-.1-2
Jason Rogers: K
Sean Rodriguez: 9/F9LS

Bot 8

Addison Russell: 53/G56+
David Ross: W
Hector Rondon: K/BF
Albert Almora: 43/G4

Top 9

Erik Kratz: 13/BG
John Jaso: 7/F7M
Jordy Mercer: K

Notes & reviews

Cubs center fielder Dexter Fowler left the game due to an injured leg
replay,4,russa002,CHN,cedeg901,CHI11,,Y,M,CHN,A $when Javier Baez was called out at 2B, Cubs manager Joe Maddon challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay

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