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Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh Pirates

2018-08-17 · Night game · PNC Park · Att: 24298 · 70°F, rain, wet · Wind 7 mph to CF · 2:53

Chicago Cubs defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 1–0. Chicago Cubs opened the scoring in the 2nd — Kyle Schwarber homers (21) on a fly ball to right field. The game's biggest swing came in the 9th: David Freese grounds into a double play, third baseman David Bote to first baseman Anthony Rizzo. Corey Dickerson out at 3rd. David Freese out at 1st — worth 34% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Cole Hamels L: Trevor Williams SV: Jesse Chavez

Umpires — HP: Carlos Torres · 1B: Paul Nauert · 2B: Chad Fairchild · 3B: Scott Barry · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ian Happ	4	0	1	0	0	2
Jason Heyward	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Zobrist	4	0	1	0	0	0
Anthony Rizzo	4	0	2	0	0	0
Javier Baez	4	0	0	0	0	0
Kyle Schwarber	2	1	1	1	2	0
Victor Caratini	3	0	0	0	1	0
Cole Hamels	3	0	1	0	0	1
Addison Russell	4	0	0	0	0	1
David Bote	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Corey Dickerson	4	1	0	1
Starling Marte	4	2	0	2
Gregory Polanco	2	1	2	0
David Freese	4	1	0	0
Francisco Cervelli	1	0	1	1
Josh Bell	3	0	0	0
Josh Harrison	3	0	0	0
Adeiny Hechavarria	2	1	0	0
Trevor Williams	2	0	0	0
Colin Moran	1	1	0	0
Adam Frazier	1	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cole Hamels	7.0	5	2	3
Brandon Kintzler	0.1	1	0	0
Jorge De La Rosa	0.2	0	0	0
Steve Cishek	0.1	1	0	1
Jesse Chavez	0.2	0	1	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Trevor Williams	7.0	4	2	4
Kyle Crick	1.0	2	0	0
Keone Kela	1.0	0	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ian Happ: K
Jason Heyward: 5/F5SF-
Ben Zobrist: 43/G34D

Bot 1

Corey Dickerson: 53/G6S
Starling Marte: S2/BG
Gregory Polanco: W.1-2
David Freese: 5(2)3/GDP/G5-

Top 2

Anthony Rizzo: S7/L5D-
Javier Baez: 5(B)3(1)/LDP
Kyle Schwarber: HR/F9LD+
Victor Caratini: W
Cole Hamels: 7/F78S

Bot 2

Francisco Cervelli: HP
Josh Bell: 54(1)3/GDP/G56
Josh Harrison: 63/G6+

Top 3

Addison Russell: K
Ian Happ: 3/G34
Jason Heyward: 9/F9S

Bot 3

Adeiny Hechavarria: S9/F8RS
Trevor Williams: 4(1)/FO/G4MS-
Corey Dickerson: 46(1)3/GDP/G4M

Top 4

Ben Zobrist: 7/F7M
Anthony Rizzo: D8/F8RXD+
Javier Baez: 8/F8RM
Kyle Schwarber: IW
Victor Caratini: 3/G3

Bot 4

Starling Marte: K
Gregory Polanco: S9/L89M
David Freese: S9/G4.1-2
Francisco Cervelli: K+SB3
Josh Bell: 9/F9D

Top 5

Cole Hamels: S8/G6M+
Addison Russell: 9/F9S
Ian Happ: K
Jason Heyward: E4/G4M.1-2
Ben Zobrist: 5/F56S-

Bot 5

Josh Harrison: 53/G5
Adeiny Hechavarria: 8/F8RXD+
Trevor Williams: 31/G34-

Top 6

Anthony Rizzo: 4E3/G34S-
Javier Baez: 64(1)3/GDP/G6
Kyle Schwarber: 9/F9D

Bot 6

Corey Dickerson: K
Starling Marte: S9/G4
Gregory Polanco: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Top 7

Victor Caratini: 8/F8RD
Cole Hamels: K
Addison Russell: 53/G5S-

Bot 7

David Freese: 63/G6+
Francisco Cervelli: W
Josh Bell: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Top 8

Ian Happ: S8/L4D
Jason Heyward: 43/G4.1-2
Ben Zobrist: CS3(25)
Ben Zobrist: S9/G34
Anthony Rizzo: 43/G34D

Bot 8

Josh Harrison: 6/L6+
Colin Moran: S7/L6D
Adam Frazier: 4/DP.1X1(43)

Top 9

Javier Baez: 53/G56
Kyle Schwarber: W
Victor Caratini: E1/G13S-.1-3
David Bote: K
Addison Russell: 7/L7M+

Bot 9

Corey Dickerson: S8/L8RM
Starling Marte: WP.1-2
Starling Marte: K
Gregory Polanco: W
David Freese: 5(2)3/GDP/G5

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Pirates challenged call that Newman was out at 1st; call was upheld - out to complete double play
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