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Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh Pirates

2015-10-07 · 2015 Wild Card · Night game · PNC Park · Att: 40889 · 68°F, sunny · Wind 2 mph from LF · 2:47

Chicago Cubs defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 4–0. Chicago Cubs opened the scoring in the 1st — Kyle Schwarber singles on a line drive to left fielder Starling Marte. Dexter Fowler scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Kyle Schwarber homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. Dexter Fowler scores — worth 17% in win probability. Also of note: Ejection — Sean Rodriguez (P): Fighting.

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Line score

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

W: Jake Arrieta L: Gerrit Cole SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jeff Nelson · 1B: Hunter Wendelstedt · 2B: John Hirschbeck · 3B: Jim Reynolds · LF: Mike Estabrook · RF: Cory Blaser

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dexter Fowler	4	3	3	1	0	0
Kyle Schwarber	3	1	2	3	0	0
Kris Bryant	3	0	0	0	1	1
Anthony Rizzo	4	0	0	0	0	2
Tommy La Stella	2	0	0	0	0	1
Starlin Castro	4	0	0	0	0	0
Miguel Montero	4	0	1	0	0	0
Addison Russell	4	0	1	0	0	2
Jake Arrieta	2	0	0	0	0	2
Austin Jackson	2	0	0	0	0	2
Chris Denorfia	0	0	0	0	1	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	H	SO
Gregory Polanco	4	0	2
Josh Harrison	3	0	1
Andrew McCutchen	4	2	0
Starling Marte	4	0	1
Francisco Cervelli	3	1	0
Neil Walker	3	0	2
Jordy Mercer	2	0	1
Pedro Alvarez	3	0	3
Gerrit Cole	1	0	1
Travis Snider	1	1	0
Aramis Ramirez	1	0	0
Mike Morse	1	1	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jake Arrieta	9.0	5	0	11

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gerrit Cole	5.0	6	1	4
Antonio Bastardo	1.0	0	0	2
Tony Watson	1.0	0	0	1
Joakim Soria	1.0	0	1	3
Mark Melancon	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dexter Fowler: S8/L
Kyle Schwarber: SB2
Kyle Schwarber: S7/L.2-H
Kris Bryant: 54(1)3/GDP
Anthony Rizzo: E4/TH/G
Tommy La Stella: K

Bot 1

Gregory Polanco: K
Josh Harrison: 43/G
Andrew McCutchen: S8/G+
Starling Marte: K

Top 2

Starlin Castro: 13/G
Miguel Montero: 63/G
Addison Russell: 8/F

Bot 2

Francisco Cervelli: 3/G+
Neil Walker: K
Jordy Mercer: 8/F

Top 3

Jake Arrieta: K
Dexter Fowler: S9/L
Kyle Schwarber: HR/9/F.1-H
Kris Bryant: W
Anthony Rizzo: 6/P/DP.1X1(63)

Bot 3

Pedro Alvarez: K
Gerrit Cole: K
Gregory Polanco: K

Top 4

Tommy La Stella: 3/G
Starlin Castro: 53/G
Miguel Montero: S8/L
Addison Russell: K

Bot 4

Josh Harrison: 9/F
Andrew McCutchen: 9/L
Starling Marte: 31/G

Top 5

Jake Arrieta: K
Dexter Fowler: HR/89/F
Kyle Schwarber: 8/F
Kris Bryant: 6/L

Bot 5

Francisco Cervelli: HP
Neil Walker: 7/F
Jordy Mercer: K
Pedro Alvarez: K

Top 6

Anthony Rizzo: K
Austin Jackson: K
Starlin Castro: 4/P

Bot 6

Travis Snider: S9/G+
Gregory Polanco: 5/L
Josh Harrison: HP.1-2
Andrew McCutchen: S6/G+.2-3;1-2
Starling Marte: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Miguel Montero: 31/G
Addison Russell: K
Jake Arrieta: HP
Dexter Fowler: SB2
Dexter Fowler: 9/F

Bot 7

Francisco Cervelli: S7/G+
Neil Walker: K
Aramis Ramirez: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Chris Denorfia: W
Kris Bryant: K
Anthony Rizzo: K
Austin Jackson: K

Bot 8

Pedro Alvarez: K
Mike Morse: S8/L
Gregory Polanco: 9/F
Josh Harrison: K23

Top 9

Starlin Castro: 6/L
Miguel Montero: 3/G
Addison Russell: S7/G+.BX2(74)

Bot 9

Andrew McCutchen: 13/G
Starling Marte: 53/G
Francisco Cervelli: 4/L-

Notes & reviews

originally scored as error, changed to single on 10-09-2015
Pirates Rodriguez, already removed from game, ejected by HP umpire Nelson for fighting when benchs cleared after hit by pitch

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