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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs

2019-04-11 · Night game · Wrigley Field · Att: 31906 · 50°F, cloudy · Wind 11 mph from RF · 2:38

Chicago Cubs defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 2–0. Chicago Cubs opened the scoring in the 7th — Daniel Descalso singles on a line drive to left fielder Pablo Reyes. Jason Heyward scores. Daniel Descalso to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Javier Baez grounds into a double play, third baseman Jung Ho Kang to catcher Francisco Cervelli. Ben Zobrist out at home. Javier Baez out at 1st — worth 20% in win probability. Also of note: Ejection — Joe Maddon (M): Arguing balls and strikes.

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Line score

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

W: Jose Quintana L: Joe Musgrove SV: Pedro Strop

Umpires — HP: Mike Estabrook · 1B: Paul Emmel · 2B: Bruce Dreckman · 3B: Manny Gonzalez · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Adam Frazier	4	2	0	2
Starling Marte	4	1	0	2
Francisco Cervelli	4	0	0	2
Josh Bell	3	1	1	0
Jung Ho Kang	3	0	0	2
Melky Cabrera	4	1	0	1
Pablo Reyes	3	0	0	1
Erik Gonzalez	3	0	0	0
Joe Musgrove	2	0	0	2
Jason Martin	1	0	0	1
Colin Moran	1	0	0	1

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ben Zobrist	4	0	1	0	0	0
Kris Bryant	3	0	0	0	1	1
Anthony Rizzo	4	0	0	0	0	2
Javier Baez	4	0	0	0	0	0
Kyle Schwarber	4	0	0	0	0	3
Jason Heyward	2	1	0	0	1	0
Daniel Descalso	3	1	2	1	0	1
Victor Caratini	3	0	2	1	0	1
Jose Quintana	2	0	0	0	0	1
David Bote	0	0	0	0	1	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Musgrove	6.1	4	2	6
Francisco Liriano	0.2	1	1	1
Nick Burdi	1.0	0	0	2

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jose Quintana	7.0	4	1	11
Steve Cishek	1.0	1	0	2
Pedro Strop	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Adam Frazier: K
Starling Marte: K
Francisco Cervelli: K

Bot 1

Ben Zobrist: 7/F78D
Kris Bryant: 9/F89M
Anthony Rizzo: K

Top 2

Josh Bell: W
Jung Ho Kang: K
Melky Cabrera: 9/F9S
Pablo Reyes: 3/G34S

Bot 2

Javier Baez: 63/G6S-
Kyle Schwarber: K
Jason Heyward: 43/G34+

Top 3

Erik Gonzalez: 8/F89D
Joe Musgrove: K+WP.B-1
Adam Frazier: S8/L8RD+.1-3
Starling Marte: K
Francisco Cervelli: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 3

Daniel Descalso: K
Victor Caratini: D8/F8RXD+
Jose Quintana: K
Ben Zobrist: 31/G3

Top 4

Josh Bell: S6/G15+
Jung Ho Kang: 9/F9D+
Melky Cabrera: POCS2(136)
Melky Cabrera: S9/G3
Pablo Reyes: 13/BG

Bot 4

Kris Bryant: 9/L9D+
Anthony Rizzo: 7/F78M
Javier Baez: 9/F9M

Top 5

Erik Gonzalez: 53/G5S
Joe Musgrove: K
Adam Frazier: S9/L34D-
Starling Marte: 53/G56S

Bot 5

Kyle Schwarber: K
Jason Heyward: W
Daniel Descalso: S9/L9M.1-2
Victor Caratini: K+SB2;SB3
Jose Quintana: 63/G6S-

Top 6

Francisco Cervelli: K
Josh Bell: 63/G6
Jung Ho Kang: K

Bot 6

Ben Zobrist: S8/L8LS-
Kris Bryant: W.1-2
Anthony Rizzo: 63/G4.2-3;1-2
Javier Baez: 2/DP/G56S-.3XH(52)

Top 7

Melky Cabrera: K
Pablo Reyes: K
Erik Gonzalez: 43/G4

Bot 7

Kyle Schwarber: 43/G34
Jason Heyward: E6/F5D.B-2
Daniel Descalso: S7/L78M.2-H(UR);B-2(TH)
Victor Caratini: D8/F89D+.2-H(UR)
David Bote: W
Ben Zobrist: 9/F89M
Kris Bryant: K

Top 8

Jason Martin: K
Adam Frazier: K
Starling Marte: D7/G5
Francisco Cervelli: 8/F8RD

Bot 8

Anthony Rizzo: K
Javier Baez: 8/F89D
Kyle Schwarber: K

Top 9

Josh Bell: 9/F89M
Colin Moran: K
Melky Cabrera: 8/F8LM

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