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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs

2019-09-13 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 39080 · 75°F, cloudy · Wind 20 mph to CF · 3:52

Chicago Cubs defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 17–8. Pittsburgh Pirates opened the scoring in the 1st — Bryan Reynolds walks. Kevin Newman scores. Bryan Reynolds to 2nd. Throwing error by catcher Willson Contreras. Throwing error by center fielder Albert Almora. Chicago Cubs took the lead in the 1st — Nico Hoerner homers (1) on a fly ball to center field. Kyle Schwarber scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Anthony Rizzo hits a grand slam (26) to right field. David Bote scores. Albert Almora scores. Jon Lester scores — worth 17% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	8	13
CHN	5	0	5	0	7	0	0	0		17	16

W: Jon Lester L: Steven Brault SV: Alec Mills

Umpires — HP: David Rackley · 1B: Alfonso Marquez · 2B: Dan Bellino · 3B: Jeremie Rehak · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Kevin Newman	5	1	3	1	0	0
Bryan Reynolds	3	1	0	0	1	2
Melky Cabrera	5	0	0	0	0	1
Josh Bell	3	0	1	0	0	0
Jose Osuna	4	2	0	0	1	3
Pablo Reyes	5	2	3	2	0	1
Adam Frazier	4	1	2	1	0	1
Elias Diaz	4	0	1	1	0	0
Steven Brault	1	0	1	0	0	0
Alex McRae	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jacob Stallings	1	0	1	0	0	0
Erik Gonzalez	2	0	0	0	0	1
Cole Tucker	1	1	1	0	0	0
Kevin Kramer	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Anthony Rizzo	5	2	3	4	0	1
Nick Castellanos	4	1	2	3	1	1
Kris Bryant	4	1	1	0	1	0
Willson Contreras	4	3	3	2	1	0
Kyle Schwarber	4	2	1	0	0	3
Nico Hoerner	5	2	2	4	1	0
David Bote	2	2	0	0	3	0
Albert Almora	3	1	2	0	0	0
Jon Lester	2	1	0	0	1	1
Jason Heyward	2	1	1	3	0	1
Tony Kemp	1	1	1	1	0	0
Alec Mills	1	0	0	0	0	0
Victor Caratini	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ian Happ	1	0	0	0	0	1
Robel Garcia	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jonathan Lucroy	0	0	0	0	1	0
Daniel Descalso	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Steven Brault	2.2	8	3	2
Alex McRae	1.1	1	3	1
Yefry Ramirez	0.2	4	1	2
Geoff Hartlieb	2.1	3	1	2
Parker Markel	1.0	0	2	2

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jon Lester	5.0	11	2	2
Brad Wieck	1.0	0	0	3
Alec Mills	3.0	2	0	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Kevin Newman: S8/L6D
Bryan Reynolds: W.1-H(E2/TH)(E8/TH)(NR);B-2
Melky Cabrera: 8/L8LM
Josh Bell: 2/F23F-
Jose Osuna: W
Pablo Reyes: T8/F89XD+.2-H;1-H
Adam Frazier: D9/G3.3-H
Elias Diaz: 63/G6S-

Bot 1

Anthony Rizzo: S7/G6
Nick Castellanos: HR/F78D+.1-H
Kris Bryant: 7/F78M
Willson Contreras: HR/F8LXD+
Kyle Schwarber: D9/L9LD+
Nico Hoerner: HR/F8LXD+.2-H
David Bote: W
Albert Almora: 43/G4.1-2
Jon Lester: K

Top 2

Steven Brault: S7/G56
Kevin Newman: 64(1)/FO/G6MD
Bryan Reynolds: 63/G6MS.1-2
Melky Cabrera: 2/F2R-

Bot 2

Anthony Rizzo: 43/F4-
Nick Castellanos: 8/F8LD
Kris Bryant: 43/G6+

Top 3

Josh Bell: 3/F3F-
Jose Osuna: K
Pablo Reyes: D7/G5+
Adam Frazier: S4/G34.2XH(42)

Bot 3

Willson Contreras: HR/F8LXD+
Kyle Schwarber: K
Nico Hoerner: 31/G3-
David Bote: W
Albert Almora: S9/L89S.1-2
Jon Lester: W.2-3;1-2
Anthony Rizzo: HR/L9D+.3-H;2-H;1-H
Nick Castellanos: W
Kris Bryant: W.1-2
Willson Contreras: W.2-3;1-2
Kyle Schwarber: K

Top 4

Elias Diaz: 8/F8RXD+
Alex McRae: 63/G6
Kevin Newman: D9/L9LM
Bryan Reynolds: K

Bot 4

Nico Hoerner: 8/L8RD+
David Bote: 9/F9D+
Albert Almora: S8/G6M
Jon Lester: 3/G3S

Top 5

Melky Cabrera: 7/F7LD
Josh Bell: S8/L6D+
Jose Osuna: 54(1)/FO/G56S-
Pablo Reyes: S7/G56.1-2
Adam Frazier: E2/TH/G2L-.2-H(UR)(NR);1-H(UR)(NR);B-3
Elias Diaz: S8/G6M.3-H(UR)
Jacob Stallings: D7/F7LD+.1-3
Kevin Newman: 63/G6

Bot 5

Anthony Rizzo: K
Nick Castellanos: K
Kris Bryant: S6/G6+
Willson Contreras: S9/G34.1-3
Kyle Schwarber: HP.1-2
Nico Hoerner: S8/G6.3-H;2-H;1-3
David Bote: WP.1-2
David Bote: W
Jason Heyward: D8/L89S.3-H;2-H;1-H
Tony Kemp: S7/F7S-.2-H
Anthony Rizzo: S7/L78S.1-3
Nick Castellanos: D7/L78XD+.3-H;1-3
Kris Bryant: 6/L56+

Top 6

Bryan Reynolds: K
Melky Cabrera: K
Erik Gonzalez: K

Bot 6

Willson Contreras: 53/G56
Kyle Schwarber: K
Nico Hoerner: W
David Bote: 53/G56

Top 7

Jose Osuna: K
Pablo Reyes: K
Adam Frazier: K

Bot 7

Jason Heyward: K
Alec Mills: 53/G-
Victor Caratini: 5/L56

Top 8

Elias Diaz: 3/F3S-
Cole Tucker: T8/L89D+
Kevin Newman: S9/L9M.3-H
Kevin Kramer: 5/F5F-
Melky Cabrera: 7/F7LM

Bot 8

Ian Happ: K
Robel Garcia: W
Jonathan Lucroy: W.1-2
Daniel Descalso: K
Nico Hoerner: 9/F89D

Top 9

Erik Gonzalez: 4/L4+
Jose Osuna: K
Pablo Reyes: 53/G56

Notes & reviews

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