Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs

31-33, 13-18 Away

Final

37-24, 19-12 Home

hitters	H-AB	AVG
J. MercerSS	0-4	.250
A. MeadowsLF	1-4	.368
S. MarteCF	0-4	.280
F. CervelliC	0-2	.266
E. DiazC	0-1	.284
D. Freese3B-1B	0-2	.238
J. Bell1B	0-2	.233
S. BraultP	0-0	.250
K. CrickP	0-0	.000
G. PolancoRF	0-3	.204
S. Rodriguez2B	0-3	.162
N. KinghamP	0-2	.000
C. Moran3B	0-1	.277

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
N. Kingham	6.1	4	2	2	5	99-65	3.82
S. Brault	1.1	1	0	1	1	15-8	4.47
K. Crick	0.1	1	0	1	0	5-4	2.61

PIT

CHC

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Total Bases

Runners LOB

Wrigley Field

2:20 PM, June 9, 2018

Chicago, Illinois

Attendance: 41,045

Game Time:2:32

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Doug Eddings
First Base Umpire - Jansen Visconti
Second Base Umpire - Joe West
Third Base Umpire - Chad Fairchild

Lester, bullpen combine on 1-hitter, Cubs beat Pirates 2-0

Jon Lester combined with two relievers on a one-hitter, and the Cubs took advantage of a first-inning slip by center fielder Starling Marte in a 2-0 victory Saturday over the Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago's 11th win in 13 games.

Jun 9, 2018, 07:33 pm - Associated Press


PIT
CHC

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

Scoring Summary

Inning				PIT	CHC
		1st	Zobrist grounded out to first, Bryant scored, Heyward to third.	0	1
		1st	Rizzo hit sacrifice fly to right, Heyward scored.	0	2

Data is currently unavailable.

Pirates
1
Cubs
3

Game 1

6/8

Pirates
0
Cubs
2

Game 2

6/9

Pirates
7
Cubs
1

Game 3

6/10

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	103	59	.636	-	W5
Chicago	89	73	.549	14	W1
Pittsburgh	82	80	.506	21	W1
St. Louis	77	85	.475	26	L4
Cincinnati	75	87	.463	28	L1

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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs

Lester, bullpen combine on 1-hitter, Cubs beat Pirates 2-0

J. Lester7-2

N. Kingham2-3

S. Cishek2

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