Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh Pirates

77-63, 37-34 Away

Final

67-74, 39-34 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
I. HappCF-LF	3-5	2	0	0	.259
K. Bryant3B	1-5	0	0	0	.288
A. Rizzo1B	2-2	2	0	2	.280
B. Zobrist2B	1-4	1	0	0	.233
M. Freeman2B	0-0	0	0	0	.111
K. SchwarberLF	0-3	0	0	0	.199
A. AlmoraCF	1-2	1	1	2	.288
J. BaezSS	1-5	1	0	1	.270
J. HeywardRF	2-4	1	0	1	.259
R. RiveraC	1-3	0	0	1	.236
J. LesterP	1-3	0	0	1	.167
J. GrimmP	0-0	0	0	0	.000
J. JayPH	0-1	0	0	0	.287
J. WilsonP	0-0	0	0	0	.000
F. PenaP	0-0	0	0	0	.000

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
J. Lester	6.0	5	1	4	5	111-69	4.35
J. Grimm	1.0	0	0	0	0	16-11	4.98
J. Wilson	1.0	2	1	1	2	23-13	5.84
F. Pena	1.0	1	0	1	2	23-16	6.00

CHC

PIT

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

PNC Park

9:05 AM, 8 September 2017

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Attendance: 19,201

Game Time:3:13

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Roberto Ortiz
First Base Umpire - Chris Guccione
Second Base Umpire - Dana DeMuth
Third Base Umpire - Paul Nauert

Almora, Happ lead Cubs to 8-2 rout of Pirates

Albert Almora Jr. hit a two-run homer, Ian Happ had three hits and the Chicago Cubs rolled to an 8-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday night.

Sep 8, 2017, 02:48 pm - Associated Press


CHC
PIT

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
1	1	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	8	13	0
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	8	0

J. Lester10-7

6.0 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 5 K, 4 BB

J. Taillon7-6

4.2 IP, 11 H, 6 ER, 3 K, 1 BB

Scoring Summary

		CHC	PIT
1st	Rizzo hit sacrifice fly to right, Happ scored, Bryant to third.	1	0
2nd	Rivera sacrificed to pitcher, Báez scored.	2	0
3rd	Rizzo singled to center, Happ scored.	3	0
3rd	Bell grounded out to third, Marte scored.	3	1
4th	Lester doubled to deep center, Heyward scored, Rivera to third.	4	1
5th	Báez grounded out to pitcher, Rizzo scored, Zobrist to third.	5	1
5th	Heyward doubled to right, Zobrist scored.	6	1
7th	Almora Jr. homered to left (397 feet), Rizzo scored.	8	1
8th	Luplow doubled to left, McCutchen scored.	8	2

Data is currently unavailable.

Cubs
0
Pirates
12

Game 1

5/9

Cubs
3
Pirates
4

Game 2

6/9

Cubs
1
Pirates
0

Game 3

7/9

Cubs
8
Pirates
2

Game 4

8/9

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	51	31	.622	-	W1
Chicago	47	38	.553	5.5	W3
St. Louis	43	38	.531	7.5	W1
Pittsburgh	43	42	.506	9.5	W2
Cincinnati	39	44	.470	12.5	L2

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