Game Thread 6/16 Cubs (32-33) @ Pirates (30-36) 6:05 PM CT

Cubs (32-33) @ Pirates (30-36)

First Pitch: 7:05 PM ET at PNC Park

|Pitcher|TV|Radio -|-|-|- Cubs|Eddie Butler (3-2, 4.03 ERA)|WGN|670 The Score Pirates|Trevor Williams (3-3, 5.13 ERA)|ROOTPIT|KDKA-FM 93.7

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Line Score - Final

|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|R|H|E :-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-: CHC|3|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|6|9|11|2 PIT|0|0|0|0|1|3|0|0|1|5|8|0

Box Score

PIT		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA		CHC		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
LF	Frazier	4	1	1	0	1	1	.287		1B	Rizzo	4	0	1	2	1	2	.252
2B	Harrison	5	0	1	0	0	1	.302		2B-CF	Happ, I	5	1	2	0	0	0	.219
RF	Polanco	5	0	0	0	0	2	.238		LF	Schwarber	5	1	0	0	0	0	.174
3B	Freese	3	1	0	0	1	1	.272		P	Davis, W	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1B	Bell	4	2	2	3	0	0	.238		SS	Russell	5	1	1	2	0	2	.214
CF	McCutchen	3	1	2	1	1	0	.260		RF	Heyward	4	2	1	0	1	0	.260
C	Cervelli	3	0	1	1	1	0	.255		C	Contreras	3	1	2	3	1	0	.246
SS	Mercer	4	0	1	0	0	0	.278		3B-2B	La Stella	4	1	2	0	0	1	.333
P	Williams, T	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000		P	Butler, E	2	0	1	0	0	1	.100
PH	Jaso	1	0	0	0	0	0	.244		P	Strop	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
P	LeBlanc	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200		PH-3B	Bryant	1	1	0	0	1	1	.267
P	Hudson	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000		CF	Almora Jr.	3	0	0	0	0	1	.286
PH	Diaz, E	1	0	0	0	0	0	.318		P	Grimm	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
P	Rivero	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000		P	Uehara	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
P	Nicasio	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000		PH-LF	Jay	1	1	1	1	0	0	.307
P	Watson	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
P	Marinez	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
PH	Osuna	1	0	0	0	0	0	.255

PIT	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA		CHC	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Williams, T	5.0	4	3	3	2	3	76-50	5.16		Butler, E	5.2	4	4	4	3	0	94-55	4.41
LeBlanc	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	12-8	3.92		Strop	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	8-5	3.91
Hudson	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	19-11	5.02		Grimm	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	12-7	4.84
Rivero	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	20-17	0.76		Uehara	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	17-12	2.70
Nicasio	0.0	3	4	4	1	0	6-4	2.45		Davis, W	1.0	3	1	1	1	2	31-20	1.54
Watson	0.2	3	2	2	0	0	10-7	4.50
Marinez	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	3-2	4.18

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
1	With Willson Contreras batting, wild pitch by Trevor Williams, Ian Happ scores. Addison Russell to 3rd. Jason Heyward to 2nd.	0-3
5	Josh Bell homers (12) on a line drive to center field.	1-3
6	Josh Bell triples (2) on a line drive to right fielder Jason Heyward. Adam Frazier scores. David Freese scores.	3-3
6	Andrew McCutchen singles on a soft ground ball to third baseman Tommy La Stella. Josh Bell scores.	4-3
9	Willson Contreras doubles (12) on a ground ball to right fielder Gregory Polanco. Jason Heyward scores.	4-4
9	Jon Jay singles on a line drive to left fielder Adam Frazier. Willson Contreras scores. Tommy La Stella to 3rd. Kris Bryant to 2nd.	4-5
9	Anthony Rizzo singles on a line drive to left fielder Adam Frazier. Tommy La Stella scores. Kris Bryant scores. Jon Jay to 2nd.	4-7
9	Addison Russell doubles (10) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Andrew McCutchen. Jon Jay scores. Kyle Schwarber scores.	4-9
9	Francisco Cervelli singles on a line drive to center fielder Ian Happ. Andrew McCutchen scores.	5-9

Highlights

• Rizzo hits foul down the line, call stands (2:49)
• Maddon ejected during first AB of the game (0:25)
• Happ comes home to score on wild pitch (0:30)
• Contreras plates two with double off wall (0:29)
• Pirates' relay cuts down Contreras at third (0:28)
• Frazier gets force at third to retire Rizzo (1:18)
• Rizzo nearly tallies home run down the line (0:24)
• Butler has sleeves cut off throwback unis (0:30)
• Heyward makes sliding catch to rob Polanco (0:17)
• Butler picks off Cutch after call overturned (1:02)
• Reynolds throws out first pitch at PNC (0:28)
• Frazier leaps for great grab on the track (0:27)
• Bell clears the wall in center for solo jack (0:30)
• Baz talks about signing with the Pirates (4:16)
• Williams whiffs Butler to end the frame (0:13)
• Polanco hits deep foul ball, call confirmed (2:06)
• Bell clubs two-run triple off the wall (0:30)
• McCutchen legs out go-ahead infield single (0:29)
• Bell flips to LeBlanc to retire Heyward (0:27)
• Hudson fans Almora Jr. to hold the lead (0:18)
• Rivero fans Russell to strand a runner (0:18)
• Contreras ties game in 9th with RBI double (0:29)
• Jay gives Cubs the lead with knock in 9th (0:24)
• Rizzo plates a pair with opposite-field hit (0:27)
• Russell drills two-run double to the gap (0:30)
• Cervelli plates McCutchen with RBI single (0:30)
• Happ hauls in fly ball from Diaz (0:15)

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher
Koji Uehara (2-3, 2.7)	Juan Nicasio (1-3, 2.45)

Game ended at 9:44 PM CDT.

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