Baez
homers twice as Cubs pelt Pirates
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[April 12, 2018]
Javier Baez homered twice for
the second straight game Wednesday night as the Chicago Cubs wiped
out an early 3-0 deficit to rout the Pittsburgh Pirates 13-5 at
Wrigley Field in Chicago.
Baez, who belted a pair of solo shots in an 8-5 loss on Tuesday,
cracked a three-run blast to right-center in the bottom of the
second inning to give the Cubs a 4-3 lead. He capped the scoring in
the bottom of the eighth when he cracked a 424-foot shot to
left-center. He didn't homer in the team's first nine games.
Chicago snapped a 4-4 tie in the bottom of the sixth with four runs.
Baez scored the go-ahead run when he beat Josh Harrison's throw from
second to the plate on a Tommy La Stella grounder. Kris Bryant
followed with the first of two RBI doubles and Ben Zobrist capped
the outburst with a two-run single.
Brian Duensing (1-0) worked a 1-2-3 sixth inning for the win, while
Tyler Glasnow (0-1) absorbed the loss, unable to escape the sixth
inning.
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It was only the third loss in 11 games for Pittsburgh. It started
out as though it might hammer Cubs pitching when Sean Rodriguez
rifled a three-run homer off starter Jon Lester in the second.
The Pirates answered Chicago's second inning outburst with a
game-tying RBI single by Francisco Cervelli in the fifth, but their
bullpen simply couldn't hold the Cubs back. Josh Smoker followed
Glasnow to the mound and coughed up another four-spot in the
seventh.
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Cubs second baseman Javier Baez (9) slides safely in home to score a
run against the Pittsburgh Pirates during the sixth inning at
Wrigley Field. Mandatory Credit: Jim Young-USA TODAY Sports
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Jason Heyward collected an RBI single and trotted home when
pinch-hitter Ian Happ drilled a two-run homer, his second. Bryant
finished the uprising with his second RBI double.
David Freese finished Pittsburgh's scoring with a solo blast in the
eighth, his second homer.
Lester received a no-decision after allowing four runs off seven
hits in five innings. He walked three and fanned three.
Pirates left-hander Steven Brault also settled for a no-decision
after a five-inning outing. He yielded seven hits and four runs,
walking two and striking out three.
--Field Level Media
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