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Quintana (1-1) notched his 13th career start
with double-digit strikeouts. He scattered four hits and walked
one as Chicago earned its first series victory of the season.
Pittsburgh failed to cross the plate for the second time in
three games. Adam Frazier led the Pirates with two hits.
Daniel Descalso and Victor Caratini each drove in one run apiece
for the Cubs.
The game was delayed by rain for more than an hour in the top of
the eighth inning. The Cubs knew that inclement weather was in
the forecast and moved up the game's start time by 30 minutes to
try to beat the storms.
Not long before the delay, the Cubs snapped a scoreless tie in
the seventh. Jason Heyward reached second base on a pop-up to
shallow left field. Third baseman Jung Ho Kang chased after the
ball but dropped it after colliding with shortstop Erik Gonzalez
near the left-field line.
Descalso singled to left-center field in the next at-bat, and
Heyward came around from second base to score on a head-first
slide. The sequence marked the end of the night for Pirates
starter Joe Musgrove (1-1), who was replaced by left-hander
Francisco Liriano after 87 pitches.
Liriano promptly surrendered an opposite-field double to
Caratini that drove in Descalso and made it 2-0.
Cubs reliever Pedro Strop pitched a scoreless ninth inning for
his first save of the season.
Cubs manager Joe Maddon was ejected in the bottom of the fifth
for arguing a called strike called against Caratini. Home-plate
umpire Mike Estabrook ejected Maddon, who lingered to argue
before eventually leaving the field. The ejection was Maddon's
first of the season and the 50th of his managerial career.
Pirates right fielder Melky Cabrera provided a defensive
highlight when he robbed Kris Bryant of an extra-base hit in the
fourth. The 34-year-old held on to the ball as he tumbled to the
ground near the right-field corner. Pittsburgh's trainer checked
on Cabrera, who stayed in the game.
--Field Level Media
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