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Williams (3-2), who spent the previous five
seasons with the Pirates, gave up one run and three hits, with
no walks and seven strikeouts. He also went 2-for-3 with a
couple of base hits.
He turned it over to the Chicago bullpen, which extended its
stretch without allowing an earned run to a team-record 32 2/3
innings over 10 games as Tommy Nance, Dan Winkler, Andrew Chafin
and Craig Kimbrel (11th save) brought it home.
Erik Gonzalez hit an RBI single for Pittsburgh, which has lost
eight of its past nine.
Pirates starter Wil Crowe (0-3) lasted just 1 1/3 innings,
giving up three runs and five hits, with two walks and a
strikeout.
In the second, Rafael Ortega -- in his 2021 debut after being
recalled from Triple-A Iowa earlier in the day with Nico Hoerner
hurt -- drew a leadoff walk. Bote followed with his fourth
homer, to center, for a 2-0 Chicago lead.
Eric Sogard kept the inning going when singled to center and
moved to second on Williams' single to right. After Joc Pederson
flied out, moving Sogard to third, Bryant's base hit to center
drove in Sogard to make it 3-0.
Pittsburgh then pulled Crowe for reliever Duane Underwood Jr.,
who got out of the inning without any more damage.
That's how it stood until the sixth against Pirates reliever
Chris Stratton. Sogard doubled to right with one out and went to
third on Williams' single to center. After Pederson's pop foul
out, Bryant singled to right to bring Sogard home for a 4-0 Cubs
lead.
The Pirates, whose only hit through five innings was Ben Gamel's
one-out triple in the first, finally broke through in the bottom
of the sixth. Kevin Newman led off with a double down the line
in left and scored on Gonzalez's single to right-center.
--Field Level Media
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