Cubs edge Pirates on Nico Hoerner's RBI double
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 [July 26, 2022] Nico
Hoerner delivered a tiebreaking, RBI double in the eighth inning,
and the Chicago Cubs won their season-high fifth straight contest,
3-2 over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday night.
After Seiya Suzuki reached on Pittsburgh rookie shortstop Oneil
Cruz's throwing error, then advanced to second on a groundout while
running with the pitch, Hoerner lined a two-out pitch from Yerry De
Los Santos (0-2) into the right field gap to break a 2-2 tie.
Hoerner, who drove in the Cubs' first run of the night and is
batting .303 on the season, joined Rafael Ortega and Pittsburgh
native Ian Happ with two hits apiece for Chicago.
Cubs starter Adrian Sampson allowed two runs, six hits and a walk
while striking out three over a season-high seven innings on 100
pitches as Chicago prevailed at home after sweeping a three-game
weekend set at Philadelphia.
Cruz and Ke'Bryan Hayes had two hits apiece for the Pirates, who are
2-7 since winning four straight from July 9-12. Pittsburgh's JT
Brubaker also yielded a pair of runs plus eight hits and two walks
while fanning four before leaving with nobody out and a man on in
the seventh.
After needing just six pitches to retire the Pirates in order in the
first inning, Sampson endured a longer effort during the second. Ben
Gamel opened the frame with a double and eventually scored on Cruz's
two-out single to right.
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Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Adrian Sampson (41) throws a pitch
against the Pittsburgh Pirates during the first inning at Wrigley
Field. Mandatory Credit: Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports
The Cubs wasted no time tying the game in their
half of the second. Happ doubled and scored on Hoerner's single off
the glove of second baseman Josh VanMeter. An inning later, Ortega,
who entered amid an 0-for-29 slump, gave Chicago a 2-1 lead with his
two-out home run over the right field ivy.
Pittsburgh, though, tied the game in the fifth on VanMeter's two-out
RBI double into the right field corner.
Chicago's Mychal Givens (6-2) struck out a pair in the eighth to
earn the win. Scott Effross stranded Cruz on first in the ninth to
record his first career save.
--Field Level Media
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