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The Pirates managed just two hits and lost
shortstop Oneil Cruz to a fractured left ankle.
Chicago starter Michael Kopech (0-2) gave up one run and two
hits in six innings, with three walks and five strikeouts.
The one-run game came after the teams combined for 38 runs in
the first two games of the series.
The game included a benches-clearing incident in the sixth,
which occurred just before Pittsburgh budding star Cruz was
helped off the field after a play at the plate in the sixth.
In the second with one out, Pittsburgh's Canaan Smith-Njigba hit
his first big-league triple, a shot off the wall in right.
Rodolfo Castro walked. Suwinski drove in Smith-Njigba with a
sacrifice fly to center to make it 1-0. Tyler Heineman popped
out to end the inning.
Through five innings, Chicago had four singles, while the only
Pirates' baserunners were Smith-Njigba with his triple and
Ke'Bryan Hayes, who walked in the first, and Castro's walk in
the second.
In the Pittsburgh sixth, Cruz walked on a count aided by a shift
violation called on Chicago. Bryan Reynolds extended his hitting
streak to nine games with a single to right, moving Cruz to
third.
Hayes hit a chopper to third baseman Yoan Moncada, who threw
home. Cruz was out, but on the play with catcher Seby Zavala,
Cruz was left writhing in pain in the dirt.
While Cruz was attended to, the next batter, Carlos Santana,
confronted Zavala, and both benches and bullpens emptied. Other
than a little shoving, it did not amount to a lot, and there
were no ejections. As things cleared, Cruz was helped off the
field.
--Field Level Media
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