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Busch was the only one to reach base against
Skenes.
Chicago did make Skenes work, though, preventing him from going
the distance. He threw 100 pitches, 67 for strikes, and was
replaced by Carmen Mlodzinski ahead of the home half of the
seventh.
Mlodzinski got the first two outs of the inning before
Christopher Morel broke up the combined no-hitter with a single
to right.
Connor Joe finished with three hits and Jared Triolo and Yasmani
Grandal each had two to go along with three RBIs for Pittsburgh,
which has taken the first two games of the four-game series.
Miguel Amaya hit a solo home run for the Cubs. Morel finished
with two hits, including a two-run double.
Triolo opened the scoring with a two-run homer in the third --
his second of the season -- before Pittsburgh broke the game
open with a three-run fourth.
Nick Gonzales ripped a one-out double and came around to score
on Grandal's two-out single to make it 3-0. Rowdy Tellez then
singled to put runners on first and second.
Triolo followed with a line-drive single, and Grandal was waved
around third on the play. Chicago center fielder Pete
Crow-Armstrong tried to cut down Grandal at the plate, but his
throw sailed well over catcher Amaya, allowing Tellez to also
score.
In the fifth, Gonzales pushed the Pirates' lead to 6-0 with a
sacrifice fly. Two batters later, Grandal smacked a two-run
single to knock Cubs starter Kyle Hendricks out of the game.
Hendricks (0-4) was charged with eight runs (seven earned) and
11 hits in 4 2/3 innings. He didn't issue a walk and struck out
four as his ERA ballooned to 10.57.
Andrew McCutchen blasted a solo shot in the eighth for
Pittsburgh. It was his sixth homer of the season.
Chicago did all of its scoring in the bottom of the frame, as
Amaya went deep for the second time this season and Morel drove
in two runs with his double.
Skenes, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 draft, has struck out
18 in 10 innings in his two outings, both against the Cubs.
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