Pittsburgh Pirates at Chicago Cubs

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Pittsburgh Pirates

7-7, 3-5 Away

Final
4 - 2

Chicago Cubs

6-8, 3-5 Home

Perez's 3 RBIs, home run push Pirates over Cubs 4-2

The Cubs were held scoreless over the final seven innings by Pirates left-hander Jose Quintana and four relievers in a game that started nearly six hours late because of forecasted inclement weather.

The Pirates have won two consecutive games, while the Cubs dropped their fourth consecutive game.

Perez hit a two-run single in the second to snap a streak of 10 2/3 scoreless innings by Cubs left-hander Drew Smyly (1-1) to start the season. Perez led off the fifth with his first homer of the season to extend the Pirates’ lead.

“Roberto not only caught well, he did a nice job swinging the bat,” Pirates manager Derek Shelton said of Perez, who after going hitless in his previous 10 at-bats has three hits in his last six plate appearances.

Michael Hermosillo snapped an 0-for-12 slump to start the season by hitting a two-run double in the second to account for the Cubs’ scoring.

Two batters earlier, Quintana was struck on the left leg by a line drive by Jonathan Villar but stayed in the game. Quintana, who pitched for the Cubs from 2017-20, pitched 4 2/3 innings, striking out three, walking three and giving up three hits.

Pirates relievers have held the Cubs scoreless over 10 1/3 innings in the first two games of this four-game series. Chicago's Nick Madrigal grounded to second with the tying run at first to give Chris Stratton his second save in as many nights. Chase De Jong (1-0) pitched two scoreless innings for the win.

Smyly pitched five innings, had four strikeouts, and gave up six hits, four runs and one walk.

Seiya Suzuki snapped an 0-for-10 rut with a single to start the eighth, but reliever David Bednar struck out the next three batters.

A first-inning rally ended when Willson Contreras grounded into the Cubs’ major league-leading 17th double play.

Ke’Bryan Hayes hit a single in the first and is now 7-for-13 in four games against the Cubs and is batting .362 (17-for-47) lifetime against them.

Cubs reliever Keegan Thompson pitched four innings and extended his scoreless streak to 13 2/3 innings to start the season.

“I’m not trying to shy from anybody,” Thompson said. “I try to let them put it in play, let the defense work and try to work ahead quick.”

TRAINER’S ROOM

PIRATES: OF Anthony Alford (right wrist sprain) was reinstated from the 10-day IL. INF/OF Hoy Park was optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis.

CUBS: OF Clint Frazier was placed on the 10-day injured list due to an appendicitis. OF Alfonso Rivas was recalled from Triple-A Iowa. … RHP Alec Mills (lower back strain) will make a rehab start Saturday at Iowa. … LHP Wade Miley (elbow soreness) threw a bullpen session Friday.

Pirates RHP Zach Thompson (0-1, 9.00) will face the Cubs on Saturday. Thompson allowed six runs in four innings Monday night in a 6-1 loss to the Brewers.

Cubs RHP Kyle Hendricks (0-1, 6.08) will take the mound against the Pirates. Hendricks allowed two runs in 4 1/3 innings Monday in a 4-2 win over the Rays.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Madrigal grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Hoerner reached on infield single to catcher, Happ to third.
	9th Inning	Happ to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Happ grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Villar out at second.
	9th Inning	Rivas struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Rivas hit for Gomes

Statistics

PIT		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	11
8	Strikeouts	10
4	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	7
2	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	2
2	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	33
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
13	Fly Balls	12
1	Caught Stealing	0
131	Pitches	158
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
14	Total Bases	8
35	Plate Appearances	37
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	1
3.3	Runs Created	2.2
.242	Batting Average	.212
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.424	Slugging Percentage	.242
.273	Secondary Average	.152
.286	On Base Percentage	.297
.710	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.540
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
3.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.2
32.0	Batter Rating	17.0
16.5	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.67	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.74	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.27
.182	Isolated Power	.030
0.25	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.40
.057	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.108
.030	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.061
8.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
81.5	MLB Rating	70.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0