MUSGROVE FRUSTRATES CUBS, PIRATES WIN 3-1 TO END SKID AT 5

PITTSBURGH 3, CHI. CUBS 1

WHEN: 7:05 PM ET, Saturday, August 18, 2018

WHERE: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

TEMPERATURE: 80° 

UMPIRES: Home - Paul Nauert, 1B - Chad Fairchild, 2B - Scott Barry, 3B - Carlos Torres

ATTENDANCE: 35100

Joe Musgrove pitched seven strong innings Saturday for the Pittsburgh Pirates in a 3-1 win over the visiting Chicago Cubs.

Adam Frazier was 2-for-4 with an RBI double, and Corey Dickerson was 3-for-3 with a walk and a double for Pittsburgh, which ended a five-game losing streak.

Ben Zobrist homered for Chicago, which had its three-game winning streak halted.

It was the third night in as many games this series that Chicago's run production was limited to a solo homer. The Cubs won 1-0 games Thursday and Friday.

Musgrove (5-7) struck out seven over seven five-hit innings, allowing one run and walking none.

He finally got some run support. The Pirates had scored just one run while he was pitching in his previous three decisions. He has given up eight earned runs in 34 innings over five starts since the All-Star break.

Kyle Crick pitched the eighth, and Felipe Vazquez struck out two in the ninth for his 27th save and 17th in his past 17 chances.

Chicago right-hander Tyler Chatwood (4-6), whose demotion to the bullpen was lifted because scheduled starter Mike Montgomery went on the disabled list Friday, lasted just two-plus innings and was charged with three runs and two hits. He struck out none and walked three.

His truncated outing forced the Cubs to dip into the bullpen early. Four relievers combined for six scoreless innings, allowing a combined six hits.

In the second, Josh Bell and Francisco Cervelli walked to open the inning. Frazier drove in Bell with a double to center. Cervelli scored on Colin Moran's groundout, and Frazier came home on Adeiny Hechavarria's sacrifice fly for a 3-0 Pirates lead.

Zobrist hit a two-out homer, his ninth, to right in the third to pull the Cubs to within 3-1.

Chatwood entered the game leading the major leagues with 90 walks, and when he put Dickerson on to open the third -- the second straight inning he walked the leadoff batter -- manager Joe Maddon yanked him.

Top Game Performances

Starting Pitchers

Chi. Cubs		Pittsburgh
Tyler Chatwood	Player	Joe Musgrove
Loss	W/L	Win
2.0	IP	7.0
0	Strikeouts	7
2	Hits	5
13.50	ERA	1.29

Hitting

Chi. Cubs		Pittsburgh
Ben Zobrist	Player	Corey Dickerson
2	Hits	3
1	RBI	0
1	HR	0
5	TB	4
.500	Avg	1.000

TEAM STATS SUMMARY

TEAM	Hits	HR	TB	Avg	LOB	K	RBI	BB	SB	Errors
CHI. CUBS	6	1	9	.176	13	10	1	0	0	0
PITTSBURGH	8	0	10	.276	15	6	3	4	0	2

SCORING SUMMARY

INNING				CHC	PIT
Cubs		2nd	Frazier doubled to center, Bell scored, Cervelli to third.	0	1
Pirates		2nd	Moran grounded out to first, Cervelli scored, Frazier to third.	0	2
Pirates		2nd	Hechavarria hit sacrifice fly to right, Frazier scored.	0	3
Cubs		3rd	Zobrist homered to right (370 feet).	1	3

FINAL SCORING SUMMARY

FINAL	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHI. CUBS	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0
PITTSBURGH	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	3	8	2

CHI. CUBS

HITTERS	POS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG
Ben Zobrist	RF-2B	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	.309
Jason Heyward	CF-RF	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.280
David Bote	3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.303
Anthony Rizzo	1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.264
Javier Baez	2B-SS	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	.287
Kyle Schwarber	LF	4	0	1	0	0	3	0	.244
Willson Contreras	C	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.272
Tyler Chatwood	SP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160
Randy Rosario	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Tommy La Stella	PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.280
Jesse Chavez	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Ian Happ	PH-CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242
Addison Russell	SS	3	0	0	0	0	2	3	.257
Brandon Kintzler	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Jorge De La Rosa	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals		34	1	6	1	0	10	13
Batting
HR - Ben Zobrist (9)
TB - Ben Zobrist 5, Jason Heyward, Kyle Schwarber, Willson Contreras, Tommy La Stella
RBI - Ben Zobrist (47)
2-Out RBI - Ben Zobrist (11)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Ben Zobrist (30), Anthony Rizzo (42), Javier Baez (48)
GIDP - Javier Baez (9)
Team LOB - 6

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Tyler Chatwood (L 4-6)	2.0	2	3	3	3	0	0	5.22
Randy Rosario	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.83
Jesse Chavez	2.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	1.56
Brandon Kintzler	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.56
Jorge De La Rosa	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	4.28
Pitches-Strikes - Tyler Chatwood 37-21, Randy Rosario 21-14, Jesse Chavez 35-25, Brandon Kintzler 17-11, Jorge De La Rosa 18-11
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Tyler Chatwood 4-1, Randy Rosario 3-1, Jesse Chavez 0-1, Brandon Kintzler 1-0, Jorge De La Rosa 2-0
Batters Faced - Tyler Chatwood 10, Randy Rosario 6, Jesse Chavez 9, Brandon Kintzler 4, Jorge De La Rosa 5
Inherited Runners-Scored - Randy Rosario 1-0

PITTSBURGH

HITTERS	POS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG
Corey Dickerson	LF	3	0	3	0	1	0	0	.307
Starling Marte	CF	4	0	0	0	0	1	5	.273
Gregory Polanco	RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.238
Josh Bell	1B	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	.265
Francisco Cervelli	C	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	.256
Adam Frazier	2B	4	1	2	1	0	2	2	.281
Felipe Vazquez	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Colin Moran	3B	4	0	0	1	0	1	5	.267
Adeiny Hechavarria	SS	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	.333
Joe Musgrove	SP	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.238
Jordan Luplow	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.178
Kyle Crick	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Josh Harrison	2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258
Totals		29	3	8	3	4	6	15
Batting
2B - Corey Dickerson (26), Adam Frazier (13)
TB - Corey Dickerson 4, Josh Bell, Francisco Cervelli, Adam Frazier 3, Joe Musgrove
RBI - Adam Frazier (17), Colin Moran (45), Adeiny Hechavarria (2)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Starling Marte (30), Gregory Polanco (34), Colin Moran (35)
SF - Adeiny Hechavarria (1)
GIDP - Starling Marte 2 (8)
Team LOB - 7
Fielding
E - Joe Musgrove (1), Adam Frazier (6)

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Joe Musgrove (W 5-7)	7.0	5	1	1	0	7	1	3.31
Kyle Crick (H 12)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.27
Felipe Vazquez (SV 27)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2.82
Pitches-Strikes - Joe Musgrove 87-62, Kyle Crick 11-9, Felipe Vazquez 12-10
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Joe Musgrove 9-4, Kyle Crick 1-0, Felipe Vazquez 0-1
Batters Faced - Joe Musgrove 27, Kyle Crick 4, Felipe Vazquez 3