PIRATES SHOW NO OFFENSE

CHI. CUBS 1, PITTSBURGH 0

WHEN: 7:05 PM ET, Friday, August 17, 2018
WHERE: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
TEMPERATURE: 70°
UMPIRES: Home - Carlos Torres, 1B - Paul Nauert, 2B - Chad Fairchild, 3B - Scott Barry
ATTENDANCE: 24298

Kyle Schwarber hit a solo home run and Cole Hamels pitched seven scoreless innings Friday as the visiting Chicago Cubs won their third game in a row, 1-0 over the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park.

It is the second straight night the Cubs beat the Pirates 1-0 on a home run, Ian Happ providing the pop on Thursday.

Relievers Brandon Kintzler, Jorge De La Rosa, Steve Cishek and Jesse Chavez combined with Hamels on the seven-hit shutout, with Chavez picking up his second save. The Cubs had a six-hit shutout Thursday.

Pittsburgh tied a club record by hitting into seven double plays, including David Freese's second of the night to end the game.

The Cubs moved to a season-high 21 games over .500 at 71-50.

The Pirates have lost five straight and dipped below .500, at 61-62, for the first time since July 15. They also fell 11 games behind the first-place Cubs in the National League Central and 6 1/2 games out of the second wild-card spot.

Hamels (8-9), in his fourth start since being acquired by the Cubs, gave up five hits with three strikeouts and two walks. It was his second win over Pittsburgh among those four starts. He has allowed two earned runs in 25 innings with Chicago.

He also had one of Chicago's six hits, a leadoff single in the fifth.

Pirates starter Trevor Williams (10-9) had a tough-luck outing. He gave up only the solo home run among four hits in seven innings, with four strikeouts and two walks. He has given up three runs over 36 innings in his past six starts.

The Pirates had runners in every inning but the fifth but had no extra-base hits.

With two outs in the second, Schwarber pounced on an elevated pitch and sent it inside the foul pole in right for his 21st homer and a 1-0 Cubs lead.

The start of the game was delayed 1 hour, 47 minutes by rain.

Top Game Performances

Starting Pitchers

Chi. Cubs		Pittsburgh
Cole Hamels	Player	Trevor Williams
Win	W/L	Loss
7.0	IP	7.0
3	Strikeouts	4
5	Hits	4
0.00	ERA	1.29

Hitting

Chi. Cubs		Pittsburgh
Anthony Rizzo	Player	Starling Marte
2	Hits	2
0	RBI	0
0	HR	0
3	TB	2
.500	Avg	.500

Team Stats Summary

Team	Hits	HR	TB	Avg	LOB	K	RBI	BB	SB	Errors
Chi. Cubs	6	1	10	.182	18	5	1	3	0	0
Pittsburgh	7	0	7	.259	15	4	0	3	1	3

SCORING SUMMARY

INNING				CHC	PIT
CUBS		2nd	Schwarber homered to right (346 feet).	1	0

Final Scoring Summary

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chi. Cubs	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0
Pittsburgh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3

Chi. Cubs

Hitters	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Avg
Ian Happ	CF-LF	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	.243
Jason Heyward	RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.280
Ben Zobrist	2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.307
Brandon Kintzler	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Jorge De La Rosa	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Albert Almora Jr.	CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297
Anthony Rizzo	1B	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	.267
Javier Baez	3B-2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.290
Kyle Schwarber	LF	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	.243
Steve Cishek	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167
Jesse Chavez	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Victor Caratini	C	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	.246
Cole Hamels	SP	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	.250
David Bote	3B	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.318
Addison Russell	SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.259
Totals		33	1	6	1	3	5	18
Batting
2B - Anthony Rizzo (19)
HR - Kyle Schwarber (21)
TB - Ian Happ, Ben Zobrist, Anthony Rizzo 3, Kyle Schwarber 4, Cole Hamels
RBI - Kyle Schwarber (49)
2-Out RBI - Kyle Schwarber (19)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Ben Zobrist (29), Victor Caratini (14), Addison Russell (46)
GIDP - Javier Baez (8)
Team LOB - 8
Baserunning
CS - Ian Happ (2, 3rd by Crick/Cervelli)

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Cole Hamels (W 3-0)	7.0	5	0	0	2	3	0	0.72
Brandon Kintzler (H 19)	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.64
Jorge De La Rosa (H 7)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.38
Steve Cishek (H 19)	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.78
Jesse Chavez (SV 1)	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.76
WP - Steve Cishek
HBP - Francisco Cervelli (by Hamels)
Pitches-Strikes - Cole Hamels 98-59, Brandon Kintzler 4-2, Jorge De La Rosa 5-3, Steve Cishek 10-6, Jesse Chavez 9-4
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Cole Hamels 11-2, Brandon Kintzler 0-0, Jorge De La Rosa 0-0, Steve Cishek 0-0, Jesse Chavez 1-0
Batters Faced - Cole Hamels 24, Brandon Kintzler 2, Jorge De La Rosa 1, Steve Cishek 2, Jesse Chavez 2
Inherited Runners-Scored - Jorge De La Rosa 1-0, Jesse Chavez 1-0

Pittsburgh

Hitters	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Avg
Corey Dickerson	LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.302
Starling Marte	CF	4	0	2	0	0	2	1	.276
Gregory Polanco	RF	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	.240
David Freese	3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	4	.293
Francisco Cervelli	C	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	.254
Josh Bell	1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	.264
Josh Harrison	2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258
Adeiny Hechavarria	SS	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.375
Colin Moran	PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.270
Kevin Newman	PR-SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Trevor Williams	SP	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.061
Kyle Crick	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Adam Frazier	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.276
Keone Kela	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals		27	0	7	0	3	4	15
Batting
TB - Corey Dickerson, Starling Marte 2, Gregory Polanco, David Freese, Adeiny Hechavarria, Colin Moran
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Josh Bell (48)
GIDP - Corey Dickerson (8), Gregory Polanco (10), David Freese 2 (10), Josh Bell 2 (12)
Team LOB - 4
Baserunning
SB - Gregory Polanco (8, 3rd off Hamels/Caratini)
Fielding
E - Josh Harrison (6), Josh Bell (6), Keone Kela (1)

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Trevor Williams (L 10-9)	7.0	4	1	1	2	4	1	3.53
Kyle Crick	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.31
Keone Kela	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.29
IBB - Kyle Schwarber (by Williams)
Pitches-Strikes - Trevor Williams 99-67, Kyle Crick 18-13, Keone Kela 16-10
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Trevor Williams 7-7, Kyle Crick 2-0, Keone Kela 2-0
Batters Faced - Trevor Williams 27, Kyle Crick 4, Keone Kela 5