Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs

81-78, 37-42 Away

Final

93-66, 49-29 Home

hitters	H-AB	AVG
P. ReyesLF	1-4	.314
S. MarteCF	0-2	.274
J. Bell1B	0-3	.264
F. CervelliC	0-3	.259
J. OsunaRF	0-4	.220
J. Harrison2B	0-4	.249
C. Moran3B	1-4	.275
J. MercerSS	2-4	.253
T. WilliamsP	0-1	.116
D. NeverauskasP	0-0	.000
K. KramerPH	0-1	.107
C. HolmesP	0-0	.000
A. FrazierPH	0-1	.280

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
T. Williams	5.0	8	3	3	4	98-62	3.11
D. Neverauskas	1.0	1	0	0	1	13-10	7.92
C. Holmes	2.0	1	0	0	2	31-17	7.25

PIT

CHC

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Wrigley Field

1:05 AM, 28 September 2018

Chicago, Illinois

Attendance: 38,415

Game Time:2:53

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Jim Wolf
First Base Umpire - Alfonso Marquez
Second Base Umpire - D.J. Reyburn
Third Base Umpire - Sam Holbrook
Left Field Umpire - -
Right Field Umpire - -

Cubs blank Pirates to open 1-game Central lead

Jon Lester combined with three relievers on a four-hitter as the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-0 on Thursday night to open a one-game NL Central lead over Milwaukee heading into the final weekend.

Sep 28, 2018, 06:17 am - Associated Press


PIT
CHC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	-	3	10	1

Scoring Summary

Inning				PIT	CHC
		2nd	Bote tripled to left, Schwarber and Happ scored.	0	2
		4th	Murphy singled to center, Lester scored, Bote to third.	0	3

Data is currently unavailable.

Pirates
5
Cubs
1

Game 1

25/9

Pirates
6
Cubs
0

Game 2

26/9

Pirates
6
Cubs
7

Game 3

27/9

Pirates
0
Cubs
3

Game 4

28/9

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	97	65	.599	-	W1
Chicago	92	70	.568	5	W3
Cincinnati	83	79	.512	14	L1
St. Louis	78	84	.481	19	L4
Pittsburgh	71	91	.438	26	L1

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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs

Game Information

Cubs blank Pirates to open 1-game Central lead

J. Lester18-6

T. Williams14-10

J. Chavez4

Scoring Summary

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