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04/11 17:36 CDT Ramrez escapes bases-loaded jams in 10, 11th inning, NL
Central-leading Pirates beat Cubs 4-3
Ramrez escapes bases-loaded jams in 10, 11th inning, NL Central-leading
Pirates beat Cubs 4-3
CHICAGO (AP) --- Yohan Ramrez escaped bases-loaded jams in the 10th and 11th
innings, and the Pittsburgh Pirates took advantage of a throwing error by Caleb
Thielbar to score the go-ahead run in a 4-3 win over the Chicago Cubs on
Saturday that clinched the three-game series.
Alex Bregman's RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning on an 0-2 pitch off
Dennis Santana tied the score 3-3 but the NL Central-leading Pirates (9-5)
rebounded and won for the eighth time in 10 games, improving to 2-0 this season
in series against division rivals.
Oneil Cruz was 4 for 5 with a double, becoming the first Pittsburgh player with
at least four hits and three stolen bases in a game since Matt Lawton on July
26, 2005, and Nick Yorke had three hits.
Chicago stranded 16 runners and went 1 for 15 with runners in scoring position.
Michael Busch went 0 for 3 and is hitless in 30 at-bats.
Pittsburgh went ahead in the 11th when Brandon Lowe hit a two-out grounder to
Thielbar (1-2), who bounced his throw to the infield side of first, and the
ball bounced off Matt Shaw's mitt for an error that allowed Mitt Gonzales to
score from second. Lowe was credited with an infield single.
Ramrez got out of the 10th when Dansby Swanson grounded out. Then in the 11th,
Ramrez threw wildly past first on Nico Hoerner's leadoff comebacker for an
error that advanced Swanson, the automatic runner, to third as Hoerner took
second.
Matt Shaw flied out to medium right field, Bregman fouled out and an
intentional walk to Ian Happ loaded the bases. Seiya Suzuki got ahead 3-0 in
the count, tool a called strike and then fouled out.
Pirates starter Braxton Ashcraft struck out a career-best nine in five innings
while allowing a run on Hoerner's fifth-inning RBI groundout, which cut the
Cubs' deficit to 3-1.
Cubs starter Edward Cabrera gave up three runs, eight hits and three walks in
five innings.
Up Next
Pittsburgh RHP Bubba Chandler (0-1) and Cubs RHP Jameson Taillon (0-1) start
Sunday.
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