Crow-Armstrong leads Cubs against the Pirates following 4-hit game<\/p>\n
Pittsburgh Pirates (53-52, fourth in the NL Central)<\/p>\n
PITTSBURGH \u2014<\/p>\n
The Chicago Cubs play the Pittsburgh Pirates after Pete Crow-Armstrong had four hits against the Pirates on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8.<\/p>\n
Chicago Cubs (59-45, second in the NL Central) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (53-52, fourth in the NL Central)<\/p>\n
The Chicago Cubs take on the Pittsburgh Pirates after Pete Crow-Armstrong had four hits against the Pirates on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Pittsburgh has a 27-26 record in home games and a 53-52 record overall. The Pirates are 27-9 in games when they did not give up a home run.<\/p>\n
Chicago has gone 29-23 in road games and 59-45 overall. The Cubs have a 47-15 record in games when they record eight or more hits.<\/p>\n
The matchup Sunday is the 10th meeting between these teams this season. The Cubs have a 5-4 advantage in the season series.<\/p>\n
TOP PERFORMERS: Bryan Reynolds has 24 doubles, two triples, 14 home runs and 59 RBIs for the Pirates. Esmerlyn Valdez is 7 for 34 with two doubles, four home runs and 10 RBIs over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n
Crow-Armstrong has 19 doubles, five triples, 23 home runs and 59 RBIs for the Cubs. Alex Bregman is 9 for 41 with a double, three home runs and nine RBIs over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n
LAST 10 GAMES: Pirates: 5-5, .240 batting average, 3.94 ERA, outscored opponents by five runs<\/p>\n
Cubs: 7-3, .268 batting average, 2.74 ERA, outscored opponents by 31 runs<\/p>\n
PITCHING PROBABLES: Cubs: Jameson Taillon (2-5, 5.37 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 65 strikeouts); Pirates: Braxton Ashcraft (9-4, 3.95 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 130 strikeouts)<\/p>\n
First pitch in Pittsburgh; Sunday, 1:35 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Crow-Armstrong leads Cubs against the Pirates following 4-hit game Pittsburgh Pirates (53-52, fourth in the NL Central) PITTSBURGH…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":761942,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2399],"tags":[5,138,24,4245,161,4594,2600,14,3930,2335,94321,4,35,10,776,6476,670,1479,423],"class_list":["post-761941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago-cubs","tag-baseball","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-cubs","tag-chicagocubs","tag-cubs","tag-double","tag-era","tag-game","tag-hit","tag-home-run","tag-matchup-sunday","tag-mlb","tag-pete-crow-armstrong","tag-pirates","tag-pittsburgh","tag-rbi","tag-saturday","tag-season","tag-triple"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116986384438251068","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=761941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/761942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=761941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=761941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=761941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}