certainly not his debut but I'm
sure butterflies for Jared, I
cough.
Yeah, multiple roles this guy
has played in the last several
years, like you mentioned last
year with the Mets, not a great
E.R.A but certainly a small, the
body of work.
So guy that's going to stay
around the plate, he's not gonna
blow you away.
He's going to mix four pitches
in there really and try to stay
on the corners and keep the ball
down and try to get weak
contact.
That's a first strike out for
Jared as a bucko.
Pirates were impressed in spring
training even though he appeared
in just four games, seven
innings, six hits, a couple of
runs, Five pitch mix, but it's
mostly going to be those three
of the top four.
Seam cutter curveball.
Reynolds one for 3 with a
sacrifice fly and trending in
the right field for a double and
well thinking three and he's
going to be there easily with a
triple.
Jason.
Heyward is a gold glover.
Reynolds figured it's going to
take him a little bit longer to
get into that corner.
There's one thing that you know
that I've noticed, especially
with Ryan Reynolds hitting left
handed, right center field gap.
So even though this ball wasn't
hit very hard down the right
field line, it takes Jason
Heyward, I don't know, 678
seconds to get to this ball
busting out of the box, stumbles
around first base but still has
time to essentially walk into
third with a triple and that one
upstairs and outside.
Vogelbach will take his base and
it will be cal Mitchell Thompson
gets the strikeout leave a
couple Villar Horner and Hayward
against Villar on the season
slice the other way fair ball be
are on the move and that one
rolling kicks off the side wall
and Villar a headfirst dive into
second.
He's got himself a double.
Madrid's got to it quickly and
fire to throw on the money but
Villar with a sliding double and
a man in scoring position.
Line tried that's a base hit
into center field and to hold
Villar up at third.
Niko on the throw through heads
to second, good heads up,
baserunning the high I.Q. Play
by Niko Horner reading the
trajectory of that throw and now
to our in scoring position
there's just moments throughout
a game that you can find little
things that a player does that
make a difference.
And Niko Horner with a great
base hit back up the middle but
he's rounding first base here,
his eyes are solely set on the
center field as soon as he sees
that throw going up in the air,
doesn't even hesitate, you see
him almost never takes his eye
off and he sees that ball and
there he goes really good job
right there.
Now an opportunity for Jason
Heyward that went inside did it
hit him.
It did and the bases will be
loaded for Alfonso Rivas had a
golden opportunity here in the
top of the second, no score and
that one hits Rivas, It forces
in a run.
The cubs will take it.
It is one thing comes the bases
loaded hit, batter, two balls,
two strikes.
Let's see if Ortega gets a pitch
to hit line, drive, base, hit
out into right center field
corner in Hayward on his heels,
racing for second, is Ortega
wrapped, he's knocked in two and
the cubs have jumped out.
It is three, nothing says go
ahead, shift me where all of you
, everyone through the shift
over the shift wisdom, looking
to add on with one out infield
in pay off pitch line, drive
base hit into center field
ribbons in Ortega coming around
here comes the throw, cut off to
come in to score, wisdom knocks
in two with that single to
center and it's five nothing,
they're not wanting to give him
something hard to hit last time
they did.
It ended up over the fence, but
he was smart enough to wait for
that.
Breaking ball, drives it back up
the middle, great piece of
hitting and now it's Ian half
hit by a pitch, his first time
swing and a ball drilled
centerfield, that one back.
Reynolds looking here home run
to center field, Pittsburgh,
Kiddie in Happel, touch them
all.
And it comes unloading here at
PNC for half his eighth and the
cubs enjoying this one here
tonight.
And Diego Castillo leadoff for
the Pirates here in the bottom
half the second.
Oh, it's just a long way to left
field and he's going to clear
the deck with a line drive.
Cannonball, Diego Castillo to
try to make the most of the
opportunities jumps on that
pitch from Thompson is 100 miles
an hour off the bat.
Fastball hasn't had a bat in two
days since sunday Rockets this
one over the state farm sign in
left field, here's Ortega And
he'll take his base there after
the walk there's Patrick Wisdom
two run single his last time up
full views.
This one drilled the center and
that ball is smoked.
Reynolds back at the wall and
it's gone and wisdom has done it
again.
Patrick wisdom will touch him
all for the second straight
night and as he rounds third, he
gets a chance to say happy
birthday willie Harris and it is
all cubs here tonight.
91 in the air, centerfield
that's well struck.
Reynolds on the move reaches out
off his glove.
Villar racing for second.
Going to track it down as
Mitchell, Jonathan Villar will
Cruz into third.
Let's make sure that Reynolds is
alright.
He laid out hard on that warning
track out there.
It'll be a triple and Reynolds
probably feels like he should
have got this ball, he got a
good jump on it.
It was just scalded.
Villar just tattoos this ball to
center field, you see if he
makes the dive port hits off the
glove almost Villa, he tried to
say a 103.6 corner at the plate
in a man at 3rd base that's out
to right field Mitchell under it
makes the catch.
Villar coming home.
Here's the throw to the plate
too late.
Sac fly and it's 10 1 well
incomes, Diego Castillo for his
second appearance of the year.
And cubs have the bags loaded
with two down for Alfonso, Rivas
and Rivas hammers one right
field way back.
Grand slam.
Alfonso Reba's makes it a 14 to
1 game, third homer of the year
and the first big league grand
slam for Rivas tonight.
The bases are loaded.
Here we go for Cruz tapper and
safe P.J. Higgins trying to
block a pitch in the dirt,
couldn't field it cleanly.
The catcher Playing 3rd base and
the pirates get a run center
field, sending Ortega back to
the track and over his head and
lime address is going to clear
the bases.
A three run double karma and
blimey says Daniel Norris madras
drives in three.
It's softly on the ground.
There's Higgins over the first
and that's it and the cubs
winning 145 the final and a big
night for the Cubs as they
finally get in the win column on
the road in June