SOS: Too Little, Too Late - Bucs Fall 4-3

Fraze opened with a hustle double of Tyler Chatwood and got to third on a wild pitch, but three strikeouts later, he was still there. Mitch Keller was tagged for a double and walk to start, but a whiff and 4-6-3 DP cleaned it up. Bryan Reynolds walked to lead off the second and was erased trying to steal second, followed by two more K’s. Keller gave up another double to begin the frame and sent him to third on a wild pitch, but the Cubs lost him at the plate with an out on the contact play. It was 1-2-3 for Pittsburgh *yawn* in the third. Ian Happ and Javy Baez both went long for Chi-town to make it 2-0. The Cubs added a knock and Keller then bounced a breaking ball and called to the dugout, pointing to his side. He was pulled for Chris Stratton, who ended the derby. It was another three up, three down frame in the fourth for the Pirates, and the same for Chicago. Chatwood fanned the side in the fifth; he’s up to 10 strikeouts. JT Brubaker got in on the act and whiffed two of the three Cubbos he faced. Moral victory: the Pirates went down in order in the sixth, but all three guys put the ball in play. The Baby Bruins put runners at first and third after two outs with a bop and knock before a walk juiced the sacks, but JT left them stranded.