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04/12 17:06 CDT Busch ends 0-for-30 slide with tying single, Cubs overcome
5-run deficit to beat Pirates 7-6
Busch ends 0-for-30 slide with tying single, Cubs overcome 5-run deficit to
beat Pirates 7-6
By LUKE DeCOCK
Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) --- Michael Busch ended an 0-for-30 slide with a tying, two-run
single in the eighth inning and Carson Kelly had a winning single in the ninth
as the Chicago Cubs overcame a five-run deficit to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates
7-6 on Sunday.
Brandon Lowe hit a grand slam and a solo homer off Jameson Taillon, and Oneil
Cruz homered leading off the game for Pittsburgh, which led 5-0 before
third-inning solo homers by Dansby Swanson and Moiss Ballesteros against Bubba
Chandler.
Lowe's fifth-inning homer boosted Pittsburgh's lead to 6-2 but Chicago closed
on Alex Bregman's sacrifice fly in the bottom half. Swanson scored from third
in the seventh on an infield fly by Bregman as Lowe, the second baseman, fell
while catching the ball in short right field.
Busch, benched from the starting lineup, pinch hit for Matt Shaw with two outs
in the eighth after a pair of walks by Justin Lawrence and looped an
opposite-field single into short left that tied the score 6-6.
Pinch-hitter Michael Conforto doubled off Jose Urquidy (0-1) leading off the
ninth and, with the bases loaded and one out, Kelly hit a 381-foot drive that
landed on the right-center warning track.
Daniel Palencia (1-0) pitched around a walk in the ninth.
Chicago had been 0 for 7 with runners in scoring position before Busch's single
after going 1 of 23 in the previous two losses to Pittsburgh.
Taillon struck out 10, allowing six runs, six hits and two walks in six innings.
Lowe had his second multi-homer game this season.
Chicago placed reliever Hunter Henry on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to
Thursday, with right triceps inflammation, and he became the eighth Cubs
pitcher on the IL. Chicago selected the contract of left-hander Charlie Barnes
from Triple-A Iowa. He has not appeared in a major league game since 2021.
Up next Pirates: RHP Paul Skenes (2-1, 5.25) will be on the mound Monday at Pittsburgh, opposed by Washington RHP Cade Cavalli (0-0, 2.51). Cubs: RHP Javier Assad (1-0, 0.00 ERA) starts Monday at Philadelphia, which starts Cristopher Snchez (1-1, 1.65). ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB |
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