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Pittsburgh Tops Chicago 2-1 - Recap

Pittsburgh scored 1 run in inning no. 10 to edge Chicago 2-1 on Friday at Wrigley Field.

Pittsburgh was an underdog by +100 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.5.

earned the victory for the Pirates, throwing innings of work, striking out , walking , and allowing hits and earned runs. That effort was supported by 1 RBIs from Oneil Cruz in the win.

Chicago got a 1-inning outing from Drew Pomeranz in the loss. He gave up 0 earned runs, 1 walks and 1 hits in his time on the mound, while Seiya Suzuki had 2 hits in the loss for the Cubs.

The battle of the bats favored Chicago as they had 6 hits, while Pittsburgh only had 8.

The game was closed out by David Bednar who got the final outs in the victory. He allowed 0 hits, 0 walks and fanned 0 batters to earn the save.