Madris became the 12th Pirates player to make his major league debut this year.Ĭruz is the third shortstop in big league history to have seven RBI in his first three career games along with Hall of Famer Paul Molitor and Trevor Story. 232 with nine home runs and 11 stolen bases in 55 games at Indianapolis. Happ, Rafael Ortega and Nico Hoerner had two hits apiece.īoth teams came into Monday having lost 11 of their last 13 games.Ĭruz was hitting. The Cubs scored their run in the seventh on Ian Happ’s single. It was just a hard 2 2/3 innings for him.”ĭaniel Vogelbach hit a two-run double in the Pirates’ big seventh inning and Tyler Heineman’s RBI double made it 12-1. “Just a lot of noncompetitive pitches and he got behind in the count. “He didn’t repeat throwing balls in the zone consistently,” Chicago manager David Ross said. Kilian was making his third career start. The Pirates took advantage of five walks by rookie Caleb Kilian (0-2), who was tagged for seven runs in 2 1/3 innings. “Whether I get one under the W column or not, it doesn’t matter to me. “I go out there to compete and to put the team in the best (position) to win the game,” Brubaker said. He has a 2.65 ERA in his last six starts. 24, a span of 14 starts.īrubaker scattered five hits while striking out five and walking three. JT Brubaker (1-7) pitched six scoreless innings for his first win since last Aug. The game threw a little bit of everything at me today. “With (batting practice) getting canceled today, when I stepped in the box, it was really my first at-bat in the big leagues. “That was a lot of fun and everything I could ask for,” Madris said with a big smile. Madris became the first Pirates player to have a three-hit game in his debut since Jason Kendall in 1996. The outfielder keyed a three-run inning that included the first of Hoy Park’s two sacrifice flies. Madris hit a two-run single in the second inning in his first at-bat in the majors. “He can affect the game in a lot of ways, and we saw it tonight,” Pittsburgh manager Derek Shelton said. All are among the highest marks by a Pirates player since the MLB Statcast era began in 2015. He started the final two games of last season when he became the tallest shortstop in major league history.Ĭruz’s double had an exit velocity of 112.9 mph, his throw to first base on a groundout was clocked at 96.7 mph and his sprint speed registered as high as 31.5 feet/second while running the bases. The 6-foot-7 Cruz also hit an RBI single in a five-run seventh as the Pirates set a season high for runs. He was playing in the third big league game of his career. PITTSBURGH - Newly promoted Oneil Cruz drove in four runs and Bligh Madris got three hits in his major league debut, sparking the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 12-1 romp over the Chicago Cubs on Monday night.īoth rookies were called up from Triple-A Indianapolis earlier in the day and they delivered right away.Ĭruz, considered Pittsburgh’s top prospect, hit a three-run double to deep center field that capped a four-run third inning to push the Pirates’ lead to 7-0. Newly promoted Cruz, Madris spark Pirates, rout Cubs 12-1

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