Pittsburgh Pirates at Chicago White Sox

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Pittsburgh Pirates

46-48, 24-24 Away

Final
4 - 1

Chicago White Sox

27-69, 17-32 Home

Gonzales returns from injury to help the Pirates win their 2nd straight, 4-1 over the White Sox

Ke’Bryan Hayes had a pair of hits, an RBI and scored a run for the Pirates. They’ve won four of five.

Gonzales (1-0), who’d been out almost three months with a forearm strain, made his first start since April 13 and scattered seven hits over the five innings. He allowed an earned run, struck out four and didn’t walk a batter.

“It was a good day,” Gonzales said. “I’ll take a win out of it.”

Pittsburgh erased a 1-0 deficit in the fifth thanks to RBI from Jared Triolo and Michael A. Taylor and padded the lead an inning later when Nick Gonzales and Hayes drove in runs.

David Bednar, the last of three Pittsburgh relievers, worked the ninth for his 17th save.

Jonathan Cannon (1-3) gave up all four runs in relief of first-time All-Star Garrett Crochet, who was pulled after two innings.

“When Crochet came out, it gave us extra momentum,” Triolo said.

Crochet added four more strikeouts to his major league lead (150) but Chicago manager Pedro Grifol said before the game the left-hander would have a short outing.

“We’ve had that plan in place just so we could take full advantage of the break,” Crochet said, adding he hoped to get a chance to pitch Tuesday night in the All-Star Game in Texas.

Luis Robert Jr. knocked in the lone run for the White Sox, who’ve dropped eight of 11.

The Pirates learned earlier in the day that rookie right-hander Paul Skenes will start the All-Star Game.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Pirates: RHP David Bednar (left oblique strain) came off the 15-day injured list before the game. Ryder Ryan was optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis and fellow RHP Brent Honeywell Jr. was designated for assignment.

Pittsburgh sends Luis Ortiz (4-2, 2.95 ERA) against fellow right-hander Chris Flexen (2-7, 4.95) on Saturday.

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Matchup Prediction

White Sox: 47.0%

Pirates: 53.0%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	DeJong struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Sosa flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Jiménez popped out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Bednar relieved Holderman
	9th Inning	McCutchen popped out to second.
	9th Inning	Taylor struck out swinging.

Statistics

PIT		CHW
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	12
10	Strikeouts	7
4	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	1
1	Ground Into Double Play	3
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	32
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	2
12	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
144	Pitches	115
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
11	Total Bases	10
37	Plate Appearances	33
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	2
3.2	Runs Created	1.6
.242	Batting Average	.250
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.333	Slugging Percentage	.313
.182	Secondary Average	.094
.297	On Base Percentage	.273
.631	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.585
1.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
3.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.6
30.0	Batter Rating	16.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.89	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.48
.091	Isolated Power	.063
0.30	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.14
.081	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.030
-.061	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.156
8.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
78.3	MLB Rating	71.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0