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09/08 21:43 CDT Pirates back Bubba Chandler with 18 hits in 9-3 victory over
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Pirates back Bubba Chandler with 18 hits in 9-3 victory over White Sox
By MATT CARLSON
Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) --- Bubba Chandler pitched six strong innings, Rafael Flores Jr.
homered among his three hits and the Pittsburgh Pirates pounded the Chicago
White Sox 9-3 on Tuesday night.
Bryan Reynolds had two of Pittsburgh's five doubles off starter Sean Burke.
Reynolds drove in two runs and scored twice as the Pirates jumped out to a 7-0
lead after two innings and rolled to their seventh victory in nine games behind
an 18-hit outburst.
Oneil Cruz had three hits and two RBIs and Spencer Horwitz drove in three runs
to help deal the White Sox a fourth loss in six games that trimmed their AL
Central lead over Cleveland to two games. Every starter had at least one hit
for Pittsburgh, and seven had two or more.
Chandler (7-9) allowed two runs on four hits, striking out eight and walking
none. Staked to an early lead, the 23-year-old rookie right-hander retired the
first 12 White Sox batters before Andrew Benintendi lined his first of two
doubles to lead off the fifth.
Chicago's Kyle Teel hit his second homer in two games and singled. Munetaka
Murakami struck out four times.
Burke (8-7) gave up seven runs and eight hits to match career worsts and did it
while getting only four outs, his shortest outing in three years in the majors.
The right-hander leads the White Sox in innings pitched and had thrown 5 2/3
scoreless innings of one-hit ball in his previous start at Houston.
The Pirates jumped ahead 5-0 in the first. The first seven Pittsburgh batters
reached base before Burke fanned Jacob Gonzalez for the first out.
Konnor Griffin, Reynolds, Cruz and Esmerlyn Valdez all lined deep doubles off
center-cut pitches. Horwitz and Flores singled and Brandon Lowe walked before
Burke retired three straight.
The Pirates upped it to 7-0 in the second. Tyler Schweitzer relieved with one
out and the bases loaded and yielded a single to Horwitz that scored two runs.
Flores added a solo shot and Reynolds a sacrifice fly in the fifth to make it
9-0.
Up next
The Pirates hadn't announced a starter to face White Sox RHP Davis Martin (9-6,
4.13 ERA) on Wednesday night.
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