PITTSBURGH — The Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs, 6-5 on Wednesday night, in front of 16,904 people. Gift Ngoepe made his major league debut and recorded his first hit. Josh Bell hit a monster of a home run from the right side of the plate. Tony Watson survived another error in the ninth inning to record a four-out save and nail down the victory.
The only problem was that all of that happened after starting pitcher Tyler Glasnow had been removed from the game.
Glasnow lasted just 3.1 innings in what’s become a disturbing trend thus far in the season.