Bucs Dugout · Jul 2, 2019
Bucs bash Cubs 18-5 on a historic night for the bats
Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty ImagesYou get a hit! and you get a hit! and yes, you too get a hit! It was just like Oprah had come to PNC Park as the Pirates lashed 23 hits, including 7 doubles and 5 home runs, en route to an 18-5 thrashing of the visiting Chicago Cubs.
Eleven Pirates’ batters stepped to the plate in the game. Eleven collected at least one hit.
Colin Moran had five hits, including a pair of doubles. Adam Frazier had five hits, including a MLB record tying four doubles. Last but not least, All-Star first baseman Josh Bell had four hits, three of them reaching the seats as he drove home seven runs. Those three players combined for 14 hits in 17 at bats.