PITTSBURGH -- Andrew McCutchen's slide and Jung Ho Kang's arm teamed up for a sparking play in the second inning of Tuesday night's Pirates game to keep the Cubs from doubling their score.
With Chicago leading, 1-0, and Addison Russell on first base, Chris Denorfia ripped a two-out drive to left-center off left-hander J.A. Happ.
McCutchen sped into the gap and lowered into a slide to glove the ball and keep it from going through to the wall, sprang to his feet and fired a strike to Kang, the shortstop set up as the cutoff man in medium left-center.