Johan Oviedo had an absolute knockout of an outing tonight, and Ji Hwan Bae and Jack Suwinski helped him out as the Pirates shut down the Cubs with authority, 6-0 at PNC Park.
Oviedo gave up only three singles over the course of his seven-inning outing, retiring the last sixteen batters he faced and effectively erasing the bad memory of his last outing against the Mets while only throwing 82 pitches, not walking anyone and seven strikeouts. Meanwhile, Bae, who as I said on Twitter last night looks like the most athletic member of a K-Pop group (that hair is fabulous), got his first Major League ribbies in the fifth inning after Ben Gamel walked and Greg Allen reached on a fielder’s choice, doubling them both in and earning this nickname from Pirates Twitter:
Cubs starter Wade Miley left the game shortly thereafter with a tweaked oblique, and Jack Suwinski pinch-hit for Diego Castillo—and did this:
Jack-Jack’s now tied with Jason Bay for the most home runs by a rookie at home.