The Pittsburgh Pirates placed designated hitter Andrew McCutchen on the 10-day injured list before Saturday’s game, due to left knee inflammation. McCutchen came up limping on Friday night, after hitting a single in the seventh inning.
Alika Williams was recalled to Pittsburgh to replace McCutchen. Later in the seventh inning, Oneil Cruz went down with ankle discomfort. Cruz is in the lineup on Saturday as a designated hitter, and Williams provides added shortstop depth off the bench with the starting shortstop banged up.
Williams had hits in six of his nine starts this month in Triple-A, after hitting .