Recap to come shortly.
On Deck
Nick Kingham (1-1, 8.28) will take on the red hot Brandon Woodruff (7-1, 3.22) Saturday. First pitch is at 4:05 p.m..
NUMB3RS
1. Bell is the first Pirate to start each of his team’s first 56 games batting clean-up since Bobby Bonilla in 1991 (59 games).
2. Archer is 2-0 with a 3.50 ERA (7 ER, 18 IP) in his three starts against the NL Central this year.
3. This is the first time the Pirates scored 9 or more runs without an extra-base hit since they beat the Cubs 10-0 on May 26, 2003, according to the Baseball-Reference Play Index.