Cubs vs. Pirates Game Highlights (5/11/24) | MLB Highlights

the anticipation the last 3 days it's been palpable the excitement just continues to build we can't wait to see that first pitch of course I mean it's all we've talked about all week long a lot of nerves for Paulk a lot of excitement for pirate fans Not Just pirate fans excitement for Baseball fans across the country numbers for Paul SK the erra under one 27 Innings 45 punch outs just one just eight walks a 175 opponent average pretty impressive just dominated Triple A and you think I mean watching the video before he came out you can't help but think this guy was pitching in college a year ago you know and then he triple away the highest level of my league baseball he he just absolutely dominated there's the sweet and of course obviously that's liby Dunn his wife Karen his dad his mom Karen in the Yellow Hat gold cap I should say and now Mike tochman swing and a foul tip he struck him out they had thrown a fast ball under 100 yet I I don't believe I see no 101 101 100 100 point9 SE Suzuki stands in remember that Steven straber debut the Pirates in DC and he got the two strikes how the crowd the crescendo well here it is goodbye he just took care of Suzuki two outs I don't think he threw him a fast ball he did not three breaking pitches three off speed pitches here is Cody Bellinger three and two on Bellinger two out space is empty and he lost them and Cody Bellinger works the walk and it'll bring up Christopher Morell swing flyball deep center field Taylor back to the warning track he'll make the catch and the inning ends skem strikes out two in a scoreless hitless first inning in the major leagues and now the Pirates coming to bat here in Pittsburgh no score Lefty Justin steel for seamer and a slider cutchen draws the lead off walk now Brian Reynolds wouldn't it be nice to get him an early lead the onew is cut on and missed so Reynolds is gone and steel picks up his first strike out Fly ball left field half starting in slows down and he's got it and bounc to First Michael Bush un assisted put out Paul SK will return to the mound back in Pittsburgh and here is in ha Tapper and he can field his position John oh yeah easy one to start with for Nico horer here's the pitch and a hit him with that splitter or spinker as he likes to call it so Nico Herer hit by pitch he's on with one out here in the second Michael Busch the batter Nico's a base stealing threat always down it in darting fast ball near the shoe tops and that's his second walk issued by SK that one at 100 as miles Master bony stands in and a base hit to right they'll hold the runner and they'll load him up so he walked a man with two outs in the first after striking out tochman and Suzuki to begin his big league career now second inning big Jam Bases Loaded one out and boy not only 101 it freezes him and and there's some late tail to that at 101 was like a bullet coming out of his hand look at the late tail here's Mike talkman everybody up again two strikes bounced Gonzalez nice play huge huge play SK strands the base is loaded Paul SK his third inning in the major leagues faces seya Suzuki struck him out in the first strength three call 99 on the Outer Edge one out he's driven to Center Taylor and Bellinger flies out two men out in the third lined in Center Morell as the Cub second hit Runner goes Rond throw and safe stolen base for Morel perfect throw a throw right on the money they're going to challenge this rondall reacts like what and yeah they got him shouldn't take long let's listen after review the call on the field is overturned Runners out Pittsburgh will retain their talent F stealing 26 here's Conor Joe and he's been the most consistent hitter in the clutch for the Pirates this year 393 with Runners and scoring position one of the best in the league drive to deep left to the wall and JoJo clears the deck with a cannonball to left get back Loretta he's been doing it all year long Conor Joe coming through in these situations fourth home run three nothing Pirates and there's a drive to right field by O'Neal Cruz it's a Cruz missile backto back Chicken Shack with a line Drive Homer 4 nothing Pittsburgh it's amazing when you see it seems like he just flick the bat at that Paul skin returns to the mound here in the fourth swing and a miss he struck him out 100 milph one away strikeout number five for Paul SK in his big league debut this one drilled off the bat of niiko hoer back back some more and that one is gone ni horer will touch them all and the Cubs are on the board he jumped that one off of schem and it is a 4-1 game Taylor ripped a single to center field with one out last inning still looking for his first pirate Homer he's homerless in the air to right you back opposite field home run for Taylor his first as a buckle and it is 6 to one I'll say you called it Paul SK is woken up the bats fifth inning coming up six to one the Pirates lead top of the order for the Cubs against Paul SK that is a fair ball just over the bag and so tochman into second base with a leadoff double swinging a bounding ball toward the shortstop creu deep in the hole throw to first safe on a close play Suzuki able to beat it out Pirates have already won a challenge today now Derrik Shelton's going to come out and get Paul SK he's at 84 pitches hasn't thrown more than 75 as a professional let's listen to the crowd as skes departs his first major league game first and second Cody Bellinger at the plate hard throwing Nicholas four Innings hasn't allowed any runs Cubs would love to come back into this swing Miss and Bellinger down on strikes that was a curve ball from Nicholas he strikes out backto back hitters brings up Ian hap that one in the dirt did that hit him yes he did foot yeah that ha will take his base and they're loaded up and now here's where you really need a big swing of the bat Nico Herer and his last hit bat Homer and that's ball four and a run will come in it's 6-2 and a three-oh two high he's walked in another and it's 63 as schemes looks on they're all loaded up 3 0 and that's Ball Four he walked in another and it's 64 and the fans here in Pittsburgh are frustrated Fleming will come on to try to put out the fire this inning started with Paul SK it may end with Josh Fleming he'll face the ninth Cub to bat in this Fifth and now they have four of them in the inning and it's a one-run game wow and all this while the Ghostbusters clouds move in coming down harder now on the ground towards the hole Cruz back in w don't have a play and we're tied it's an infield single and it is 66 as the heavens unload and it really starts to pour and with that Andy Fletcher says get the tarp on the field it's always very strange uh coming out of the clubhouse after a long delay and just trying to get that energy back up get the adrenaline going again holy smokes incredible that's the last three not even close unbelievable the Cubs now have the lead Holderman a 3-1 inside he walked him and it's the sixth Bases Loaded walk in the inning and the Cubs have an 86 lead a game they once trailed six to one we got to be looking at some kind of a Major League record here don't we I mean I don't know if this is a record that anybody would keep track of but Bases Loaded walks in a single inning so Gonzalez draws a two out walk and now the Pirates have the tying runs on base Cruz at second base Gonzalez at first rondal with a base hit his last time and a drive to right field yeah going to watch it his first pirate Homer is a no doubter a three-run blast over the Clemente wall Pirates back on top 98 Andrew McCutchen was the lead off hitter for the Pirates when Steven St asberg made his major league debut in Washington DC June 8 2010 and he is the leadoff hitter today and a Fly ball a deep center field and wouldn't you know it Andrew mccon clears the deck with a cannonball number four on the season for cutch 10 eight Pirates and flying around the bases Andrew McCutchen flying back to the D the tying runs are on base the go-ahead Run comes up and Mike tochman bedar fires and that one lined to center field Taylor couple of steps back makes the catch Master bony will tag and he'll come in to score and tochman has gotten the Cubs within one it's 10 n Softly on the ground and triolo to tles Combs down to their final out Fly ball to right and Raise the Jolly Roger that was easy the Pirates in an absolutely wild and long afternoon and evening it started with skem it ends with the Renegade and ultimately it's a w