Pittsburgh Pirates: Grading Series Victory Over the Chicago Cubs

PITTSBURGH, PA - SEPTEMBER 24: Members of the Pittsburgh Pirates celebrate after defeating the Chicago Cubs 7-0 at PNC Park on September 24, 2020 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images)
PITTSBURGH, PA - SEPTEMBER 24: Members of the Pittsburgh Pirates celebrate after defeating the Chicago Cubs 7-0 at PNC Park on September 24, 2020 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images) /
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PITTSBURGH, PA – SEPTEMBER 24: Colin Moran #19 of the Pittsburgh Pirates celebrates with Josh Bell #55 after hitting a solo home run in the first inning during the game against the Chicago Cubs at PNC Park on September 24, 2020 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images)
PITTSBURGH, PA – SEPTEMBER 24: Colin Moran #19 of the Pittsburgh Pirates celebrates with Josh Bell #55 after hitting a solo home run in the first inning during the game against the Chicago Cubs at PNC Park on September 24, 2020 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images) /

Pirate Offense

Monday was a rough night offensively for the Pittsburgh Pirates. They collected just four hits, none of which were for extra bases, and walked just twice. Unsurprisingly, the team was shutout in the loss.

Following Monday night’s poor performance, the power start to flash for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In the second game of the series the Pirates won 3-2. Erik Gonzalez and Frazier each had a double in the game. Stallings then added his walk off blast in the bottom of the 9th.

Wednesday night the Pirates scored just 2 runs, but they cam on back-to-back home runs by Adam Frazier and Ke’Bryan Hayes to lead off the bottom of the 1st inning.

Then on Thursday afternoon, the Bucco bats went to work. Scoring 7 runs, Frazier, Bryan Reynolds, Josh Bell, and Colin Moran all hit home runs. Moran also added a double. In total, the Pirates collected 14 hits in the victory.

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The Verdict

The first three games of the series the Pittsburgh Pirates scored just 5 runs, including being shutout. However, thanks to terrific pitching the team still won two of these three games. Then in the series finale, the offense exploded for 7 runs. While the overall grade for the Pirate offense in the series is not good, the offense did enough to help the team win the series.

Grade: C