Overview

• Pete Crow-Armstrong’s two-run homer in the fourth inning provided Chicago’s first runs and made him the first Statcast-era player to homer on pitches both above 3.9 feet and below 0.9 feet in the same season.
• Seiya Suzuki added a solo shot in the sixth inning for his 17th homer of the season.
• Jameson Taillon improved to 7-3 by allowing two runs and four hits over 6.2 innings against his former team.
• Daniel Palencia delivered a perfect eighth inning before Ryan Pressly recorded his fifth save with a scoreless ninth.
• Chicago and Pittsburgh will meet again Friday afternoon with Paul Skenes facing Cubs right-hander Cade Horton and Miguel Amaya set to begin throwing in his oblique rehab.