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1 MLB Transactions

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2-MLB Trade Rumors-Pirates

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3 Baseball Reference

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4 Retrosheet

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5 Rumbunter

Pittsburgh Pirates Farm Report: Dario Agrazal Shoves, Nick Kingham Shelled, & More

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6 Point of Pittsburgh

Loss Aversion, The Endowment Effect, and Trading Prospects

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7 Pirates Breakdown

What will the Pittsburgh Pirates do with Chad Kuhl?

http://thesportsdaily.com/2018/08/15/pittsburgh-pirates-chad-kuhl-future-pbd11/

8 MLB

Best August trade in each team's history

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9 Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Twins trip Pirates 6-4, sweep two-game series

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10 Call to the Pen</b>

Best all time general managers in history: No. 19, Joe L. Brown

https://calltothepen.com/2018/08/15/best-time-general-managers-history-no-19-joe-l-brown/

11 Green Weenie

Bucs Don't Answer When Opportunity Knocks, Swept By Twins 6-4

https://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2018/08/bucs-dont-answer-when-opportunity.html

12 SB Nation

Bow before Ronald Acuña Jr. because he is a home run warlock

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13 CBS Sports

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14 Fangraphs

The Next Prospects Who Could Pull a Glasnow

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15 Baseball Prospectus</b>

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Defensive Indifference: A Fist-Sized Muscle

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16 Blog Predictions

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17 Previous Game Box Score

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18 Foo's 2 Question Survey

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Final 1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9   R H E Chi Cubs 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0

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  W: J. Lester (13-5)   L: I. Nova (7-7)   S: P. Strop (10)

7:05 PM ET, August 16, 2018 PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  Attendance: 21,783

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Chicago Cubs Player AB R H RBI TB BB K AVG OBP SLG J. Báez, 2B 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 .293 .325 .571 J. Heyward, RF 4 0 2 0 2 0 1 .283 .347 .411 D. Bote, 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .321 .410 .512 A. Rizzo, 1B 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 .264 .362 .442 I. Happ, LF 4 1 1 1 4 0 2 .243 .365 .425 A. Almora Jr., CF 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 .297 .338 .409 W. Contreras, C 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .272 .362 .429 J. Lester, P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .102 .102 .163   K. Schwarber, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242 .358 .458   S. Cishek, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167   C. Edwards Jr., P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -   B. Zobrist, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308 .392 .462   P. Strop, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 A. Russell, SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262 .330 .361 Totals 34 1 7 1 10 1 7 - - -

Pittsburgh Pirates Player AB R H RBI TB BB K AVG OBP SLG C. Dickerson, LF 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 .303 .333 .482 S. Marte, CF 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 .276 .320 .467 G. Polanco, RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .239 .329 .478 D. Freese, 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .294 .349 .468 E. Díaz, C 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .293 .345 .470 J. Bell, 1B 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .266 .349 .413 J. Harrison, 2B 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .261 .302 .368 A. Hechavarria, SS 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 .357 .400 .643   A. Frazier, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .277 .344 .424   F. Vázquez, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 I. Nova, P 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .022 .022 .022   R. Rodríguez, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000   C. Moran, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268 .334 .388   K. Newman, SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - Totals 31 0 6 0 6 0 10 - - -

HR: ChC 1, I. Happ (13).

HR Detail: ChC, I. Happ (Inning: 4 , 1 Out, 0 on) off I. Nova.

Scoring Position: ChC - 0 for 3.Pit - 0 for 1.

Chicago Cubs Player IP H R ER BB K HR BFP Pit B-S ERA OpBA J. Lester, (W 13-5) 6.0 5 0 0 0 8 0 21 92 32 - 60 3.72 .253 S. Cishek, (Hld ) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 13 6 - 7 1.79 .180 C. Edwards Jr., (Hld ) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13 4 - 9 2.50 .192 P. Strop, (S 10) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 22 11 - 11 2.57 .189

Pittsburgh Pirates Player IP H R ER BB K HR BFP Pit B-S ERA OpBA I. Nova, (L 7-7) 6.2 7 1 1 0 3 1 27 97 31 - 66 4.26 .273 R. Rodríguez 1.1 0 0 0 0 4 0 5 24 9 - 15 3.18 .237 F. Vázquez 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 17 5 - 12 2.88 .224

Double Plays: ChC 1, (Bote to J.Báez to Rizzo).

Caught Stealing: Pit 1, S. Marte (9).

Hit by Pitch: ChC, D. Bote by R. Rodríguez. Pit, D. Freese by P. Strop.

Umpires: HP--Barry, 1B--Torres, 2B--Nauert, 3B--Fairchild.