Bubba Chandler pitches six strong innings, earns first win Friday
by David Leisering | Pirates Correspondent | Sat, Apr 18th 5:04pm EDT
Bubba Chandler earned his first victory of the season on Friday as he allowed one run on three hits, walked one, and struck out three as the Pirates defeated the Rays, 5-1.
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Chandler registered his longest, and best outing of the season on Friday as he allowed only four baserunners in his six innings and threw 62 of his 90 pitches for strikes. The only blemish came in his final inning as Chandler Simpson reached on an infield single, advanced to second on a wild pitch, and then scored on a single from Junior Caminero. After a walk to Jonathan Aranda, he retired Yandy Diaz on an infield pop-up to get through six innings. Chandler struggled with his command in his first two starts as he walked 10 batters in 8.2 innings. However, in his last two starts, Chandler has walked three in 11.1 innings. The young righthander is 1-1 with a 3.15 ERA and a 1.30 WHIP in 20 innings and will look to continue his strong work against the Rangers next week.
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