Three-Game Series vs. San Francisco Giants
Giants win series 2-1 | Season vs. Giants 1-2
GAME 5
Monday, April 3, 2023 at 3:10 2:10 pm CDT
Guaranteed Rate Field – Sox Home Opener
Michael Kopech, RHP vs.
Giants / Anthony DeSclafani, RHP
L, 12-3, 2-3 (.400), L1 | L: Michael Kopech (0-1, 13.50)
➤ Start time moved up to 2:10 pm CDT, due to weather
➤ Happy 25th birthday to Andrew Vaughn!
➤ Kopech gives up 7 R/ER—including 5 solo HR—on 8 H (3 BB, 5 K) on 4 ⅔ IP
➤ In the 9th, José Ruiz gives up a Grand Slam and a 2-run HR
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April 5—Jake Burger (3B) recalled from Charlotte Knights
GAME 6
Wednesday, April 5, 2023 at 1:10 pm CDT
Guaranteed Rate Field
Dylan Cease, RHP vs.
Giants / Logan Webb, RHP
W, 3-7, 3-3 (.500), W1 | W: Dylan Cease (1-0, 1.59)
➤ Cease gives up 1 R/ER—a solo HR to J.D. Davis in the 2nd—and strikes out 8 (3 BB) in 5.0 IP
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GAME 7
Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 1:10 pm CDT
Guaranteed Rate Field
Lance Lynn, RHP vs.
Giants / Alex Wood, LHP
L, 16-6, 3-4 (.429), L1 | L: Lance Lynn (0-1, 9.00)
➤ Lynn gives up 8 R/ER on 9 H (3 BB, 5 K) in 4 ⅓ IP
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Three-Game Series at Pittsburgh Pirates
Pirates win series 2-1 | Season vs. Pirates 1-2
GAME 8
Friday, April 7, 2023 at 3:12 pm CDT
PNC Park – Pirates Home Opener
Lucas Giolito, RHP vs.
Pirates / Rich Hill, LHP
L, 9-13, 3-5 (.375), L2 | L: Jake Diekman (0-1, 12.27)
➤ Giolito gives up 7 R/ER on 12 H (0 BB, 3 K) in 4.0 IP
➤ First major leaguge HR for Oscar Colás
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GAME 9
Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 5:35 pm CDT
PNC Park
Mike Clevenger, RHP vs.
Pirates / Vince Velasquez, RHP
W, 11-5, 4-5 (.444), W1 | L: Mike Clevenger (2-0, 3.48)
➤ Clevenger gives up 4 R/ER on 8 H (2 BB, 1 K) in 5 ⅓ IP
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GAME 10
Sunday, April 9, 2023 at 12:35 pm CDT
PNC Park
Michael Kopech, RHP vs.
Pirates / Johan Oviedo, RHP
L, 1-0, 4-6 (.400), L1 | L: Michael Kopech (0-2, 6.75)
➤ Kopech gives up 1 R/ER on 2 H (3 BB, 5 K) on 6.0 IP—Quality Start
➤ Oneil Cruz collides with Seby Zavala at Home Plate, both talk trash, benches clear
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