Dickerson robs Schwarber with leaping catch
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PITTSBURGH -- Left fielder Corey Dickerson helped keep at least one run off starting pitcher Chad Kuhl's ledger on Monday in the Pirates' 7-0 loss to the Cubs at PNC Park.
With one out in the top of the second inning, Dickerson strolled back to his right and leaped at the wall to rob Kyle Schwarber of a home run to keep the Cubs' lead at 1-0.
It would have been the second home run in three at-bats for the Cubs, as Anthony Rizzo led the inning off with a solo home run to right-center field.
Dickerson has had no issue adjusting to fielding in PNC Park in his first season with the Pirates. According to Statcast™, he entered Monday ranked No. 14 among big league outfielders in outs above average at 4.
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"[Schwarber] hit it, and a lot of those balls kind of fade out and they go foul," Kuhl said. "My first thought was foul ball. Second thought, seeing [Dickerson] stand there and then kind of take off, was fly-ball out. And then it carried more than I thought, and maybe he thought, too. Then I looked back and he was making an unbelievable play.
"[He] really saved me. Just an unbelievable play, sticking with it."