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‘I felt good,’ Pirates’ Oneil Cruz gets first chance in center field

By Danny Demilio, Sports Now Group Pittsburgh

Oneil Crus Pittsburgh Pirates' Oneil Cruz (15) celebrates after hitting a walk-off single off St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher JoJo Romero during the tenth inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. The Pirates won 5-4 in ten innings. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) (Gene J. Puskar/AP)

By Danny Demilio, Sports Now Group Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH — This article originally appeared on pittsburghbaseballnow.com.

It didn’t take long for Oneil Cruz to get tested for the first time as a center fielder.

The former shortstop made his center field debut for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the Chicago Cubs at PNC Park on Wednesday afternoon.

Cubs leadoff hitter Ian Happ hit a liner into the left-center gap on the second pitch of the game from Paul Skenes. While Happ got a double out of it, Cruz raced to his right, cut the ball off and fired to Isiah Kiner-Falefa, who was serving in Cruz’s more familiar position as the cutoff man.

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