The Pirates suffer a bad break, literally, as rookie SS Jung-ho Kang, who is having an excellent season, breaks a leg and tears a ligament in his knee when he is upended by the Cubs’ Chris Coghlan, who is trying to break a double play in the 1st inning. Kang is out for the season and possibly the start of 2016, and the Bucs also lose the game, 9 – 5, to move within two games of the Pirates in the race to host the Wild Card Game.

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On September 17, 2015 — The Pirates suffer a bad break, literally, as rookie SS Jung-ho Kang, who is having an excellent season, breaks a leg and tears a ligament in his knee when he is upended by the Cubs’ Chris Coghlan, who is trying to break a double play in the 1st inning. Kang is out for the season and possibly the start of 2016, and the Bucs also lose the game, 9 – 5, to move within two games of the Pirates in the race to host the Wild Card Game.

 

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