The Pittsburgh Pirates won their second straight series after defeating the Chicago White Sox on Sunday 1-0, but it came with a brutal price as star shortstop Oneil Cruz fractured his ankle on an unfortunate baseball play. Cruz's loss will hurt, but the Pirates have viable options to "replace" him, so Ethan Smith and Gary Morgan discuss last week's series victories, how the Pirates could handle Cruz's absence and take a look at the week ahead with Houston and St. Louis on the docket.

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