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The Pirates responded by allowing three more runs thanks in part to throwing errors by first baseman Gaby Sanchez and catcher Rod Barajas. Two more errors in the seventh helped the Cubs push the lead to 12-0.
At one point a fan in an exasperated PNC Park crowd started yelling "error! error!" at the official scorer on a cleanly hit single by Chicago's Tony Campana in the eighth.
Instead of history, the Pirates finished with only seven errors, the most since an 8-4 loss to St. Louis on Sept. 16, 1985.
Wood, who hadn't won since beating the Mets on July 6, didn't let the good fortune go to waste. He retired 14 of the first 15 batters he faced and didn't give up a hit until the fifth when Pedro Alvarez's flyball to center glanced off Jackson's glove as the outfielder smacked into the wall.
NOTES: Castro became the 28th player in major league history to reach 500 hits before his 23rd birthday. The previous player to do it was Alex Rodriguez ... Jackson left after sixth inning with a bruised knee sustained when he crashed into the fence while running down a flyball by Pittsburgh's Andrew McCutchen. Jackson laid on the ground for several minutes before slowly walking off the field ... The series continues on Saturday. Chicago's Jeff Samardzija (8-13, 3.91 ERA) will make his final start of the season for the Cubs against Pittsburgh's James McDonald (12-7, 3.90).
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