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 Arrieta (12-6) allowed just two singles, by center fielder Andrew
McCutchen in the fourth inning and left fielder Starling Marte in
the seventh, while striking out five and walking three.
Relievers Tommy Hunter and Justin Grimm completed the shutout as the
Cubs (58-47) matched their longest winning streak of the season.
Rizzo doubled and scored in both the third and fifth innings as the
first baseman led the Cubs' 14-hit attack with the fourth four-hit
game of his career.
Left fielder Chris Denorfia had three hits while shortstop Starlin
Castro doubled in Rizzo twice and right fielder Jorge Soler drove in
the first and last runs with a bases-loaded walk in the first inning
off J.A. Happ and a single in the sixth.
Chicago drew within three games of the National League wild
card-leading Pirates (61-44), who remained 5-1/2 games behind the
St. Louis Cardinals in the NL Central.
Happ, acquired from Seattle last Friday in a trade, had a rocky
Pirates' debut, giving up four runs and eight hits in 4-1/3 innings
with two walks and six strikeouts.
Happ ran into trouble early and walked Cubs right fielder Jorge
Soler with the bases loaded and one out in the first inning to force
in the game's first run.
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The Cubs made it 3-0 in the third when first baseman Anthony Rizzo
hit a double and scored on Castro's double before catcher David Ross
capped the inning with an RBI single.
Rizzo doubled again with one out in the fifth inning then scored
when Castro greeted reliever Jared Hughes with his second double.
(Compiled by Greg Stutchbury)
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