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Frazier picked up where he left off Monday,
when he had four doubles among his five hits. Starling Marte was
2-for-4 with an RBI double on Tuesday for Pittsburgh, which has
won the first two games of the four-game series by a combined
23-6.
Chicago has lost three straight and eight of 12.
Both starters, Pittsburgh's Joe Musgrove and Chicago's Kyle
Hendricks, had to come out after three innings because of a rain
delay.
Musgrove, who had allowed just one earned run in 13 innings over
his previous two starts, went another three scoreless frames,
with one hit, four strikeouts and no walks.
Clay Holmes (1-0), the Pirates' fourth pitcher, worked a
scoreless sixth and seventh, including striking out the side in
the sixth.
Hendricks (7-6), who was activated from the injured list earlier
in the day after recovering from right shoulder inflammation,
allowed two runs and four hits, with four strikeouts and one
walk.
In the first inning, Frazier led off with a single to center. An
out later, Marte singled to center, moving Frazier to third.
Josh Bell followed with a sacrifice fly to score Frazier for a
1-0 Pirates lead.
Pittsburgh increased it to 2-0 in the third. Frazier hit a
double with one out, and he scored on Marte's two-out double to
right-center.
The ensuing rain delay lasted 2:05.
In the fourth against Cubs reliever Dillon Maples, Kevin Newman
drew a one-out walk. An out later, pinch hitter Steven Brault, a
starting pitcher, singled to right, moving Newman to third and
chasing Maples in favor of Mike Montgomery. Frazier made it 5-0
with a three-run homer to right, his fourth long ball of the
season.
Frazier led off the seventh with a single, giving him hits in
seven straight at-bats. The last time a Pirate had such a streak
was Freddy Sanchez on May 25-26, 2009. Pittsburgh could not
parlay that hit into any runs.
The Cubs broke up the shutout in the ninth against Felipe
Vazquez on Willson Contreras' RBI double.
--Field Level Media
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