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Joc Pederson was 3-for-4 with an RBI single and
run scored for Chicago, which won its fourth straight game
despite giving up two ninth-inning runs. Rex Brothers got the
final out for his first save since 2013.
Davies (2-2) gave up five hits, all singles, with one walk and
one strikeout.
Ka'ai Tom had an RBI single for Pittsburgh, which has lost seven
of eight.
Pirates starter Trevor Cahill (1-4) pitched five innings. He
gave up three runs, two of them earned, and eight hits with one
walk and two strikeouts.
The Cubs scored once in each of the first three innings.
In the first, Pederson led off with a single to left. He moved
to second on Kris Bryant's groundout and to third on Javier
Baez's groundout. Pittsburgh right fielder Phillip Evans then
misplayed a ball hit by Anthony Rizzo, allowing Pederson to
score for a 1-0 Cubs lead.
David Bote hit a one-out single in the Chicago second. Davies
bunted him to second before Pederson singled to right to make it
2-0.
In the third, Baez reached on an infield single and advanced to
second on Rizzo's single to right. They advanced to second and
third on a Cahill wild pitch. After Willson Contreras struck
out, Baez scored on Matt Duffy's sacrifice fly to center for a
3-0 edge.
For his final inning of work, Davies produced a little magic in
the seventh to get out of a bases-loaded jam with no outs.
Colin Moran led off with an infield hit and Evans singled him to
second before Jacob Stallings walked. Davies turned Todd
Frazier's comebacker into a fielder's choice by throwing Moran
out at home. Tom then hit into an unconventional double play
from Davies to home to force out Evans to first.
Pittsburgh cut it to 3-2 in the ninth as Moran, who began the
inning with a single off Andrew Chafin, moved to third on
Stallings' double and scored on Frazier's groundout. Stallings
scored on Tom's bloop single.
Brothers eventually secured the final out after allowing a
single and hitting a batter, retiring Bryan Reynolds on an easy
fly ball.
--Field Level Media
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