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The Pirates got one back in the bottom of the
10th on Joe's sacrifice fly before Adbert Alzolay got Joshua
Palacios to fly out to end the game.
Cody Bellinger and Nico Hoerner each added an RBI single and
Jeimer Candelario had an RBI sacrifice fly for the Cubs, who
have won five of six.
Chicago starter Justin Steele pitched six innings, giving up
three runs (two earned) and six hits, with six strikeouts and
two walks.
Daniel Palencia (4-0) pitched a scoreless ninth. Alzolay earned
his 20th save.
Palacios hit a two-run home run and Ji Hwan Bae added an RBI
single for the Pirates, who have lost two straight.
Pittsburgh starter Rob Zastryzny, working as an opener, pitched
one inning, allowing one run and two hits, with one strikeout.
Andre Jackson then handled the bulk of the work, pitching the
next six innings and yielding two runs on six hits with two
strikeouts.
Hoerner led off the game with a double to right-center. Two outs
later, he scored on Bellinger's base hit to left for a 1-0
Chicago lead.
In the Cubs' second, Seiya Suzuki doubled off the wall in right
and went to third on Yan Gomes' single to right. Suzuki scored
on Candelario's fielder's choice to left to increase the lead to
2-0.
Gomes advanced to third via Nick Madrigal's single and
Tauchman's fielder's choice grounder. Hoerner then singled to
right to drive in Gomes for a 3-0 edge.
Endy Rodriguez walked to lead off the bottom of the second.
Vinny Capra reached when Steele misplayed his sacrifice bunt,
with Rodriguez going to second. Two strikeouts later, Rodriguez
scored on Bae's single up the middle to cut it to 3-1.
Joe singled to left in the third before Palacios hit his sixth
homer, a shot to right that bounced into the Allegheny River.
That tied it 3-3.
--Field Level Media
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