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Pittsburgh, which recorded 15 hits, trailed 1-0
after three innings, but opened the fourth with six straight
singles that ended the night for Cubs ace Justin Steele (16-5).
Chicago native Jack Suwinski had an RBI hit and Henry Davis
delivered a two-run single to right during that opening surge.
Palacios' drive into the center-field shrubbery, with two men
on, off Jose Cuas capped the breakout frame.
Pittsburgh went ahead 8-1 on Triolo's solo homer in the fifth.
However, Chicago roared back with five runs in the bottom of the
frame against the Pirates' own All-Star, Mitch Keller (13-9),
who was charged with seven runs and nine hits over 5 2/3
innings.
Christopher Morel opened the inning with a towering homer to
left field. Keller then loaded the bases with one out, and
Pittsburgh native Ian Happ went deep into the right-center-field
bleachers to make it 8-6.
Pittsburgh, though, answered in the sixth against Mark Leiter
Jr. The Pirates put runners on first and third with nobody out,
and went up 9-6 on Bryan Reynolds' RBI fielder's choice. Joe
clubbed his 11th homer, with a man on, to widen the visitors'
cushion.
Fighting for a National League postseason spot, the Cubs have
dropped nine of 12, and three straight starts by Steele, who was
charged with six earned runs for a second consecutive outing
while exiting before getting an out in the fourth.
Chicago opened the scoring in the second as Cody Bellinger
doubled and scored on Seiya Suzuki's lined single to left. Miles
Mastrobuoni had three hits for the Cubs.
--Field Level Media
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