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Jones retired the Cubs in order in the home
half of the inning to cap his outing, and Aroldis Chapman
followed suit with a 1-2-3 seventh. Colin Holderman then came on
for the eighth, and that's when things nearly got out of hand.
Holderman beaned Seiya Suzuki with his first pitch, then Cody
Bellinger reached on a two-base error to put runners at second
and third with no outs. Christopher Morel followed with a
sacrifice fly, pulling Chicago within 5-4.
With the tying run on second, Holderman struck out Ian Happ and
later got Nick Madrigal to ground out to end the inning.
David Bednar worked a perfect ninth for his ninth save.
In his six innings, Jones (3-4) gave up three runs on seven
hits. He didn't issue a walk and struck out seven.
Edward Olivares went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer and two runs
for the Pirates, who snapped a modest two-game skid.
Cubs starter Justin Steele (0-1) was tagged for five runs and
six hits in 5 2/3 innings. Steele walked one and fanned seven.
No player had more than one hit for Chicago, which has dropped
three of its past four games.
Pittsburgh drew first blood, as Olivares clubbed his homer in
the first inning. Happ halved the Cubs' deficit with a solo home
run in the second.
The Pirates restored their two-run lead when Nick Gonzales sent
a ball over the left-center-field wall in the fourth to make it
3-1. It didn't take long for the Cubs to get that run back,
though, with Madrigal smacking an RBI single in the home half of
the inning.
Michael A. Taylor opened the Pittsburgh fifth with a double,
advanced to third on Alika Williams' sacrifice bunt and scored
on Bryan Reynolds' two-out double.
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