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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Chi. Cubs 14, Pittsburgh 2
When: 8:05 PM ET, Monday, August 30, 2010
Where: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature: 83°
Umpires: Home - Bill Hohn, 1B - Gary Darling, 2B - Bruce Dreckman, 3B - Paul Emmel
Attendance: 29538

Chicago pounded out 13 hits and Carlos Zambrano had a solid outing as the Cubs hammered the Pittsburgh Pirates 14-2 on Monday night.

Zambrano (6-6) won for the third time in four starts, allowing one run on three hits over 5 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts. Three Chicago relievers combined to shut the door from there.

Third baseman Aramis Ramirez drove in four runs with two hits and five other Cubs had at least two hits. Zambrano helped his own cause by belting a two-run homer, his first of the year.

Paul Maholm, who has just one win in his last eight starts, took the loss. He was drilled for eight runs over 3 1/3 innings, walking one and striking out three to fall to 7-12 this season.

Chicago jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first before bringing across seven runs in the fourth and chipping in four more in the fifth.

Pittsburgh second baseman Neil Walker scored the team’s two runs but the Pirates were just 2-for-9 with runners in scoring position.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Pittsburgh   Chi. Cubs
Paul Maholm Player Carlos Zambrano
Loss W/L Win
3.1 IP 5.1
3 Strikeouts 7
9 Hits 4
21.60 ERA 0.00
Hitting
Pittsburgh   Chi. Cubs
Garrett Jones Player Starlin Castro
2 Hits 3
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
2 TB 5
.500 Avg .600
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Pittsburgh 6 0 8 .176 20 12 2 4 1 0
Chi. Cubs 18 1 30 .439 14 9 14 2 1 2