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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 10, Chi. Cubs 4
When: 2:20 PM ET, Sunday, September 7, 2014
Where: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature: 76°
Umpires: Home - Jeff Kellogg, 1B - D.J. Reyburn, 2B - Brian O'Nora, 3B - Dan Bellino
Attendance: 33894

Pirates 10, Cubs 4: Gerrit Cole struck out eight over six innings and hit one of four Pittsburgh home runs as the visiting Pirates completed a three-game sweep of Chicago.

Andrew McCutchen and Neil Walker both went deep among three hits and Jordy Mercer also homered as Pittsburgh moved a half-game ahead of Atlanta and Milwaukee for the second wild-card spot. Cole (8-5) gave up four runs (three earned) and nine hits to pick up his first win since July 4.

Cubs left-hander Travis Wood (8-12) was roughed up for seven runs and nine hits in 1 2/3 innings and has only one win in his last 15 starts. Mike Olt had a career-high three hits and drove in a run and Matt Szczur notched his first two major-league RBIs for Chicago.

Walker blasted a two-run shot to left in the first, and the Pirates broke it open in a five-run second. Pittsburgh collected six straight hits in the big inning, including back-to-back homers from Mercer and McCutchen and RBI singles from Starling Marte and Jose Tabata.

Gaby Sanchez's RBI single made it 8-0 in the fourth before Olt's run-scoring single snapped the Cubs' 19-inning scoreless streak an inning later, and Welington Castillo cut it to 8-2 with an RBI double in the sixth. Cole's two-run shot in the seventh restored the eight-run margin before Szczur's two-run single made it 10-4 in the bottom of the inning.

GAME NOTEBOOK: The Pirates' 19 hits are their most since also recording 19 on June 29, 2012, against St. Louis, and match the most the Cubs have allowed this season. … Walker's blast was his 19th, tying Bill Mazeroski's franchise season record for a second baseman set in 1958. … Cole's homer was the first by a Pirates pitcher since Ross Ohlendorf went deep at Dodger Stadium on Sept. 15, 2011.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Pittsburgh   Chi. Cubs
Gerrit Cole Player Travis Wood
Win W/L Loss
6.0 IP 1.2
8 Strikeouts 1
9 Hits 9
4.50 ERA 37.80
Hitting
Pittsburgh   Chi. Cubs
Andrew McCutchen Player Mike Olt
3 Hits 3
1 RBI 1
1 HR 0
6 TB 3
.600 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Pittsburgh 19 4 34 .422 16 8 10 1 0 1
Chi. Cubs 10 0 13 .303 17 12 3 3 0 1