Maddon said. "They got more balls in the air than we did, and that's pretty much the tale of the game". Andrew McCutchen snapped a 1-1 tie with an eighth-inning RBI on a fielder's choice before Frazier's bomb an inning later sealed it. McCutchen's run-scoring grounder brought home pinch runner Alen Hanson in a three-run eighth as the Pirates (6-6) completed their first three-game sweep of the Cubs since September 5-7, 2014. Lester was strong but he couldn't help the Cubs avoid a three-game sweep as they fell to.500 at 6-6. However, McCutchen has hit only.174 (4-for-23) against the southpaw.
"I don't really think they're the best team in baseball, so it's just one game at a time", Cole said to reporters last May. Blake Wood (0-1) allowed three hits and three runs, including Jonathan Villar's tiebreaking double off the glove of right fielder Patrick Kivlehan. "It was big for us to get these three wins", Frazier said.
Meanwhile, the Cubs were not taking advantage of opportunities.
He has a rough spot in the first inning when he allowed a walk to Mercer and a triple down the right field line to outfielder Andrew McCutchen. Alen Hanson singled and scored on a hit by Adam Frazier. Anthony Rizzo and Ben Zobrist scored on the play. But Russell was called out on strikes.
Cubs left-hander Jon Lester was dominant for seven innings.
Meanwhile, the Cubs had some good defense in the middle innings.
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Watson retired the first two batters in the ninth before a walk, an error by Freese at third base and a hit batter loaded the bases. "Willy (Contreras) did a good job of controlling that situation". Jason Heyward added an RBI while going 1 for 4 at the dish in the losing effort for Chicago. Lester was replaced by Uehara, who was gave up a run-scoring single to Mercer to score John Jaso for a tie in the eighth and left with bases loaded with none out. His grounder to third base led to a force-out at the plate.
Chicago (6-5) has lost three of the past four games, with each of those losses coming by two runs or less.
"You look for something to swing momentum back on our side", Mercer said. Still, Contreras should have stopped the ball. It was awesome to be able to get a three-run homer and we take the lead.
Pirates: RHP Tyler Glasnow (0-1, 27.00 ERA) makes his first career appearance against the Cubs. That sent much of the Easter Sunday crowd out of the ballpark, and ruined what was a very pleasant spring afternoon with a game-time temperature of 72. They now play for the Royals.
Next Level: Before delving into yet another late-inning full-body dry heave, it should be mentioned just how impressive Jameson Taillon was today. The Pirates head for St. Louis to open a three-game series that starts Monday.
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