The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs on Sunday by a score of 7-3. The Cubs drew first blood in the Top of the 2nd when Matt Szczur reached on an infield single, scoring Luis Valbuena. They would add 1 more that inning when John Baker hit a sac fly, scoring Mike Olt. The Cubs would add 1 more in the Top of the 3rd when a sac fly by Chirs Coghlan scored Javier Baez. In the Top of the 4th, with men on 1st and 2nd and nobody out, Szczur would become a part of one of the rarest plays in baseball when he hit into a 5-4-3 Triple Play, the first in PNC Park history. The Pirates would get on the board in the bottom half of the inning on a solo shot by Neil Walker. The Bucs would erupt for 6 runs in the Bottom of the 5th. Josh Harrison hit a double, scoring Jordy Mercer and Gregory Polanco to tie the game. They would take the lead 1 batter later on a double by Travis Snider. After a single by Andrew McCutchen, Neil Walker doubled, scoring Snider. After Russell Martin was intentionaly walker, Gaby Sanchez, batting for Andrew Lambo, reached on an infield single, scoring McCutchen. Gregory Polanco would finish the scoring with an infield single of his own, scoring Walker. That would be it for the scoring, as the Bucs took care of business the rest of the way. Edinson Volquez picked up the win, improving to 12-7 on the year, while Jacob Turner took the loss, falling to 5-10. The Pirates are now 79-70, 3.5 GB of 1st place St. Louis and 1 1/2 games up on Milliwake for the 2nd wildcard spot.
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