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Almora Jr. grounded into a double play, shortstop Florimón to second baseman S.Rodríguez to first baseman Jaso, Kawasaki out.

Contreras grounded out, shortstop Florimón to first baseman Jaso.

Grounded out, shortstop Florimón to first baseman Jaso.

Kawasaki singled to center, Heyward to third.

Grounded into a double play, shortstop Florimón to second baseman S.Rodríguez to first baseman Jaso, Kawasaki out.

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Heyward hit a sacrifice fly to right fielder Bell, Coghlan scored, Rizzo to third, Contreras to second.

Hit a sacrifice fly to right fielder Bell, Coghlan scored, Rizzo to third, Contreras to second.

J.Báez homered to left on a 0-2 count, Heyward scored, A.Russell scored, Almora Jr. scored.

Homered to left on a 0-2 count, Heyward scored, A.Russell scored, Almora Jr. scored.

Bryant homered to left on a full count, Coghlan scored.

Homered to left on a full count, Coghlan scored.

Heyward safe at first on fielder's choice plus fielding error by shortstop Mercer, Rizzo scored, Contreras to third.

Safe at first on fielder's choice plus fielding error by shortstop Mercer, Rizzo scored, Contreras to third.

Almora Jr. doubled to right, Heyward scored, A.Russell to third.

Doubled to right, Heyward scored, A.Russell to third.

J.Báez singled to left, A.Russell scored, Almora Jr. scored.

Singled to left, A.Russell scored, Almora Jr. scored.

Kawasaki safe at first on fielder's choice plus fielding error by third baseman Kang, La Stella scored, Szczur to third, Heyward to second.

Safe at first on fielder's choice plus fielding error by third baseman Kang, La Stella scored, Szczur to third, Heyward to second.

Cubs first.  Coghlan walked on a full count.  Bryant flied out to right fielder Bell.  Rizzo doubled to right, Coghlan to third.  Contreras walked.  Heyward hit a sacrifice fly to right fielder Bell, Coghlan scored, Rizzo to third, Contreras to second.  A.Russell fouled out to first baseman Jaso.

Cubs fourth.  Heyward singled to center.  On Kuhl's wild pitch, Heyward to second.  A.Russell was hit by a pitch.  Almora Jr. hit an infield single to shortstop, Heyward to third, A.Russell to second.  J.Báez homered to left on a 0-2 count, Heyward scored, A.Russell scored, Almora Jr. scored.  Hendricks singled to left.  Coghlan singled to right, Hendricks to second.  Bryant singled to left, Hendricks to third, Coghlan to second.  Z.Phillips pitching.  Rizzo struck out.  Contreras grounded into a double play, shortstop Mercer to second baseman S.Rodríguez to first baseman Jaso, Bryant out.

Cubs sixth.  Brault pitching.  Hendricks struck out.  Coghlan hit an infield single to second.  On Brault's wild pitch, Coghlan to second.  Bryant homered to left on a full count, Coghlan scored.  Rizzo walked on a full count.  Contreras singled to right, Rizzo to third.  Heyward safe at first on fielder's choice plus fielding error by shortstop Mercer, Rizzo scored, Contreras to third.  A.Russell grounded into fielder's choice, third baseman Kang to catcher Cervelli, Contreras out, Heyward to second.  Almora Jr. doubled to right, Heyward scored, A.Russell to third.  J.Báez singled to left, A.Russell scored, Almora Jr. scored.  Hendricks struck out.

Cubs seventh.  Joyce in as left fielder.  Stallings in as catcher.  A.Frazier in as center fielder.  Florimón in as shortstop.  Coghlan grounded out, first baseman Jaso unassisted.  La Stella pinch-hitting for Bryant.  La Stella walked.  Szczur singled to center, La Stella to second.  Contreras struck out.  Heyward walked, La Stella to third, Szczur to second.  Kawasaki pinch-hitting for A.Russell.  Kawasaki safe at first on fielder's choice plus fielding error by third baseman Kang, La Stella scored, Szczur to third, Heyward to second.  Coke pitching.  J.Rogers in as third baseman.  Almora Jr. lined out to center fielder A.Frazier.

Pirates eighth.  H.Rondón pitching.  Joyce homered to left on a 2-2 count.  Freese pinch-hitting for Coke.  Freese homered to right on a full count.  S.Rodríguez struck out.  Stallings singled to left.  A.Frazier grounded into fielder's choice, shortstop J.Báez to second baseman Kawasaki, Stallings out.  Florimón struck out.

The Cubs and Pirates have split their 26 meetings at PNC Park since the start of the 2014 season. Chicago's 12-3 (.800) record against the Pittsburgh is on pace for their best single-season record against the Pirates since 1900. Their current best single-season record against the Pirates is 14-4 (.778), set in 2008.

The Cubs won the rubber game of their three-game series against the Cardinals last night, 3-1. Chicago has allowed one or zero runs in 44 games this season, most in MLB, and the fewest in franchise history since they had 50 such games in 1963.

Pittsburgh lost two out of three to the Nationals after losing the series finale yesterday, 7-4. The Pirates have lost 15 of their last 19 home games, their most over a 19-game span at home since the 2008 season, when they also lost 15 of 19 games at PNC Park.

Anthony Rizzo's .967 slugging percentage against Pittsburgh this year is the third-highest single-season slugging percentage against the Pirates (minimum 60 at-bats), trailing only Willie Mays' 1955 season and Hank Sauer's 1954 season, where each had a 1.000 slugging percentage against Pittsburgh.

Chad Kuhl has faced the Cubs twice this year, once at home and once on the road. In his one start against Chicago at PNC Park on July 9, Kuhl pitched 2.1 innings, allowing 4 earned runs. On the season, Kuhl has a 5.91 home ERA.

Kyle Hendricks leads baseball with a 2.06 ERA (41/179.0). The last Cub to have the lowest ERA in MLB was Hank Borowy, who posted a 2.14 ERA in 1945.

HP - Carlson, 1B - Wolcott, 2B - Guccione, 3B - Gorman

PITTSBURGH -- Neal Huntington was asked on his weekly radio show Sunday whether the Pittsburgh Pirates might want to scale their hopes back this season from making the playoffs to simply finishing with a winning record.
The team's general manager hedged big-time, declining to buy into such a change in scope, although he did begin to talk about the offseason in a way that suggested the Pirates might not be able to claw their way into a National League wild-card spot.

Pirates have their work cut out against Cubs

PITTSBURGH (AP)  Joe Maddon was proud that his Chicago Cubs reached 100 wins for the first time in 81 years.
Javier Baez hit a grand slam and drove in a career-high six runs while major league ERA leader Kyle Hendricks pitched six scoreless innings as the Cubs got win No. 100 by routing the Pittsburgh Pirates 12-2 on Monday night.

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CHC	1	0	0	4	0	6	1	0	0
PIT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh Pirates on September 26, 2016

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