Nice 3/4 combo for a team that scored 1 run in past 3 games!!! (0-3 naturally for the Pirates)
THEY HIT THROUGH 9 innings of offense a WHOPPING 10 FOR 11!!!!! (McCuthen was 5 for 5 with a walk and Jones was 5 for 6!!!)
They scored 7 of the 10 runs today!
Here's some of the report:
Andrew McCutchen and Garrett Jones both homered and set career highs with five hits each, leading the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 10-6 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday.
The Pirates broke loose at the plate after four straight losses and back-to-back shutouts at Cincinnati. They scored three runs in the first inning, then rallied from a 6-4 deficit.
Jones also doubled and drove in five runs. He broke an eighth-inning tie with a three-run homer off Carlos Zambrano, connecting right after his long drive was barely foul.
McCutchen scored five times and stole two bases. He hit a solo home run in the ninth, sending Chicago to its eighth loss in 10 games. That skid includes a three-game sweep at Pittsburgh last week.
Zambrano (1-3) came on in the eighth and immediately ran into trouble.
He hit Andy LaRoche leading off before McCutchen singled. Jones followed with a drive into the tight, right-field corner that was called foul, and Pirates manager John Russell came out to ask about the ruling.
Jones then drove a 3-2 fastball over the right-center field wall for his fifth homer, making it 9-6. And when a double by Ryan Doumit and single by Lastings Milledge followed, fans really let Zambrano hear it, showering Big Z with boos.
THEY HIT THROUGH 9 innings of offense a WHOPPING 10 FOR 11!!!!! (McCuthen was 5 for 5 with a walk and Jones was 5 for 6!!!)
They scored 7 of the 10 runs today!
Here's some of the report:
Andrew McCutchen and Garrett Jones both homered and set career highs with five hits each, leading the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 10-6 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday.
The Pirates broke loose at the plate after four straight losses and back-to-back shutouts at Cincinnati. They scored three runs in the first inning, then rallied from a 6-4 deficit.
Jones also doubled and drove in five runs. He broke an eighth-inning tie with a three-run homer off Carlos Zambrano, connecting right after his long drive was barely foul.
McCutchen scored five times and stole two bases. He hit a solo home run in the ninth, sending Chicago to its eighth loss in 10 games. That skid includes a three-game sweep at Pittsburgh last week.
Zambrano (1-3) came on in the eighth and immediately ran into trouble.
He hit Andy LaRoche leading off before McCutchen singled. Jones followed with a drive into the tight, right-field corner that was called foul, and Pirates manager John Russell came out to ask about the ruling.
Jones then drove a 3-2 fastball over the right-center field wall for his fifth homer, making it 9-6. And when a double by Ryan Doumit and single by Lastings Milledge followed, fans really let Zambrano hear it, showering Big Z with boos.
