The strange summer weather in Pittsburgh forced the Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirated to postpone their game after two rain delays–the second from a pop-up storm not on radar–but the Cubs still took a half-game lead for the second Wild Card spot. The Atlanta Braves trailed the Giants 6-0 but rallied to tie it in the bottom of the ninth, then win it with two in the bottom of the 12th. Not a bad day for the Cubs for just a few innings of work put in.
The Cubs’ Dan Haren talked retirement when he was traded to the Miami Marlins.