The Cubs’ bats stayed hot at PNC Park Tuesday night, putting up another big crooked number on the Pirates. The margin of victory wasn’t quite as impressive as Monday’s shellacking, but they were still able to win comfortably to move above .500 for the first time since May 28.
Pittsburgh got to Justin Steele for a pair of runs in the opening inning on an Oneil Cruz sacrifice fly and an RBI double by Bryan De La Cruz. The Cubs could not figure out hard-throwing rookie Jared Jones through the first three frames and the game remained 2-0.