The Cubs seem to be following a script these days: Take a multiple-run lead in the early innings, blow it, don’t score for what seems like forever, then pull out victory in the late innings.
That’s what happened yet again Thursday night in Pittsburgh, this time in 10 innings, with a 5-4 win over the Pirates. It was just the team’s fifth extra-inning game this year and first since a July 4 win in Milwaukee.
Rob Zastryzny, a former Cub whose only start with the team was at PNC Park back in 2016, opened for the Pirates.