PITTSBURGH -- A day after the Pirates' bullpen decisions backfired, manager Clint Hurdle seemingly pushed all the right buttons. Specifically, the one several Bucs players have referred to as the "easy" button: Felipe Rivero. The left-hander escaped a jam in the eighth and enjoyed a perfect ninth, and his five-out save sealed the Bucs' 4-3 win over the Cubs on Saturday night at PNC Park.
The Pirates broke a 2-2 tie in the fifth, when Jordy Mercer doubled and scored on Adam Frazier's single to right. That was the third run the Pirates scored off Jake Arrieta, whose command disappeared in his fifth and final inning.