I hope it would please former Cubs manager Lee Elia that we here at Bucs Dugout had work obligations this afternoon. I was able to follow this one on the radio, though. What I heard was a wonderful pennant-race baseball game at windy Wrigley Field highlighted by Gerrit Cole's strong performance that led the Pirates to a 3-2 victory over the Cubs to open an important late-season series.
The Pirates increased their lead over the Cubs for the first wild-card spot to 4 1/2 games and pulled within 3 1/2 games within the Cardinals for the NL Central lead.