The Pittsburgh Pirates saw their winning streak end at three games last night after the Chicago Cubs capitalised on sloppy pitching from starter Jerad Eickhoff and downed the Bucs, 14-5.
Eickhoff was promoted prior to yesterday’s game from Triple-A Indianapolis and surrendered 10 earn runs to the Cubs, seven of which came in the second inning. He ended his night with five innings pitched, three hit batters, 10 hits allowed and one walk.
Chase De Jong pitched 3.2 innings of relief and allowed only one hit while nabbing three strikeouts. He lowered his season ERA to 1.