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Baseball ace Arrieta fans 11 as Cubs beat Pirates to advance

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Jake Arrieta #49 of the Chicago Cubs ties Kerry Woods' franchise record for most strikeouts in a playoff game

Pittsburgh (AFP) - Jake Arrieta struck out 11 in a four-hit shutout as the Chicago Cubs advanced to the NL Division series by beating Pittsburgh 4-0 in a winner-take-all wild-card contest Wednesday.

The Cubs have now won 14 straight Major League Baseball games started by Arrieta, who also tied Kerry Woods' franchise record for most strikeouts in a playoff game.

"It was one game do-or-die and one of us had to go and that's how it ended," Arrieta said.