Article: Chicago slips by Pirates; Giants maintain half-game lead in NL wild- card race

Article: Pirates 5, Cub 4: How they scored
Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review;  May 25, 2008 ;     413 words ... ... out, Geovany Soto doubled to left, Lee scored. Cubs 1, Pirates 0 Pirates fourth (Jason Marquis pitching) With ... home run (No. 12) to left on a 1-2 pitch. Pirates 2, Cubs 1 Pirates fifth With one out, Bay singled to left. Adam ...

Article: Cubs Escape Pirates 5-4 in 10 Innings
AP Online;  September 22, 2004 ;     681 words ... ... Pittsburgh on Tuesday night. The Cubs couldn't hold a 4-1 lead, with the Pirates tying it in the ninth on Jack Wilson ... doubleheader Monday at Florida. ... The Cubs are 11-5 against the Pirates. ... Cubs SS Nomar Garciaparra expects to return ...

Article: Ramirez and Rusch come alive for Cubs; Chicago wins series ...
Naperville Sun, The (IL);  April 17, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... however, from Ramirez. The Cubs third baseman hit his ... himself swinging. The Pirates threatened in the seventh ... and a walk. But ex-Cub Jose Hernandez grounded ... second time in the game Cubs pitchers had gotten a ... time this season. The Pirates lead the league grounding ...

Article: After sweeping the Pirates, Cubs have to step up in ...
SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL);  August 28, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... September, and the Cubs led the Pittsburgh Pirates with two outs in ... feel it." The Cubs lost in the 11th ... day in 1969 as the Pirates finished a sweep ... cautionary tale as the Cubs finished their own sweep of the Pirates 39 years later and ...

Article: Swept Away // Sosa Sinks Pirates; Cubs Only 3 1/2 ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  July 30, 1992 ;     700+ words ...CUBS 6 PIRATES 4 What makes Sammy run ... three-game sweep of the Pirates. "Sammy's Sammy ... Lefebvre said after the Cubs' seventh victory in ... Bonds got one for the Pirates in the second inning off Cubs starter Frank Castillo ...

Article: Cubs clobber Pirates, 12-3
Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review;  May 23, 2008 ;     370 words ...The Cubs continued their mastery over the Pirates in a 12-3 victory on Friday ... the most allowed by the Pirates this season. The Cubs had a leadoff hit in each ... for 4 with two RBI for the Pirates. Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano ...

Article: CENTRAL CASTING: PIRATES, CUBS TAKE ON NEW ROLES \ ...
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  April 4, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... one series, the Pirates' and Cubs' offseason improvements ... third games, both Cubs victories, and Chicago ... how much better the Pirates are. Pittsburgh ... Boone said. "The Cubs already had a base ... added to it. (The Pirates have) really improved ...