Pirates first (Juan Mateo pitching) Jose Bautista singled to right with one out. Jason Bay homered to left with two outs; Bautista also scored. Pirates 2, Cubs 0 Cubs first (Victor Santos pitching) Juan Pierre doubled to left with no outs. Aramis Ramirez flied to right for the second out; Pierre advanced to third. Derek Lee singled to center with two outs; Pierre scored. Pirates 2, Cubs 1 Pirates third (Mateo pitching) Chris Duffy was hit by a pitch with one out. Bautista tripled to right; Duffy scored. Bay homered to left with two outs; Bautista scored. Pirates 5, Cubs 1 Cubs third (Santos pitching) Ryan Theriot tripled to right with one out. Ramirez grounded into the second out; Theriot scored. Pirates 5, Cubs 2 Cubs fourth (Santos pitching) Henry Blanco singled to right with one out. Ronny Cedeno singled to center; Blanco advanced to third. Scott Moore walked; Cedeno advanced to second. Pierre singled to center; Blanco and Cedeno scored. Pirates 5, Cubs 4 Cubs fifth (Marty McLeary pitching) Jacques Jones singled to center with one out. He advanced to second on a fielding error by Chris Duffy. Matt Murton singled to right; Jones advanced to third. Jones scored on a throwing error by Marty McLeary on a pickoff attempt of Murton. Pirates 5, Cubs 5 Pirates ninth (Ryan Dempster pitching) Jose Bautista reached on a fielder’s choice for the second out. Freddy Sanchez walked; Bautista advanced to second. Ryan Dempster threw a wild pitch to Bay; Bautista advanced to third, Sanchez to second. Bay walked. Dempster threw a wild pitch to Xavier Nady, Bautista scored. Pirates 6, Cubs 5 Additional Information:

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