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A back-and-forth series between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs was decided by a back-and-forth game at Wrigley Field in Sunday’s rubber match.
In the end, the Pirates came out on the losing end after Dansby Swanson’s sac fly in the eighth gave the Cubs a 4-3 victory.
How We Got There
Pittsburgh-native Ian Happ put the Cubs (70-53) ahead 1-0 in the bottom of the second with an RBI single to center. The Pirates (52-73) responded on Spencer Horwitz’s RBI double in the top of the third to even the score at 1-all.
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