Steele, coming off a shaky outing at Pittsburgh on Saturday, gave up five runs and six hits in 5 2/3 innings.
CHICAGO — Edward Olivares and Nick Gonzales homered, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs 5-4 on Thursday night.Olivares hit a two-run homer in the first inning. He also doubled and scored in the sixth against Justin Steele to make it 5-3.Gonzales hit a solo drive in the fourth, and Jared Jones struck out seven in six solid innings.
Holderman hit Seiya Suzuki in the left arm leading off the eighth and catcher Yasmani Grandal threw wildly to first after fielding Cody Bellinger’s roller, putting runners on second and third. Morel then cut it to 5-4 with a sacrifice fly before Ian Happ struck out. Michael Busch walked, but Nick Madrigal grounded out to end the inning.David Bednar came on in the ninth for his ninth save in 12 chances.
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