On the mound today for the Chicago Cubs is Arrieta 0-1 5.40 ERA and he will compete with Gerrit Cole 0-1 5.40 ERA for the Pirates. The player to look for today is Miguel Montero .438 AVG 1 HR 2 RBI.
A clutch hit by Soler put the Cubs up 2-0 in the first inning with a 2 RBI single. Arrieta was putting in WORK, but he was a little wild so he got tired early. He lasted until the 5th when Pedro Alvarez hit a 3 run homer to knock the lead down to 1 as the Cubs were still winning 4-3. Snider came to the plate for the Pirates and hit a ground ball to second, but there was an error and a runner on 3rd would score to tie it up at 4. In the 7th inning Anthony Rizzo took a 1 run lead for the Cubs on a RBI double. Once again Soler comes up clutch with another 2 run RBI double to make the lead 7-4. We kept tacking on runs and won 12-4.
