Jake Arrieta and two relievers combined for a four-hit shutout as the Cubs blanked the Pirates 5-0 at PNC Park. Arrieta gave up just two hits and three walks over seven scoreless innings to move to 12-and-6. Jorge Soler and Starlin Castro plated two runs apiece, and Anthony Rizzo went 4-for-5 with two runs for the Cubs, who have won six straight.
Starling Marte had two of the four hits for the Bucs, who have dropped three of five. J.A. Happ allowed four runs in four-and-a-third frames to suffer the loss in his Pirates debut.
The series ends tonight in Piitsburgh