Pete Crow-Armstrong hit a two-run home run in the fourth inning, Seiya Suzuki added a solo shot in the sixth, and the Chicago Cubs held on for a 3-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday night.
Andrew Heaney (3-5) gave up three earned runs over six innings and finished with seven strikeouts.
Crow-Armstrong’s 18th homer of the season and Suzuki’s 17th of the season moved the outfielders into fifth and tied for sixth in the National League, respectively.
The Pirates scored a pair of runs in the seventh with an RBI single from Adam Frazier and a bases-loaded walk by Jared Triolo. The Pirates left five runners on base, compared to just two for Chicago.
RHP Paul Skenes (4-6, 1.88 ERA) is scheduled to take the mound in the second game of the series on Friday afternoon against the Cubs’ RHP Cade Horton (3-1, 4.11)
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