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April 9, 2014- Pirates at Cubs

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Pirates Blow Out Cubs with 3 HR, Jackson Injured

By Andrew Kovalchuk, MLB.com Journalist, April 9, 2014

CHICAGO- After a win last night, the Chicago Cubs (3-4) were looking for the same tonight. Everything seemed to be going well: Edwin Jackson (0-1) (facing Wandy Rodriguez [1-0]), who had struggled in his first outing, was pitching his heart out, and the Cubs were getting runners on base. But they were not coming around to score. Then Jackson got hurt.

On a 1-1 pitch to start the fifth, Jackson delivered a strike, but immediately doubled over clutching his elbow. The trainers had to escort him off the field, as he may have a torn ligament or muscle that may require surgery, a huge blow early in the season. If ever a team's needs were to be addressed this early on, Chicago needs another pitcher and they need one now. Chris Rusin was brought in to replace Jackson: with the injury, Rusin will move into the rotation for now.

Rusin pitched well but could not halt a run from coming around in the sixth. Then things really went south. In the seventh, a moon shot off of Russell Martin's bat for a two-run HR brought the lead to 3-0. Then, the bullpen suffered a major collapse. Lefty James Russell could not stop LF Starling Marte and 1B Gaby Sanchez from hitting two major bombs, giving the Pirates a 10-0 lead before it was all said and done. The Cubs got a couple consolation runs, including a two-run homer from Justin Ruggiano, but in the end, they were humiliated in front of their own fans.

One positive to take away from this game for the Cubs, if you could even call it that, would be that Junior Lake and Mike Olt both appear to be warming up after a disappointing first few games. On the other hand, Pedro Alvarez is still without a hit for the Pirates this season. Incredibly disappointing.

Game 3 of the series is tomorrow; you can catch it on WGN America at 1:00 PM.

Andrew Kovalchuk is an independent journalist who covers the NL Central for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @ItsAndyK.

Pittsburgh Pirates at Chicago Cubs
Apr 9, 2014	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh (4-3)	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	0	10	10	1
Chicago (3-4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	8	1
W: Rodriguez (2-0) L: Rusin (L, 0-1) S: N/A

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			PIT	CHC

Pittsburgh Pirates
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Marte, LF	5	1	2	3	0	0	1	.172
Polanco, RF	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	.393
McCutchen, CF	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	.241
Alvarez, 3B	4	1	0	0	1	2	0	.000
Walker, 2B	5	1	1	2	0	1	0	.320
Martin, C	3	1	1	2	0	0	1	.346
Sanchez, 1B	4	2	1	1	0	0	1	.192
Mercer, SS	4	1	2	1	0	1	0	.167
Rodriguez, P	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	.333
TEAM TOTALS	36	10	10	10	3	6	3
BATTING: HR: Marte (1), Martin (1), Sanchez (1) RBI: Rodriguez (1), Marte 3 (7), Mercer (1), Walker 2 (8), Martin 2 (6), Sanchez (4) HBP: Martin SAC: Rodriguez GIDP: Polanco
BASERUNNING: SB: Polanco 2 (2)
FIELDING: E: Sanchez (1)

Chicago Cubs
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Bonifacio, RF	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	.286
Barney, 2B	5	0	1	2	0	0	0	.296
Castro, SS	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	.250
Ruggiano, CF	3	1	1	1	1	0	1	.222
Castillo, C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150
Rizzo, 1B	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.074
Lake, LF	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	.235
Olt, 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.192
Jackson, P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Rusin, P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Sweeney, LF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250
TEAM TOTALS	34	3	8	3	5	2	1
BATTING: HR: Ruggiano (2) RBI: Barney 2 (3), Ruggiano (2)
BASERUNNING: CS: Castro (2)
FIELDING: E: Olt (2)

Pittsburgh Pirates
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Rodriguez	8.2	8	3	3	5	1	1	3.95
Watson	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	8	3	3	5	2	1

Chicago Cubs
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Jackson	4.0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0.00
Rusin (L, 0-1)	2.2	3	3	3	1	0	1	4.76
Villanueva	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	1	4.50
Russell	1.0	5	6	6	2	0	1	11.57
Parker	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.06
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	10	10	10	3	6	3