Alfonso Rivas drives in 5 as Cubs pound Pirates 21-0
Pirates Cubs Baseball Chicago Cubs' Alfonso Rivas watches after hitting a one-run single during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Chicago, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) (Nam Y. Huh)CHICAGO — (AP) — Alfonso Rivas had three hits and five RBIs, and the Chicago Cubs stopped a four-game slide by pounding the Pittsburgh Pirates 21-0 on Saturday. The Cubs finished with 23 hits in their most lopsided shutout win dating to at least 1901. Thompson allowed four consecutive hits with one out in the second before shortstop Kevin Newman committed errors on consecutive plays. Eighteen of the Cubs’ hits were singles.
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APTOPIX Pirates Cubs Baseball Chicago Cubs' Frank Schwindel, left, celebrates with Alfonso Rivas, center, after hitting the game-winning single as Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Jacob Stallings looks down in the ninth inning of a baseball game in Chicago, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021. The Cubs won 7-6. The 29-year-old homered into Wrigley Field’s video board, then hustled for a game-ending RBI single Saturday in a 7-6 win over Pittsburgh. Chicago has won five in a row and the Pirates have lost five straight. He’s hit .346 and has been safe on all 20 of his steal attempts in 32 games for the playoff conteders.
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