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The Cubs are just the second team in major league history to
have two 10-game winning streaks and one 10-game losing streak
in the same season, joining the 2017 Los Angeles Dodgers,
according to Elias Sports Bureau.
It is also the Cubs’ longest losing streak since 2022.
Braxton Ashcraft (4-3) allowed one run on seven hits in 6 1/3
innings while striking out five and walking one. He is 3-0 with
a 1.82 ERA in five starts in May.
Valdez’s homer gave the Pirates a 5-0 lead after Bryan Reynolds
hit a two-run double earlier in the first off Jordan Wicks
(0-1), who was recalled from Triple-A Iowa on Sunday to bolster
an injury-depleted rotation. Wicks was rocked for eight runs in
4 1/3 innings.
Spencer Horwitz also homered for the Pirates, who won their
third consecutive game. Oneil Cruz had three hits and Brandon
Lowe, Reynolds, Nick Gonzales and Horwitz added two each. Valdez
drove in three runs.
Konnor Griffin, a 20-year-old rookie shortstop, became the
youngest leadoff hitter for the Pirates since 1952. He was 1 for
4 with a walk and two runs scored.
The Cubs’ Alex Bregman and Carson Kelly had two hits each.
Chicago went 1 for 12 with runners in scoring position and
stranded nine runners.
Up next
Cubs RHP Jameson Taillon (2-4, 5.20 ERA) faces rookie RHP
Bubba Chandler (1-6, 4.60) on Wednesday night in the third game
of the four-game series.
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