Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Chi. Cubs 4, Pittsburgh 0
When: 8:05 PM ET, Monday, April 27, 2015
Where: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature: 43°
Umpires: Home - Lance Barrett, 1B - Dan Iassogna, 2B - Dale Scott, 3B - CB Bucknor
Attendance: 29159

CHICAGO -- Right-hander Jason Hammel worked eight shutout innings while first baseman Anthony Rizzo went 2-for-3 with two RBIs as the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0 on Monday night.

Rookie second baseman Addison Russell was 1-for-3 and scored a run in his Wrigley Field debut.

Rookie third baseman Kris Bryant went 2-for-4 with two RBIs while right fielder Jorge Soler and center fielder Dexter Fowler also had two hits apiece.

The victory was the Cubs' third straight while the Pirates saw a five-game winning streak snapped as the teams opened a three-game series.

Hammel (2-1) scattered four hits, all singles, while striking out seven and walking none.

Righthander Pedro Strop made his 11th appearance of the season as he pitched a one-two-three ninth with one strikeout.

Pirates starter Vance Worley (2-2) worked six innings and allowed four runs on nine hits. He walked one and struck out three.

The Cubs hit Worley for three runs on three straight hits with two outs in the third inning.

Center fielder Dexter Fowler walked, reached third on a hit-and-run as right fielder Jorge Soler singled to right and scored on first baseman Anthony Rizzo's double to center.

Third baseman Kris Bryant's RBI hit to right-center brought home Soler and Rizzo for a 3-0 lead.

The Pirates' first threat came in the fifth, with runners on second and third with two outs. But Hamel got third baseman Josh Harrison to strike out and end the inning.

The Cubs made it 4-0 as rookie second baseman Addison Russell beat out an infield hit to lead off the fifth in his Wrigley Field debut and later scored on Rizzo's single to right-center.

NOTES: The Pirates entered Monday with a five-game April winning streak, their first since 2007. A win would have given them six straight April wins for the first time since 2002. ... Last week, Pittsburgh RHP Mark Melancon had saves on three consecutive days for the first time in his career. He has 54 saves with the Pirates. ... Pittsburgh pitchers came into the week second in the National League in ERA (2.91) and strikeouts (168). ... Pittsburgh RF Greg Polanco was pulled from the lineup an hour before the game with a sore groin. Andrew Lambo substituted and batted second. ... The Pirates will send LHP Jeff Locke (2-0, 3.32 ERA) against Cubs LHP Travis Wood (1-1, 3.24 ERA) on Tuesday. ... INF Javier Baez, Chicago's top infielder prospect, is back with the Cubs' organization after a nearly three-week bereavement leave following the death of his sister, Noely. He's working out in Arizona to regain form before a likely return to Triple-A Iowa. ... In a 5-2 win at Cincinnati on Sunday, the Cubs became the last major league club to give up an unearned run this season. In 2014, the Cubs led the National League with 71 unearned runs. ... 1B Anthony Rizzo has been hit by six pitches in April, setting a Cubs record for most hit-by-pitches in the month.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Pittsburgh   Chi. Cubs
Vance Worley Player Jason Hammel
Loss W/L Win
6.0 IP 8.0
3 Strikeouts 7
9 Hits 4
6.00 ERA 0.00
Hitting
Pittsburgh   Chi. Cubs
Chris Stewart Player Dexter Fowler
1 Hits 2
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
1 TB 2
1.000 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Pittsburgh 4 0 4 .129 7 8 0 0 0 0
Chi. Cubs 11 0 13 .344 12 5 4 2 1 1