{"id":105122,"date":"2025-06-15T07:31:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T07:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/105122\/"},"modified":"2025-06-15T07:31:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T07:31:36","slug":"pittsburgh-pirates-offense-stifled-mike-burrows-good-but-cubs-pitching-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/105122\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Pirates\u2019 offense stifled; Mike Burrows good but Cubs\u2019 pitching better"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 hOiAJc body-paragraph\">CHICAGO \u2014 This article originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghbaseballnow.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/pittsburghbaseballnow.com\/\">PGHBaseballNOW.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 hOiAJc body-paragraph\">Mike Burrows held the Chicago Cubs to one run in 5.1 innings but the Pittsburgh Pirates\u2019 offense was stifled in a 2-1 loss at Wrigley Field on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 hOiAJc body-paragraph\">Andrew McCutchen hit a solo home run off Cubs starter Matthew Boyd in the top of the first inning to give the Pirates (29-43) an early 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 hOiAJc body-paragraph\">The Cubs (43-28) tied the game in the bottom of the third on Ian Happ\u2019s sacrifice fly off Mike Burrows. Chicago went up 2-1 courtesy of a Dansby Swanson solo home run off Ryan Borucki with two outs in the sixth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 hOiAJc body-paragraph\">The Cubs bullpen tossed 3.0-scoreless innings in relief of Boyd (6-3). Daniel Palencia recorded his sixth save of the season. 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