Taking advantage of mistakes

The Pittsburgh Pirates took advantage of the spectrum of Chicago Cubs mistakes-Fielding errors,walks and hit batsmen to grab a 4-2 win at Wrigley Field.
Kevin Correia threw eight shutout innings and moved his record to 7-4 with Joel Hanrahan whiffing all three batters that he faced for save number 14.
The series continues this afternoon.

Pirate Hooks

1) Kevin Correia was terrific in allowing just four hits and lasted into the eighth inning.
The win gave Correia the National League lead in wins.
I would have never seen that coming....

2) The ham handed Cubs pretty much gave the Pirates what they needed in the second inning with errors by Doug Davis and Aramis Ramirez leading to runs.
The Ramirez error was a big one as his error would have either erased a Pirate run on a forceout or turned a double play.
It looked to me that Ramirez was looking home on the play and because of that look,Kevin Correia lost a chance at his first RBI of the season....

3) Nice work by Jose Veras relieving Correia in the eighth in working out of a bases loaded situation without allowing a run.
Veras kept the lead at four and that was important in the final inning as Joe Beimel allowed a two run homer to Alfonso Soriano that gave the Cubs hope.

4) The homer didn't matter much as Joel Hanrahan was called into the game and he just blew away three Cubs that had no chance.
Hanrahan has been downright unhittable in recent appearances...

5) Fun note,the seagulls came into Wrigley and had to be playing havoc on flyballs and pop ups.
They were distracting to me on TV,I can imagine trying to camp under the white ball with white birds flying all around...

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