Behind Imanaga’s strong start and key hits from Suzuki, Tucker, and Hoerner, the Cubs beat the Pirates 3-1 to end their comeback drought.

Thursday and Friday were the 15th time this season that the Cubs followed a win with back-to-back losses. They have won their next game the last six times, most recently on Wednesday at Toronto. The Cubs’ only two three-game losing streaks were May 6-9 (two at home vs.

BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates meet on Sunday with the winner claiming the three-game series. Chicago is 69-53 overall and 37-23 at home. The Cubs have the fourth-ranked team batting average in the NL at .252.

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Jack Suwinski hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the ninth inning to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 3-2 win over the struggling Chicago Cubs.

The Chicago Cubs suffered another embarrassing loss on Friday to the Pittsburgh Pirates as physical and mental problems grow.

Seiya Suzuki delivered the go-ahead RBI single in the eighth inning to lift the Chicago Cubs to a 3-1 win against the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday afternoon.