The Pittsburgh Pirates Humiliate the Cubs to sweep the series. The first

time in nearly four years that the Pirates swept the Cubs!

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/gameflash/2010/05/06/31120_recap.html?eref=sihp

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Lastings Milledge drove in four runs, Garrett Jones added three RBIs and the Pittsburgh Pirates finally won a one-sided game, beating the Cubs 11-1 Thursday night for their first sweep of their NL Central rival in nearly four years.

Brian Burres (2-1), roughed up in three consecutive appearances before pitching 5 1-3 scoreless innings in a spot start April 29 against Los Angeles, allowed three hits over seven shutout innings to win his second in a row. Before that, he hadn't won in nearly two seasons.

The Pirates have fallen into a pattern of winning close games but losing lots of blowouts; they've lost 11 times by six runs or more and their minus-86 run differential through 27 games was easily the worst in either the NL or AL. However, they are 6-1 in one-run games and 10-1 when scoring four runs or more.

For a change, they put this one away early - and easily - following a two-hour pregame meeting with a communications coach designed to build their social skills and boost their image. A five-run first inning against Cubs starter Randy Wells (3-1) no doubt accomplished that.

The Pirates hadn't won by more than four runs since beating the Dodgers 11-5 on opening day April 5.

Wells (3-1) didn't walk any in his previous two starts, only to walk Akinori Iwamura and Andy LaRoche in succession. Andrew McCutchen and Jones followed with RBI singles and Ryan Doumit doubled in a run. Milledge, who came in with six RBIs in 93 at-bats, finished it off with a two-run double.

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