Pirates drub reeling Cubs

May 27, 2012 at 4:56p.m.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pedro Alvarez, Andrew McCutchen and Garrett Jones homered, Erik Bedard pitched six shutout innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat Chicago 10-4 Sunday and sent the Cubs to their 12th consecutive defeat.

Alvarez hit a three-run homer in the first — Pittsburgh’s first this season with more than one man on — McCutchen added a solo shot in the fifth and Jones went deep to right with Neil Walker on in the fifth.

Pittsburgh completed its first three-game sweep at PNC Park since Sept. 17-19, 2010.

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