Cubs batter Pirates with four homers in 9-0 loss
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April 30, 2025

Cubs batter Pirates with four homers in 9-0 loss

By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 

The loss was the worst blowout of the season, so far, for Pittsburgh.

What was expected to be a battle between left-handed pitchers Shota Imanaga and Andrew Heaney turned out to be a one-sided affair.

Where Imanaga tossed five scoreless innings, Heaney surrendered a pair of two-run home runs. And the Pittsburgh Pirates bullpen didn’t fare any better as they suffered their biggest blowout loss of the season.

The NL Central-leading Chicago Cubs hit four homers in pummeling the Pittsburgh Pirates, 9...

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