CHICAGO (AP) Tyler Chatwood matched a career high with 11 strikeouts in another terrific performance, and the Chicago Cubs used the long ball to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on Saturday night.
Javier Baez, Kyle Schwarber and Ian Happ homered as Chicago won for the fifth time in six games. The Cubs have gone deep in each of their first eight games for the first time since 1958.
Schwarber's two-run shot in the eighth made it 4-0 and led to chants of ''Kyle Schwarber! Kyle Schwarber!'' from a vocal rooftop crowd in foul territory in left.
''He's a strong man and we've got a real powerful lineup,'' manager David Ross said, ''and that's what happens when you start from pitch one and grind at-bats and try to see pitches and are on the attack as far as your approach.