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Pirates-Cubs suspended by rain in 7th inning

Published Sep. 5, 2014 6:54 p.m. ET

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CHICAGO (AP) The Pittsburgh Pirates at Chicago Cubs game has been suspended by rain with one out in the top of the seventh inning on Friday.

The teams were tied at 3 when a storm rolled through the area. With more rain in the forecast, the game was called after a delay of 1 hour, 52 minutes.

The Pirates and Cubs will resume their game on Saturday afternoon before their regularly scheduled matchup.

Cubs left-hander Tsuyoshi Wada left with one out in the fourth inning due to mild cramping in his left calf. He hit consecutive batters in the third and was charged with three runs, two earned, and three hits with one walk.

Wada was in line for the loss before Chris Valaika's two-out RBI single in the fifth. The Cubs then had runners on second and third, but Justin Wilson retired pinch-hitter Mike Olt on a bouncer to second for the final out.

Pirates third baseman Josh Harrison doubled and scored on a two-out throwing error by third baseman Luis Valbuena in the first.

But he returned the favor in the third inning, throwing Valaika's two-out grounder over the head of first baseman Gaby Sanchez for an error that allowed Valbuena to come home.

The Cubs had another costly defensive mistake in the fourth when Arismendy Alcantara broke in on Jose Tabata's drive to center and it sailed over his head for an RBI double. Harrison added another run-scoring double with two outs, giving Pittsburgh a 3-2 lead.

There also was a 37-minute rain delay in the fifth inning.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Pirates: OF Travis Snider (left hamstring) and INF Pedro Alvarez (left foot) aren't ready to play just yet, manager Clint Hurdle said. ... RHP Charlie Morton, who was placed on the disabled list last month with a sports hernia in his right hip, was scheduled to throw a bullpen on Friday, and then a simulated game Tuesday in Philadelphia.

Cubs: C Welington Castillo was scratched due to tightness in his lower back. John Baker replaced Castillo in the lineup, and 1B Chris Valaika moved up from the eighth spot in the batting order to No. 6. ... INF Mike Olt was recalled after a two-game rehab stint with Class A Kane County for a strained left hamstring.

UP NEXT

A pair of left-handers take the mound when Pittsburgh's Francisco Liriano (3-10, 3.91 ERA) takes on Felix Doubront (1-0, 1.29 ERA) on Saturday afternoon. Liriano is looking for his first win since July 29 at San Francisco, while Doubront is seeking his second straight victory after he pitched seven solid innings in his first appearance with the Cubs at St. Louis last Saturday.

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Jay Cohen can be reached at http://www.twitter.com/jcohenap

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