Cubs will have home-field advantage with a bold move

By winning Jamaal Charles Kids Jersey three of four games in Pittsburgh, the Chicago Cubs made a bold move as they try to catch the Pirates for the top NL wild card.
Anthony Rizzo started a six-run fifth inning with his 30th homer, and the Cubs rallied for a 9-6 victory Thursday.
Chicago pulled within two games of the wild-card leaders. Should the teams end up tied at the end of the regular season, Chicago would have home-field advantage, having won the season series with 10 wins in 16 games.
Pittsburgh began the day four games behind first-place St. Louis in the NL Central. The Cardinals were set to play a night game at Milwaukee before going to Chicago for the start of a three-game series Friday against the Cubs.
''The division title http://www.chiefsnflofficialstore.com/ALEX-SMITH-JERSEY-CHEAP.html is still the goal,'' Maddon said. ''That's what we're after.''
The Cubs turned a 4-3 deficit into a 9-4 lead with a fifth-inning outburst that included a two-run double by reliever Clayton Richard (4-2) and RBI singles by Addison Russell and Tommy La Stella.
Cubs rookie Kris Bryant had his second straight three-hit game. La Stella and Russell drove in two runs each and were two of four Chicago players with two hits, along with Rizzo and Dexter Fowler.
''The whole group was outstanding in this series,'' Maddon said. ''A lot of good stuff going on out there with a lot of guys picking each other up.''
Richard allowed two runs in 3 1-3 innings in relief of starter Kyle Hendricks, who gave up four runs on three homers in three innings. Travis Wood struck out five in two perfect innings for his second save.
Richard began the season with the Pirates' Triple-A Indianapolis farm club before the Cubs purchased his contract July 3.
''It was a little weird facing http://www.broncosauthenticofficial.com/emmanuel-sanders-jersey_c-495.html those guys, but you can't really think about that when you're on the mound,'' Richard said. ''I'm just happy the Cubs gave me an opportunity and I'm enjoying it.''
Gregory Polanco and Pedro Alvarez both homered while finishing with two hits and two RBIs for the Pirates. Travis Snider also went deep, and Neil Walker and Jordy Mercer had two hits each.
Polanco hit an RBI single in the seventh and scored on Walker's double to pull the Pirates to 9-6, but they got no closer.
''We played hard. We didn't play well enough and we didn't play good enough baseball, and that's the focus Peyton Manning Elite Jersey point,'' Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle said of losing the series. ''We've got to play better baseball moving forward.''