BELL AND BUCCOS BATTER CUBS

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Pittsburgh Pirate All-Star first baseman Josh Bell was a one man wrecking crew Monday night. He cracked three homers as part of a four hit, seven RBI night to lead the team to an 18-5 rout of the Chicago Cubs in game one of their four game series at PNC Park in Pittsburgh. Adam Frazier also had five hits including a record four doubles and Colin Moran added a career high five hits as the Pirates amassed a season high 23 hits. Javier Baez hit his 21st home run  and Kris Bryant and David Bote had two hits each for the Cubs who dropped their third straight game. The Cubs try to get back on the winning track Tuesday night in game two. It will be Kyle Hendricks (7-5) pitching for the Cubs against Joe Musgrove (6-7)  for the Pirates. Hear the game on Lite 103 WAKO with the pregame show at 5:30 p.m. Central Time 6:30 Eastern.