PITTSBURGH, Pa. (Interstat) — The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs 2-1 Monday afternoon at PNC Park before 22,174 in a game lasting 2 hours 24 minutes. The Pirates improved to 28-26, while the Cubs fell to 29-25.

Pittsburgh outhit Chicago 8-6. The Pirates scored first in the third inning on Brandon Lowe’s double that brought home Spencer Horwitz. Chicago tied it in the fifth on Michael Busch’s solo home run. The Pirates regained the lead in the seventh on Henry Davis’ solo homer.

Wilber Dotel (1-0) earned the win with three scoreless innings of relief, allowing one hit and striking out four. Gregory Soto pitched a scoreless ninth for his sixth save. Trent Thornton (1-1) took the loss. Ben Brown started for Chicago, tossing six innings with four hits, one earned run and seven strikeouts. Lowe had two hits and an RBI for Pittsburgh, while Horwitz also had two hits.