CHICAGO (Interstat) — Alex Bregman had three hits, including a home run, and drove in two runs as the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 12-2 on Friday afternoon at Wrigley Field. Bregman finished a triple shy of the cycle. Michael Busch added two hits and three RBIs, Carson Kelly had two hits and two RBIs, Seiya Suzuki collected three hits and an RBI, and Nico Hoerner drove in a run for Chicago, which had 16 hits. Shota Imanaga earned the win, allowing two earned runs on five hits with four strikeouts over six innings. Wilber Dotel took the loss for Pittsburgh. Bryan Reynolds homered and drove in one run, while Oneil Cruz singled in a run for the Pirates, who finished with seven hits. Chicago improved to 82-66 and tied Philadelphia for the National League’s top wild-card spot. Pittsburgh fell to 74-74. The game drew 39,190 fans and took 2 hours, 39 minutes. Daniel Palencia, Javier Assad and Trent Thornton each worked a scoreless inning of relief for the Cubs.