Gerrit Cole and the Pirates fell into an early hole that looks impossible to get out of after five innings.
Kyle Schwarber hit a 2-run homer in the third inning and Dexter Fowler homered in the fifth as the Cubs and Jake Arrieta have a commanding 4-0 lead going into the sixth inning.
Fowler and Schwarber went a combined 5-6 with 2 home runs, 4 RBIs vs Cole who exited after five innings. The rest of the Cubs vs Cole, 1-14.
Arrieta has allowed 1 hit and struck out 8 with no walks through five.
