PITTSBURGH (AP)—Andrew McCutchen(notes) homered and drove in five runs, and the
Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs 9-1 on Sunday to enter the All-Star
break with their best record in 19 years.

McCutchen backed Paul Maholm(notes) with a three-run homer and two sacrifice flies.
Neil Walker(notes) went 3 for 4, and Alex Presley(notes) had two hits and scored two runs for
Pittsburgh.

The Pirates (47-43) have their best record and are closer to first place
this late in the season than at any time since their most recent winning season
in 1992. Surprising Pittsburgh entered Sunday a game behind Milwaukee and St.
Louis in the NL Central standings.

Rookie Darwin Barney(notes) had two hits for the Cubs, who have lost seven of 10.

Chicago – A statue of famed Chicago Cubs broadcaster Harry Caray was defaced Sunday in yet another bizarre incident surrounding the Wrigleyville memorial.

Chicago Cubs spokesman Peter Chase said staff learned of the graffiti Sunday afternoon and most of it was already removed by 8 p.m. Chicago Police could not provide additional details.

“We are presently in a fact-finding stage when it comes to any other details,” Chase said via email.

The statue has been vandalized in the past. A dead goat was found hanging from the statue prior to the 2009 home opener. A similar incident occurred in 2007, in what many perceived as a bizarre attempt to lift the notorious Billy Goat curse.

The statue was originally at North Sheffield Avenue and West Addison Street, but was moved a block north in September 2010 to North Sheffield and West Waveland avenues to make room for a statue of Hall of Fame Cub Billy Williams.

It was damaged in November when a worker ran an equipment vehicle into the monument while converting the field for a college football game. The accident left a sizable crack in the granite base.