Cubs beat Pirates with 7 runs in 8th, 7 Soto RBIs

PITTSBURGH: Geovany Soto drove in seven runs and Chicago overcame Alfonso Soriano's second dropped fly ball in Pittsburgh this season to rally for a 14-9 victory on Tuesday.

The Cubs won their fourth straight to move 32 games above .500 for the first time since they were 90-58 on Sept 15, 1984. They trailed 8-7 before scoring seven times in the eighth against three Pirates pitchers. Craig Hansen (0-2) walked in the tying and go-ahead runs while walking three consecutive batters and Soto hit his second bases-loaded double in a span of five innings.

Soto had two three-run doubles and hit his 20th homer off Denny Bautista in the sixth.