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Pirates-Cubs canceled by rain

Associated Press

Thursday, October 1, 2009

CHICAGO -- Paul Maholm and the Pittsburgh Pirates were finally on a little bit of a roll -- in a game that ended up not counting. The Pirates at Chicago Cubs game Thursday night was called in the top of the fourth inning after a rain delay of 2 hours, 32 minutes. Home plate umpire Jim Wolf waved both teams off the field when rain picked up during Garrett Jones' leadoff at-bat. The game will not be made up because both teams have been eliminated from postseason contention and there are just thr ...

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