J.A. Happ has spent most of the last six weeks doing a pretty solid Jon Lester impersonation. Pitted against the real thing on Tuesday night, Happ wasn't quite crisp enough on the mound - and his Pittsburgh Pirates teammates not nearly crisp enough at the plate - to produce a doubleheader sweep of Lester and the Chicago Cubs. Lester limited the Pirates to five hits in a 2-1 win that earned Chicago a needed split if it wants to have any shot at catching the Pirates for the top spot in the NL wild-card chase.
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