While the attention was on Jon Lester's quest for a second no-hitter, Gerrit Cole kept quietly matching zeros with him. After the Pirates' bats finally solved Lester and the Pittsburgh ace delivered a much-needed win, Cole had a message for the major league-leading Cubs, too. Starling Marte singled with one out in the seventh inning to end Lester's no-hit bid, then scored on Jung Ho Kang's double to put Cole and Pittsburgh ahead to stay in a 2-1 victory over Chicago on Sunday.
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