PITTSBURGH -- Travis Wood hadnt won a game in more than two months. The worst defensive game by the Pittsburgh Pirates in more than a quarter century gave the struggling Chicago Cubs pitcher all the help he needed. Wood gave up one hit over six innings, and the Cubs won 12-2 Friday night to stop a six-game losing streak. "The pitches were working good and the defence was outstanding behind me," Wood said. The Pirates, not so much. Playing meaningful September baseball for the first time in 20 years, Pittsburgh hardly looked like a playoff team, committing seven errors and leaving typically chatty manager Clint Hurdle at a loss for words. "Our worst game of the season," said Hurdle, who was ejected in the sixth inning. "We stunk tonight. Theres always a sense of pride you take out on the field to play your best every night you go out there. Sometimes your best stinks. Thats where we were tonight." Wood (5-12) ended a streak of 10 straight winless starts by striking out five and walking three. He was aided by a spectacular catch from centerfielder Brett Jackson to end the sixth inning. Jackson crashed into the fence tracking down a deep flyball from Pittsburghs Andrew McCutchen to cut short the Pirates only real rally attempt. Jackson laid on the ground for several minutes before walking off under his own power, though he was immediately replaced by Tony Campana. The Cubs led by seven runs at the time, but Jackson said he never considered just letting it go. "It was a big moment in the game for Travis and for us as a team," said Jackson, who suffered a bruised knee and is unlikely to play Saturday. "Wed lost six in a row. Seven runs didnt seem like enough at the time. We were going to win that game today." Starlin Castro had three hits, including the 500th of his career, and drove in four runs for the Cubs. Alfonso Soriano added three hits and three RBI as Chicago took full advantage of one of the worst defensive nights in Pittsburghs 130-year history. The Pirates had not made seven errors in a game since 1985 and finished one shy of the club record set in 1939. It was the first seven-error game in the majors since Atlanta in a 2004 loss to Colorado. A.J. Burnett (15-6) struggled against one of baseballs worst batting orders, though having his teammates give the Cubs extra out after extra out certainly didnt help. Burnett allowed seven runs -- three earned -- and eight hits in five innings. He struck out four and walked one. Pittsburghs problems started early. Chicago took a 1-0 lead in the first thanks in part to an error by Pittsburgh rookie second baseman Brock Holt. Things quickly got worse. Chicago made it 4-0 in the third with plenty of assistance from left fielder Starling Marte. The rookie, activated from the disabled list earlier in the day, mishandled a single by Soriano with one on and two outs. The ball caromed off his glove away from him and in his haste to recover, Marte threw wildly in the vicinity of third base. The ball sailed all the way to the backstop, allowing Anthony Rizzo and Soriano to move into scoring position. Moments later Marte was in trouble again when he booted a sharply hit ball by Castro. Rizzo and Soriano scored easily and Castro -- who advanced to second on the error -- dashed home on Steve Clevengers single. "It was nice to come in here against one of the better teams in the National League and put it on them pretty good," Chicago manager Dale Sveum said. "That was good for us, especially from where we were just coming from and for the mental state of the guys in that clubhouse." Hurdle tried to give his team some life, getting thrown out for the fourth time this season for arguing a close play at third base in which umpire Gary Darling ruled Jackson beat Josh Harrisons throw on a fielders choice. The Pirates responded by allowing three more runs thanks in part to throwing errors by first baseman Gaby Sanchez and catcher Rod Barajas. Two more errors in the seventh helped the Cubs push the lead to 12-0. At one point a fan in an exasperated PNC Park crowd started yelling "error! error!" at the official scorer on a cleanly hit single by Chicagos Tony Campana in the eighth. Instead of history, the Pirates finished with only seven errors, the most since an 8-4 loss to St. Louis on Sept. 16, 1985. "It was just one of those games, words cant even really describe it," Harrison said. "I really dont know what to say but put it behind us and come back tomorrow." Wood, who hadnt won since beating the Mets on July 6, didnt let the good fortune go to waste. He retired 14 of the first 15 batters he faced and didnt give up a hit until the fifth when Pedro Alvarezs flyball to centre glanced off Jacksons glove as the outfielder smacked into the wall. NOTES: Castro became the 28th player in major league history to reach 500 hits before his 23rd birthday. The previous player to do it was Alex Rodriguez ... The series continues on Saturday. Chicagos Jeff Samardzija (8-13, 3.91 ERA) will make his final start of the season for the Cubs against Pittsburghs James McDonald (12-7, 3.90). nfl jerseys china . It had been thought that Richards would be sidelined for just six to eight weeks, but he revealed after the operation that he is likely to be out twice as long. "The positive thing is that the injury has been repaired so the knee will be as good as new," Richards told the clubs official website. wholesale nfl jerseys china . 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Romero has walked at least five batters in three of his past four outings and has issued 37 free passes in 65 1/3 innings this season.Winnipeg Goldeyes closer Dexter Carter is no longer perfect. On Tuesday night at Shaw Park, the Goldeyes blew their first save since June 18, in Sioux Falls. For Carter, it was his first blown save in six opportunities as he walked the lead-off man and then watched the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks score three runs on a bases-loaded double by Ryan Delgado as Fargo came from behind to beat Winnipeg 5-3. "Ya gotta take care of the baseball and in the ninth, we just cant walk the leadoff man in a one-run ball game," said Goldeyes manager Rick Forney. "In that situation, with the bases loaded and one out, all we could hope for was a double-play ball, but to get Delgado to do that, you have to keep the ball in the lower part of the strike zone. Dexter got a ball up and Delgado hammered it. "But you really have to tip your cap to (RedHawks starter Tyler) Herron. He pitched really well and he has the best curveball Ive seen in this league. He did a great job for them tonight." With the loss, the Goldeyes fell to 26-17 on the season. It was Winnipegs second straight loss and their fourth straight loss to Fargo. Despite the loss, the Goldeyes remained in first place in the American Associations NNorth Division, two games ahead of second-place Sioux Falls.dddddddddddd Fargo took a 1-0 lead in the third inning when Sergio Pedroza singled home Buddy Sosnoskie, but Winnipeg battled back in the seventh when Price Kendalls two-out triple drove home Luis Alen, Kyle Day and Dan Barbero to give the Goldeyes a 3-1 lead. But in the eighth, Nic Jackson hit a solo homer off reliever Zach Baldwin and that set up a disastrous ninth inning for the Fish as Carter walked Sosnoskie, the No. 9 hitter, gave up a single to Zach Penprase, walked Nic Jackson and the gave up the three-run double to Delgado. "Regardless of what happened in the ninth, they were clearly better than us tonight," said Forney. "You cant win many games having an offensive game like we did tonight. We got a big hit from Price in the seventh, but other than that we didnt do anything." Fargo reliever Kevin Fuqua (1-1, 5.06 ERA) got the win while Tom Boleska picked up his 11th save. Carter (0-2, 3.57 ERA) suffered the loss. The Goldeyes and RedHawks will play Game 2 of this four-game series at Shaw Park tonight. Game time is 7 p.m. and it can be heard live on TSN 1290 with Paul Edmonds calling the play-by-play. ' ' '