Their run-scoring has slowed against an onslaught of top pitchers, but the Cubs are still winning and still having fun.

Those fans thirsting for the Chicago Cubs team that slugged its way to wins earlier in the season have had to settle for low-scoring nail-biters lately.

Although the offense has cooled, the first-place Cubs gained ground in the NL Central during a challenging part of the schedule.

Cubs pitching coach Tommy Hottovy went through the video of Shota Imanaga’s latest Minor League rehab outing and liked what he saw, especially given the environment that the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League presents.

CHICAGO (AP) — Ian Happ hit a game-ending single in the 10th inning, and the Chicago Cubs edged the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 on Sunday.

But the Cubs came right back with a pair of runs of their own in the bottom of the inning. Happ led off with a walk and stole second. He took third on a ground out by Pete Crow-Armstrong, and another ground out by Seiya Suzuki made it 2-1 Pirates [VIDEO].

Locked into another pitchers' duel, the Cubs finally created their opportunity in the 10th, pulling off a double steal to put the winning run 90 feet away with nobody out. David Bednar struck out Jon Berti and got ahead of Ian Happ with two splitters, but the third splitter was lined to right for a walk-off single.

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Among those in attendance was 67-year-old prostate cancer survivor Clark Atwater, who threw out the ceremonial first pitch.

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Boyd, who improved to 6-3 and lowered his ERA to 2.79 with a great performance Saturday, caught Pirates outfielder Tommy Pham off first base for his major-league-leading sixth pickoff, erasing a walk that stood as the only baserunner he allowed after a home run in the first inning.