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PITTSBURGH -- It turns out that the Pittsburgh Pirates can indeed beat the Chicago Cubs and their ace pitcher Jake Arrieta.Andrew McCutchen had three hits, including an RBI single during a decisive four-run seventh inning, as the Pirates rallied for a rare victory over the Cubs and last years NL Cy Young winner, 8-4 on Friday night.John Jasos RBI single tied the score at 4-4 and chased Arrieta (12-4), who had beaten the Pirates in all three previous starts this season and entered with a 9-1 career record against them.The thing about him is he gives you opportunities, McCutchen said of Arrieta. Weve had plenty of opportunities. There have been maybe a handful of times when hes faced us and hes been lights out. Today, we were able to come through in those opportunities that we got more times than not. We were getting those big hits.Pittsburgh beat Chicago for just the second time in 10 meetings this season.Josh Bell, who had hit a pinch-hit single in his first major league at bat, then scored the go-ahead run from second base when first baseman Anthony Rizzo fielded Gregory Polancos ground ball and threw wildly to reliever Travis Wood, who was covering first base, for an error.McCutchen followed with his RBI single and Starling Marte drove in the innings final run with a grounder. McCutchen, who finished in the top five of the NL MVP voting each of the past four seasons, raised his batting average to .244, still a career low.Bells hit was certainly big as it helped set up the inning.Im on top of a cloud right now, Ill tell you that, Bell said. Its an incredible experience, feeling that ball come off the bat and running to first base. I cant draw it up in a better way, especially against that team and that pitcher.Arrieta gave up six runs and nine hits in six-plus innings while striking out six and walking one in losing for the third time in his last four outings.There are some positives there but giving six runs, especially the ones in the seventh, is my takeaway -- not to put the nail in the coffin and maybe pitch into the eighth inning, Arrieta said. I let it get away.The Pirates won for the eighth time in nine games to pull 7 1/2 games behind the NL Central-leading Cubs, the closest they have been since June 1. Chicago has lost eight of nine.Rizzos solo home run, his 21st, off Neftali Feliz (3-0) gave the Cubs a short-lived 4-3 lead in the top of the seventh inning. Miguel Monteros fifth homer, a two-run blast in the sixth off Juan Nicasio, pulled Chicago into a tie.Mark Melancon, the sixth Pittsburgh pitcher, got the final out for his 27th save in 28 opportunities.David Freese had a solo home run, his 10th, off Arrieta and Sean Rodriguez added a two-run shot in the second inning, his eighth, as the Pirates took a 3-0 lead.Jason Heyward tripled and scored the Cubs first run in the fourth on a grounder by Javier Baez.Pirates starter Francisco Liriano went five-plus innings and allowing two runs and three hits with three walks and three strikeouts.The Pirates scored the games final run in the eighth inning on Trevor Cahills wild pitch.TRAINERS ROOMCubs: CF Dexter Fowler (strained right hamstring) began a two-game rehab assignment Friday night at Class-A South Bend, going 0 for 2 with two walks. The Cubs will determine Saturday night whether he will be able to play in the All-Star Game on Tuesday at San Diego after he was voted to the NL starting lineup by the fans.Pirates: Polanco (strained left hamstring) left for a pinch-runner in the seventh inning. ... RHP Gerrit Cole (strained right triceps) and RHP Ryan Vogelsong (facial fractures) are scheduled to make five-inning rehab starts Sunday -- Cole for Triple-A Indianapolis and Vogelsong for Double-A Altoona. It will be the second start for Cole, who has been out since June 11, and he will likely to be activated from the disabled list next weekend during a three-game series at Washington. Vogelsong, who is on the 60-day DL, will make his first start since being hit in the face by a pitch May 23 and is expected to be activated July 23. ... C Francisco Cervelli (broken left hand), who has also been on the DL since June 11, will be evaluated Sunday and could begin a rehab assignment Friday following the four-day All-Star break.ROOKIE SHUFFLEBell was recalled from Indianapolis before the game and the switch-hitting 23-year-old first baseman will be used off the bench during the three-game series. RHP Tyler Glasnow was optioned to Indianapolis a day after making his debut against at St. Louis. He allowed four runs, three earned, in 5 1/3 innings while taking the loss.UP NEXTCubs: LHP Jon Lester (9-4, 2.67 ERA) will start Saturday night. He is coming off his shortest career start as he lasted just 1 1/3 innings Sunday in a loss to the New York Mets, allowing eight runs and nine hits.Pirates: RHP Chad Kuhl (1-0, 4.09) will make his third career start. Steven Mitchell Jr. Jersey . LeBron James and Chris Bosh didnt need any more. 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SAN DIEGO -- The Oakland Raiders and San Diego Chargers could be playing in different cities in the near future.Thats about the only thing they have in common right now.The Raiders, at least, are going back to the playoffs, snapping a 14-year drought that dates to their embarrassing Super Bowl loss to Tampa Bay in January 2003.Fittingly, the only player remaining from that roster, kicker Sebastian Janikowski, helped the Raiders punch their ticket to the postseason. He kicked a 44-yard field goal with 2:40 left, his fourth of the game, and the Raiders beat the San Diego Chargers 19-16 in the Relocation Bowl on Sunday.I cant even describe my words man. It feels so special. I waited a long time for that, Janikowski said.So have their fans, and they packed Qualcomm Stadium, outnumbering Chargers fans by roughly 80 percent to 20 percent in the crowd of 68,352, the largest in San Diego this season.All that Silver and Black backing the Raiders (11-3) provided a surreal atmosphere to the game, which might be the Chargers second-to-last in San Diego after 56 seasons.Team chairman Dean Spanos seems almost certain to move the team to the Los Angeles area after failing to get a big public subsidy to help him replace aging Qualcomm Stadium.The Raiders could be on the move, too, with owner Mark Davis eyeing Las Vegas, although theyd still play in Oakland until a new stadium was built in Sin City.A sour relationship between Spanos and the Chargers fans, as well as yet another losing season, gives the appearance of a franchise flaming out. Raiders fans were all too happy to snap up available tickets.I was very excited, very joyful, looking around the stadium and seeing our fans just going crazy, quarterback Derek Carr said. When we come to San Diego, our fans turn it into a home game. We always think we get nine home games a year.RAIDERS RALLY: The winning drive started on the Raiders 34 and included a 27-yard run by Latavius Murray and a 22-yard pass from Carr to Seth Roberts.Carr scrambled on third-and-8 on the Chargers 29 and thought he got the first down, but was ruled to have gone out of bounds a yard short. The Raiders challenged and the refs agreed, giving them the first down at the 21.An incompletion and a sack forced the Raiders to turn to their 17-year veteran kicker, who delivered.ddddddddddddReggie Nelson intercepted Philip Rivers with 1:37 to go to seal it.The Raiders had two red-zone turnovers in the first half.SEABASS: Janikowski also had field goals of 21, 45 and 33 yards.We would like to get seven, but we got points when we lined up for them, coach Jack Del Rio said.ROAD TEAM IN THEIR OWN STADIUM: The Chargers practiced this week with piped-in crowd noise, anticipating what it would be like Sunday. They skipped individual introductions and were booed anyway when they were introduced as a team.It was a road game, San Diego quarterback Philip Rivers said. It was just like being in Oakland. Except there were more people.Where were the Chargers fans?I dont know. But its been two tough years, Rivers said.BLUNDERING BOLTS: The Chargers (5-9) were eliminated from the playoff chase when Miami beat the New York Jets on Saturday night.The Chargers will miss the postseason for the third time in coach Mike McCoys four seasons and for the sixth time in six seasons overall. Theyve lost 21 of their last 30 games.San Diego blew a fourth-quarter lead for the sixth time this season.STADIUM SAGAS: Davis says hes committed to moving the Raiders to Las Vegas, where a $1.9 billion stadium project has been approved, including $750 million in public money. Davis has from the end of the Raiders season until Feb. 15 to apply for relocation.Spanos, son of owner Alex Spanos, appears to be leaning toward moving to Los Angeles and eventually joining the Rams in a stadium in Inglewood scheduled to open in 2019. Spanos angered the fan base last year with a failed attempt to move to Carson and share a stadium with the archrival Raiders.After that failed, the Chargers-backed Measure C was overwhelmingly rejected by San Diego voters on Nov. 8. That would have raised $1.15 billion in increased hotel occupancy taxes for a $1.8 billion downtown stadium and convention center annex.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL