The Pittsburgh Pirates’ chances for another rare win over the Chicago Cubs got away from them. Walked, actually.

Phil Dumatrait walked seven batters and Reed Johnson hit a sacrifice fly that put the Cubs ahead for good in their 4-3 win over Pittsburgh on Sunday.

“I was terrible. I wasn’t pounding the strike zone and walked entirely too many guys. If I just throw like I can, I feel like we had a good chance to win today. I just didn’t get the job done,” Dumatrait said. “Today, that was all on me.”

The Cubs have taken eight of the nine meetings with the Pirates this season.

Alfonso Soriano also drove in a run on a fly and Kosuke Fukudome and Ronny Cedeno had RBI singles to help the Cubs beat the Pirates for the eighth time in nine meetings this season.

Adam LaRoche hit a two-run homer and drove in three runs for the Pirates.

“I was terrible. I wasn’t pounding the strike zone and walked entirely too many guys. If I just throw like I can, I feel like we had a good chance to win today. I just didn’t get the job done,” said Dumatrait. “Today, that was all on me.”