Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton has said repeatedly, as recently as Tuesday, that the club’s experiment featuring Carmen Mlodzinski as a starting pitcher will continue. Mlodzinski had starting experience collegiately at South Carolina as well as in the minor leagues but was converted to a reliever upon reaching Double-A.

Andrew McCutchen’s late hit and some solid work by the bullpen were enough to get the Pirates back into the win column Wednesday, hanging on to beat the Cubs, 4-3.

McCutchen is second on the team in WRC+ (125) and channeling his past form from a familiar spot in the lineup.