"Derrek Lee insists he was never angry at Chicago Cubs closer Carlos Marmol, who last month hit Lee in the hand with a pitch in a game and put the Pirates first baseman on the disabled list.

But if Lee felt even an ounce of frustration about his broken hand, he took it out on a pitch Marmol threw in the ninth inning Saturday.

Lee came off the DL about an hour before the game, then stroked a two-out grand slam to boost the Pirates to an improbable 7-5 victory at rain-soaked Wrigley Field.

"You can't write that script," manager Clint Hurdle said. "The game plays out and gives you stories you probably never would have probably written up. Just dripping with irony.""