"The last time Derrek Lee faced old Cubs teammate Carlos Marmol was Aug. 3, when a wayward pitch fractured his left wrist.
So Saturday was payback time — and Lee collected.
He hit a ninth-inning grand slam off Marmol to lift the Pirates to a stunning 7-5 victory, a game delayed 1 hour, 31 minutes by rain with the Cubs leading in the seventh inning.
Was Lee thinking about his at-bat in August when he came up Saturday?
"Not really," he said. "(Marmol) was struggling with his command a little bit, so I was going to try to be as patient as possible. Got the count to 1-1 and just kind of got the pitch I was looking for.""