WINNIPEG - Bud Grant, a coaching legend in both the CFL and NFL, was honoured Thursday with a bronze statue outside the main entrance to Investors Group Field, the home of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.Grant coached the Bombers for 10 seasons starting in 1957, took them to six Grey Cups and won four.He then coached the NFLs Minnesota Vikings for 18 seasons, including four Super Bowl appearances.He had a combined regular-season coaching record of 260-152-7 and is one of the most successful professional football coaches of all time.As a player, he was selected in both the NFL and NBA Draft and played two seasons with the Minneapolis Lakers before switching to the NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles.He moved north to the CFL over money at a time when the NFL didnt pay as well as the CFL and played with the Bombers until 1956.He played defensive end, wide receiver and offensive end over his professional career.Its a great tribute, Grant, 87, said at the unveiling of the bronze statue that shows him in the trademark tan raincoat he wore to so many Bomber games.Most statues of this variety are (erected) when people are dead. 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"You go out there and you do everything you can to make sure the team has a chance. And I think Ive done that," Maholm said. "And today the guys broke out and scored a bunch of runs and made it easier on me. And going out there, every pitch wasnt a nail-biter." Ronny Cedeno, Lyle Overbay, Chris Snyder and Andrew McCutchen each homered for the Pirates. Maholm (2-7) got his third career shutout in a place hes always pitched well. Hes 8-2 in 15 career starts against the Cubs, including 6-2 in 11 starts at Wrigley Field. He only needed 91 pitches to finish off the Cubs in a game that took two hours 28 minutes. "The main thing is that no matter where you pitch, if you execute your pitches and mix speeds it makes it a lot easier," he said. "That last inning my goal was to try to get it under 90 pitches, but Ill take the 92 or whatever it is. It was just something to say youve done. With the run support, it was mainly just go out there, attack hitters and let the guys do their job on defence." Maholm retired the first 13 batters he faced before Alfonso Soriano doubled in the fifth, driving a ball to the centre-field wall that McCutchen leaped for but couldnt catch. Lou Montanez then reached on an infield single. Darwin Barney reached on a two-out infield single in the ninth for the only other Chicago hit. Maholm walked none and struck out four. Pittsburgh had been struggling offensively with only six runs in its previous four games, but broke out on an overcast day with their most homers in a game this season. "Im sure its been frustrating, but he really hasnt let it show," Snyder said of Maholm. "He goes about his business. Hes a professional. And like I said, what he did today was nothing different than what hes been doing all year except for the run support." Cedenos three-run shot capped a five-run fourth that finally gave Maholm a big early lead. In just his second start of the season and first since April 4, Chicagos Randy Wells (1-1) lasted four innings after being activated off the disabled list (right forearm strain). Wells gave up five hits, including Cedenos second homer, and five runs witth three walks and seven strikeouts in a 92-pitch outing.dddddddddddd. Overbay hit his fifth homer, leading off the sixth against reliever James Russell. And one out later, Snyder sent his second homer of the season over the wall in left to make it 7-0. McCutchen connected off reliever Scott Maine in the seventh, his ninth of the season. McCutchen led off the fourth with a single and made third on Neil Walkers fly ball double to left that Soriano couldnt catch. One out later, Steve Pearce hit a two-run single and after Snyder walked, ex-Cub Cedeno drove a ball over the wall in right centre. "I got behind a lot of hitters and ran the pitch count up," Wells said, adding he wasnt as rusty as he was anxious. "I gave up the double to left there that I thought off the bat was a fly ball out. ... You try to control the inning. ... I felt confident I could go after Cedeno with the pitcher on deck, just made a bad pitch and left it up." Maholm had pitched 6 2-3 innings of scoreless ball at Wrigley Field on April 2, leaving with a 3-0 lead, before the Cubs got five runs in the eighth and he ended up with a no-decision. His last shutout before Saturday came on July 18, 2010, against the Astros. Pirates manager Clint Hurdle was impressed with how Maholm has handled his first 11 starts, through the good run support of Saturday and the leaner times during most of the season. "All he can control is his job off the mound, and hes really embraced that," Hurdle said. "He cant control run support. He cant control a lot of other things. But he can control how he pitches. And thats what hes locked down on." NOTES: The Pirates are 16-6 in their last 22 games against the Cubs. ... Pearce left the game after the top of the fourth with soreness in his right calf. He was replaced at 3B by Brandon Wood. ... Walker has hit safely in all 14 of his career games against the Cubs. ... Rodrigo Lopez, acquired from Atlanta in a minor-league trade Thursday, will make his first start for the Cubs on Monday against Houston. ... Matt Garza, on the DL with a sore elbow, could throw on the side Sunday. ... CF Marlon Byrd, recovering from facial fractures after being hit near the eye by Bostons Alfredo Aceves last weekend, is consulting specialists this week. ... Jeff Baker (groin) and Reed Johnson (back) were held out of the lineup Saturday. Baker pinch-hit in the ninth. ... Cubs cleanup hitter Aramis Ramirez has one homer all season and that came on April 6. ... The Pirates put LHP Joe Beimel on the DL with left elbow inflammation and planned to send him back to Pittsburgh to be examined. 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