<p>PITTSBURGH — <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs" target="_blank" >Cubs</a> president of baseball operations <b>Jed Hoyer</b> flew into town Tuesday to offer support.</p><p>He should have brought lifeboats instead.</p><p>As veteran Cubs watchers will tell you, Hoyer surfaces on the road only when things are going badly.</p><p>Bad, of course, doesn’t begin to describe this. And it didn’t get any better just because Hoyer showed up.</p><p>The Cubs lost their 10th game in a row Tuesday, a 12-1 rout at the hands of the Pirates. It was their most one-sided defeat in a streak that back home is evoking equal parts bafflement and aggravation.</p><p>Judging by the overheated commentary heard on the airwaves and seen in cyberspace, aggravation is ahead by a wide margin.</p><p>The Pirates led 5-0 after knocking around emergency starter <b>Jordan Wicks</b> in the first inning.</p><p>‘‘Five runs in the first inning, you’re up against it all night, 100%, and it’s tough,’’ manager <b>Craig Counsell</b> said.