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Pittsburgh Pirates at Chicago Cubs

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Pittsburgh Pirates
52-72, 18-43 Away
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Chicago Cubs
69-53, 37-23 Home

Seiya Suzuki hits a tiebreaking single as the Cubs edge the Pirates 3-1

Cubs pull off come-from-behind win vs. Pirates

Kyle Tucker hit a leadoff single against Evan Sisk (0-1) and stole second before coming home on Suzuki's grounder into center field. Nico Hoerner tacked on a two-out RBI double following an intentional walk to Ian Happ.

Chicago (69-53) had dropped four of five, including a 3-2 loss in the series opener on Friday.

Cubs left-hander Shota Imanaga pitched seven innings of three-hit ball. Andrew Kittredge (3-3) got three outs before Brad Keller handled the ninth for his first save.

Tommy Pham homered for Pittsburgh (52-72), which lost for the sixth time in seven games. Rookie Mike Burrows permitted one run and five hits in five innings.

Imanaga retired his first 10 batters before Pham connected for his sixth homer in the fourth, a 428-foot drive to left. The Cubs got the run back in the bottom half when Tucker scored on Carson Kelly's two-out single.

Imanaga struck out six and walked two. About the only thing that seemed to ruffle the lefty were the sonic booms from military jets flying nearby during the Chicago Air and Water Show. He had to pause several times to let the planes pass, including the fifth, where he waited momentarily before freezing Liover Peguero for an inning-ending strikeout.

Key moment Nick Gonzales hit a leadoff single for Pittsburgh in the ninth. But Keller responded with three straight strikeouts against Andrew McCutchen, Joey Bart and pinch-hitter Spencer Horwitz.

Key stat The Cubs have scored three or fewer runs in 10 of their 14 games this month.

Up next Cubs right-hander Javier Assad (0-1, 9.00 ERA) makes his second start of the season in Sunday’s series finale. The Pirates will use right-handed reliever Carmen Mlodzinski (2-7, 4.20 ERA) as an opener.

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Horwitz struck out swinging.
9th Inning N. Gonzales to second on fielder's indifference.
9th Inning Horwitz hit for Peguero
9th Inning Bart struck out looking.
9th Inning McCutchen struck out looking.
9th Inning N. Gonzales singled to center.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 1
8 Ground Balls 14
11 Strikeouts 6
1 Runs Batted In 3
0 Sacrifice Hit 1
5 Hits 9
1 Stolen Bases 2
2 Walks 3
0 Catcher Interference 0
1 Runs 3
0 Ground Into Double Play 2
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
32 At Bats 30
1 Home Runs 0
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
9 Runners Left On Base 18
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 1
1 Doubles 1
13 Fly Balls 11
0 Caught Stealing 0
120 Pitches 109
0 Games Started 0
1 Pinch At Bats 0
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 1
9 Total Bases 10
34 Plate Appearances 35
162.0 Projected Home Runs 0.0
2 Extra Base Hits 1
1.8 Runs Created 4.0
.156 Batting Average .300
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.281 Slugging Percentage .333
.219 Secondary Average .200
.206 On Base Percentage .382
.487 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .716
0.6 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 1.3
1.8 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 4.5
15.0 Batter Rating 25.0
32.0 At Bats Per Home Run 0.0
1.00 Stolen Base Percentage 1.00
3.53 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.11
.125 Isolated Power .033
0.18 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.50
.059 Walks Per Plate Appearance .086
.063 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average -.100
2.0 Runs Produced 6.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.3 Patience Ratio 0.4
0.2 Balls In Play Average 0.4
66.3 MLB Rating 79.0
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Wrigley Field

Location: Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 40,062 | Capacity:

2025 National League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Milwaukee - 58 L3 0.60544217 89
Chicago 6 63 W1 0.56551725 82
Cincinnati 15 72 W1 0.50344825 73
St. Louis 16.5 74 L2 0.49315068 72
Pittsburgh 24 81 L4 0.4413793 64
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