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Pittsburgh Pirates at Chicago Cubs

· Major League Baseball
Pittsburgh Pirates
52-73, 18-44 Away
Final
3 - 4
Chicago Cubs
70-53, 38-23 Home

Dansby Swanson delivers as the Chicago Cubs edge the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3

Cubs take down Pirates at home 4-3

Pete Crow-Armstrong and Ian Happ each had two hits for Chicago, which had dropped four of five before a 3-1 victory Saturday.

Next up is a big five-game series against major league-leading Milwaukee, beginning with a split doubleheader Monday at Wrigley Field. The Cubs are eight games back of the Brewers in the NL Central.

Chicago had runners on second and third with one out in the eighth when Isaac Mattson (3-2) issued an intentional walk to Nico Hoerner. Swanson followed with a flyball to right, driving in Carson Kelly.

Caleb Thielbar (3-3) got one out for the win, and Andrew Kittredge pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his first save.

Pittsburgh trailed 2-1 before Joey Bart lined a two-run double into the corner in left in the sixth. Ronny Simon's two-out single put runners on the corners, but Ben Brown escaped the jam when Spencer Horwitz bounced to second.

Chicago tied it at 3 on Carson Kelly's bloop single in the bottom half, driving in Seiya Suzuki. The Cubs had the bases loaded with two down, but Swanson flied to right for the final out of the inning.

Key moment The Pirates wasted a prime scoring opportunity in the eighth. Batting with a runner on third and one out, Bart struck out swinging against Brown. Isiah Kiner-Falefa then walked before Thielbar fanned Ronny Simon for the final out of the inning.

Key stat The Pirates went 3 for 13 with runners in scoring position and left 10 on base.

Up next Pirates: RHP Paul Skenes (7-9, 2.13 ERA) starts Monday night in the opener of a three-game series against Toronto. RHP Kevin Gausman (8-9, 3.79 ERA) goes for the AL East leaders.

Cubs: RHP Cade Horton (7-3, 3.07 ERA) will start Game 1 on Monday. Manager Craig Counsell declined to announce his starter for the second game of the doubleheader.

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Pham grounded out to third.
9th Inning Reynolds grounded out to first.
9th Inning Horwitz flied out to center.
9th Inning Kittredge relieved Thielbar
8th Inning Castro flied out to center.
8th Inning Swanson hit sacrifice fly to right, Kelly scored, Happ to third.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
16 Ground Balls 11
9 Strikeouts 5
3 Runs Batted In 4
1 Sacrifice Hit 0
9 Hits 6
0 Stolen Bases 0
3 Walks 5
0 Catcher Interference 0
3 Runs 4
0 Ground Into Double Play 0
0 Sacrifice Flies 1
36 At Bats 30
0 Home Runs 0
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
18 Runners Left On Base 15
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 1
4 Doubles 2
12 Fly Balls 15
0 Caught Stealing 0
149 Pitches 141
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 1
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
0 Is Qualified In Steals 0
13 Total Bases 8
40 Plate Appearances 36
0.0 Projected Home Runs 0.0
4 Extra Base Hits 2
4.2 Runs Created 3.0
.250 Batting Average .200
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.361 Slugging Percentage .267
.194 Secondary Average .233
.308 On Base Percentage .306
.669 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .572
1.3 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.7
4.1 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 3.2
29.0 Batter Rating 26.0
0.0 At Bats Per Home Run 0.0
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
3.73 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.92
.111 Isolated Power .067
0.33 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 1.00
.075 Walks Per Plate Appearance .139
-.056 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .033
6.0 Runs Produced 8.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.4 Patience Ratio 0.4
0.3 Balls In Play Average 0.2
79.0 MLB Rating 75.3
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Wrigley Field

Location: Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 38,012 | Capacity:

2025 National League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Milwaukee - 57 L2 0.60958904 89
Chicago 6.5 63 W1 0.56551725 82
Cincinnati 15.5 72 W1 0.50344825 73
St. Louis 17 74 L2 0.49315068 72
Pittsburgh 24.5 81 L4 0.4413793 64
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