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Chicago Cubs @ Colorado Rockies

2025-08-31 · Day game · Coors Field · Att: 40264 · 79°F, sunny · Wind 3 mph to CF · 2:35

Colorado Rockies defeated Chicago Cubs 6–5. Chicago Cubs opened the scoring in the 3rd — Seiya Suzuki doubles (29) on a line drive to center fielder Brenton Doyle. Matt Shaw scores. Michael Busch scores. Colorado Rockies took the lead in the 4th — Braxton Fulford triples (2) on a fly ball to right fielder Kyle Tucker. Kyle Farmer scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 8th: Ian Happ homers (18) on a fly ball to center field. Michael Busch scores. Kyle Tucker scores — worth 31% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	7
COL	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	6	11

W: Juan Mejia L: Daniel Palencia SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: John Bacon · 1B: Alan Porter · 2B: Jim Wolf · 3B: Alex MacKay · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Michael Busch	3	2	1	0	1	2
Kyle Tucker	4	1	3	0	0	1
Seiya Suzuki	4	0	1	2	0	2
Ian Happ	4	1	1	3	0	1
Pete Crow-Armstrong	3	0	0	0	1	0
Dansby Swanson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Willi Castro	4	0	0	0	0	2
Matt Shaw	4	1	1	0	0	3
Reese McGuire	4	0	0	0	0	0

Colorado Rockies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tyler Freeman	3	1	1	1	1	0
Ezequiel Tovar	4	0	0	0	0	1
Brenton Doyle	3	0	1	2	0	1
Jordan Beck	3	0	0	0	1	1
Kyle Karros	4	0	0	0	0	2
Kyle Farmer	3	1	1	0	1	1
Braxton Fulford	4	2	2	1	0	0
Orlando Arcia	4	1	3	1	0	0
Ryan Ritter	3	1	2	0	0	1
Mickey Moniak	1	0	1	1	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Matt Boyd	6.0	6	1	5
Porter Hodge	1.0	2	2	2
Caleb Thielbar	1.0	1	0	0
Daniel Palencia	0.0	2	0	0

Colorado Rockies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tanner Gordon	6.0	5	1	9
Jaden Hill	1.0	0	0	1
Luis Peralta	0.2	2	1	0
Angel Chivilli	0.1	0	0	0
Juan Mejia	1.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Michael Busch: K
Kyle Tucker: D8/L89XD+
Seiya Suzuki: K
Ian Happ: 31/G34

Bot 1

Tyler Freeman: 3/P3
Ezequiel Tovar: 53/G5D
Brenton Doyle: K

Top 2

Pete Crow-Armstrong: 9/L9
Dansby Swanson: 7/L78D+
Willi Castro: K

Bot 2

Jordan Beck: 9/F89XD
Kyle Karros: K
Kyle Farmer: K

Top 3

Matt Shaw: S8/L78XD+
Reese McGuire: 3/P4S-
Michael Busch: S8/L8D.1-2
Kyle Tucker: K
Seiya Suzuki: D8/L89XD.2-H;1-H
Ian Happ: 9/L9D+

Bot 3

Braxton Fulford: D9/F9LS
Orlando Arcia: S8/L8.2-3
Ryan Ritter: K
Tyler Freeman: S3/BG23.3-H;1-2
Ezequiel Tovar: 65(2)/FO/G56.1-2;B-1
Brenton Doyle: S8/L8D.2-H;1X3(85)

Top 4

Pete Crow-Armstrong: 43/G34
Dansby Swanson: K
Willi Castro: 53/G6S

Bot 4

Jordan Beck: 63/G6
Kyle Karros: 8/F8D
Kyle Farmer: W
Braxton Fulford: T9/F89XD.1-H
Orlando Arcia: S8/F78.3-H
Ryan Ritter: HP.1-2
Tyler Freeman: 3/P34

Top 5

Matt Shaw: K
Reese McGuire: 13/G1S
Michael Busch: K

Bot 5

Ezequiel Tovar: 8/F8XD+
Brenton Doyle: 7/F7LD
Jordan Beck: K

Top 6

Kyle Tucker: S8/L8XD+
Seiya Suzuki: K
Ian Happ: K
Pete Crow-Armstrong: W.1-2
Dansby Swanson: 5(2)/FO/G56.B-1

Bot 6

Kyle Karros: 8/F8D
Kyle Farmer: 9/F89
Braxton Fulford: 2/P2F/FL

Top 7

Willi Castro: 43/G4
Matt Shaw: K
Reese McGuire: 6/F4MD

Bot 7

Orlando Arcia: S5/G5
Ryan Ritter: D7/L7LD.1-3
Tyler Freeman: W
Ezequiel Tovar: K
Brenton Doyle: 9/SF/L9D.3-H
Jordan Beck: BK.2-3;1-2
Jordan Beck: W
Kyle Karros: K

Top 8

Michael Busch: W
Kyle Tucker: S8/G4M.1-2
Seiya Suzuki: 9/L89D.2-3
Ian Happ: HR/F78XD.3-H;1-H
Pete Crow-Armstrong: 31/G34
Dansby Swanson: 9/F9L

Bot 8

Kyle Farmer: S6/G56
Braxton Fulford: 64(1)3/GDP/G6
Orlando Arcia: 9/L89D

Top 9

Willi Castro: K
Matt Shaw: K
Reese McGuire: 43/G34

Bot 9

Ryan Ritter: S7/L7S
Mickey Moniak: T9/L9LD.1-H

Notes & reviews

Rockies challenged (play at 1st), call on the field was overturned.

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