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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs

2026-09-11 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 39190 · 74°F, Sunny · Wind 9 mph, R To L · 2:39

Chicago Cubs defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 12–2. Pittsburgh Pirates opened the scoring in the 1st — Oneil Cruz singles on a line drive to left fielder Ian Happ. Konnor Griffin scores. Chicago Cubs took the lead in the 2nd — Carson Kelly doubles (15) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Jake Mangum. Ian Happ scores. Pedro Ramírez scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 2nd: Carson Kelly doubles (15) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Jake Mangum. Ian Happ scores. Pedro Ramírez scores — worth 18% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	7	1
CHN	0	3	2	4	0	2	1	0	0	12	16

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Konnor Griffin SS	4	1	2	0	0	1
Jacob Gonzalez 3B	1	0	0	0	0	0
Oneil Cruz CF	2	0	1	1	1	0
Bryan Reynolds DH	3	1	1	1	1	0
Rafael Flores Jr. C	4	0	1	0	0	1
Esmerlyn Valdez RF	3	0	0	0	0	2
Billy Cook CF	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Gonzales 2B	3	0	1	0	1	0
Jake Mangum LF	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jared Triolo RF	4	0	0	0	0	0
Henry Davis C	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan O'Hearn 1B	2	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Crow-Armstrong CF	4	1	1	1	1	1
Matt Shaw 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0
Seiya Suzuki RF	5	3	3	1	0	0
Michael Busch 1B	4	2	2	3	0	0
Gabriel Arias SS	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Bregman 3B	4	2	3	2	0	0
BJ Murray 1B	1	0	0	0	0	1
Tyrone Taylor CF	1	0	0	1	0	0
Ian Happ LF	2	1	1	0	1	0
Trent Thornton P	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nico Hoerner SS	5	0	2	1	0	0
Michael Conforto LF	3	0	1	1	0	0
Pedro Ramírez 3B	4	2	1	0	0	0
Carson Kelly C	3	1	2	2	0	0