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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs

2026-09-12 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 39422 · 83°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 9 mph, Out To CF · 2:28

Chicago Cubs defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 4–3. Chicago Cubs opened the scoring in the 1st — Michael Busch homers (19) on a fly ball to center field. Pittsburgh Pirates took the lead in the 6th — Ryan O'Hearn homers (18) on a fly ball to right field. Brandon Lowe scores. Bryan Reynolds scores. Chicago Cubs took the lead in the 8th — Nico Hoerner hit by pitch. Alex Bregman scores. Seiya Suzuki to 3rd. Matt Shaw to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Ryan O'Hearn homers (18) on a fly ball to right field. Brandon Lowe scores. Bryan Reynolds scores — worth 32% in win probability.

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Line score

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Oneil Cruz CF	5	0	0	0	0	1
Brandon Lowe 2B	4	1	1	0	1	1
Bryan Reynolds LF	5	1	1	0	0	2
Konnor Griffin SS	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ryan O'Hearn DH	4	1	1	3	0	1
Spencer Horwitz 1B	3	0	1	0	1	1
Jake Mangum RF	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jacob Gonzalez 3B	2	0	1	0	1	0
Jared Triolo 3B	1	0	0	0	0	0
Henry Davis C	1	0	0	0	2	0
Rafael Flores Jr. PH	1	0	1	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

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