Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs

52-71, 18-42 Away

Final

68-53, 36-23 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
R. SimonLF	0-3	0	0	0	.250
T. PhamLF	0-0	0	0	0	.263
S. Horwitz1B	0-4	0	0	0	.257
B. ReynoldsRF	0-4	0	0	0	.244
N. Gonzales2B	0-3	1	0	0	.275
A. McCutchenDH	1-4	0	0	1	.243
J. SuwinskiCF	1-3	1	1	1	.125
J. TrioloSS	2-4	1	0	0	.186
H. DavisC	1-4	0	0	0	.170
I. Kiner-Falefa3B	1-3	0	0	1	.269

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
B. Ashcraft	5.0	3	1	0	4	61-41	3.02
E. Sisk	1.0	0	1	1	1	19-11	2.84
I. Mattson	1.2	2	0	1	1	34-22	2.03
D. Santana	1.1	1	0	0	0	13-10	2.41

According to ESPN Analytics

PIT

CHC

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Wrigley Field

4:20 AM, 16 August 2025

Chicago, Illinois

Attendance: 40,044

Game Time:2:29

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Brock Ballou
First Base Umpire - Tony Randazzo
Second Base Umpire - Phil Cuzzi
Third Base Umpire - Clint Vondrak

Jack Suwinski's tiebreaking homer in the 9th lifts Pirates over struggling Cubs 3-2

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Aug 16, 2025, 07:32 am - AP


PIT
CHC

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

D. Santana4-4

1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 K, 0 BB

D. Palencia1-3

1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 0 K, 0 BB

Scoring Summary

		PIT	CHC
4th	McCutchen doubled to right, N. Gonzales scored.	1	0
4th	Crow-Armstrong singled to right, Suzuki scored, Crow-Armstrong out stretching at second.	1	1
7th	Kiner-Falefa doubled to center, Triolo scored.	2	1
7th	Shaw hit sacrifice fly to center, Crow-Armstrong scored.	2	2
9th	Suwinski homered to left center (376 feet).	3	2

Data is currently unavailable.

Pirates
2
Cubs
3

Game 1

13/6

Pirates
2
Cubs
1

Game 2

14/6

Pirates
1
Cubs
2

Game 3

15/6

Pirates
2
Cubs
3

Game 4

16/6

Pirates
3
Cubs
2

Game 5

16/8

Pirates
1
Cubs
3

Game 6

17/8

Pirates
3
Cubs
4

Game 7

18/8

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Chicago	28	16	.636	-	W1
Milwaukee	24	17	.585	2.5	W1
St. Louis	25	18	.581	2.5	W1
Pittsburgh	24	20	.545	4	W1
Cincinnati	23	21	.523	5	W1

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