Pittsburgh Pirates at Chicago Cubs

PIT 4 — 3 CHC
Final (11) — 2026-04-11
MVP: Braxton Ashcraft 5.0 IP, 9 K, 1 ER

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Chicago Cubs 4-3. Braxton Ashcraft led the way with 5.0 IP, 9 K, 1 ER. Yohan Ramirez earned the win and Caleb Thielbar took the loss.

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PIT 01200000001 4121
CHC 00001010100 393
WP Yohan Ramirez (2-0)
LP Caleb Thielbar (1-2)

Scoring Plays

Top 2: Horwitz grounded into double play, shortstop to first, Ozuna scored, Yorke out at second. (1-0)
Top 3: Reynolds singled to right, Cruz scored, Lowe to third. (2-0)
Top 3: O'Hearn hit sacrifice fly to right, Lowe scored. (3-0)
Bot 5: Hoerner grounded out to second, Conforto scored, Swanson to third. (3-1)
Bot 7: Swanson grounded out to shortstop, Amaya scored. (3-2)
Bot 9: Bregman singled to center, Swanson scored, Shaw to third. (3-3)
Top 11: Lowe reached on infield single to pitcher, Gonzales scored on throwing error by pitcher Thielbar, Cruz safe at third on error. (4-3)

PIT — Batting

NamePOSABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBAVGOBPSLGOPS
Cruz CF5141000103 .345.400.6181.018
Lowe 2B4110000210 .222.352.467.819
Reynolds LF5020001010 .259.349.444.793
O'Hearn 1B3000001100 .319.414.553.967
Ozuna DH4100000110 .051.159.051.210
Yorke RF4031000110 .379.486.483.969
Horwitz 1B4010000000 .235.341.265.606
Griffin SS5010000021 .154.233.192.425
Davis C4000000040 .194.286.290.576
Cook RF0000000000 .000.000.000.000
Mangum LF1000000010 .207.258.241.499
Gonzales 3B1100000000 .267.313.333.646
Bart C1000000010 .133.235.133.368

CHC — Batting

NamePOSABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBAVGOBPSLGOPS
Hoerner 2B6010001000 .308.422.481.903
Busch 1B3000000020 .118.220.157.377
Bregman 3B6020001010 .207.281.328.609
Happ LF5000000120 .208.309.500.809
Ballesteros DH2020000000 .258.314.355.669
Crow-Armstrong CF4010000130 .218.259.291.550
Amaya C4100000140 .238.360.429.789
Conforto RF3110000210 .263.440.316.756
Swanson SS4110001100 .149.281.234.515
Suzuki DH4010000010 .286.375.286.661
Kelly 1B1000000100 .294.429.353.782
Shaw 1B1000000000 .237.268.421.689

PIT — Pitching

NameIPHRERBBSOHRPC-STERAWHIPDecision
Ashcraft 5.0411190 77-50 2.121.16
Montgomery 1.0100020 13-10 7.111.20
Lawrence 0.2111100 13-7 9.951.95
Soto 0.1000000 1-1 1.041.07
Mattson 1.0200010 24-17 2.081.56
Santana 1.0111200 27-15 1.131.51
Ramirez 2.0000320 32-18 1.861.35W, 2-0

CHC — Pitching

NameIPHRERBBSOHRPC-STERAWHIPDecision
Cabrera 5.0833340 98-62 1.621.40
Brown 2.0200130 34-21 3.550.94
Webb 1.0100020 17-12 4.761.25
Milner 1.0000000 12-8 2.161.21
Palencia 1.0000100 17-9 0.001.38
Thielbar 1.0110130 19-15 3.381.24L, 1-2

Venue: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois (34,049)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Alex Mackay, First Base Umpire: Alan Porter, Second Base Umpire: Jim Wolf, Third Base Umpire: Roberto Ortiz

Broadcast: MARQ | SNPT

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