Pittsburgh Pirates at Chicago Cubs

PIT 3 — 4 CHC

Final — 2026-09-12

MVP: Paul Skenes 7.0 IP, 2 ER, 4 K

Chicago Cubs defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3. Paul Skenes led the way with 7.0 IP, 2 ER, 4 K. Ryan Rolison earned the win and Gregory Soto took the loss. Ryan Zeferjahn recorded the save.

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

WP Ryan Rolison

LP Gregory Soto

SV Ryan Zeferjahn

Scoring Plays

Bot 1: Michael Busch homers (19) on a fly ball to center field. (0-1)

Bot 3: Pedro Ramírez homers (6) on a fly ball to right center field. (0-2)

Top 6: Ryan O'Hearn homers (18) on a fly ball to right field. Brandon Lowe scores. Bryan Reynolds scores. (3-2)

Bot 8: Matt Shaw walks. Pedro Ramírez scores. Alex Bregman to 3rd. Seiya Suzuki to 2nd. (3-3)

Bot 8: Nico Hoerner hit by pitch. Alex Bregman scores. Seiya Suzuki to 3rd. Matt Shaw to 2nd. (3-4)

PIT — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
(gpid=sa:694378)	3B	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	.225	.278	.360	.638
Horwitz	1B	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	.247	.346	.368	.714
Lowe	2B	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	.257	.327	.474	.801
Reynolds	LF	5	1	1	0	0	0	2	.264	.368	.429	.797
Cruz	CF	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.273	.360	.479	.839
Triolo	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.317	.313	.630
Mangum	RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.281	.337	.366	.703
Davis	C	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	.167	.268	.300	.568
(gpid=sa:804606)	SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.262	.318	.387	.705
O'Hearn	DH	4	1	1	1	3	0	1	.268	.332	.458	.790
Flores	PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.317	.500	.817

CHC — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Conforto	DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.239	.336	.479	.815
Taylor	LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.278	.324	.507	.831
Happ	LF	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.219	.327	.410	.737
Bregman	3B	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.353	.450	.803
Ramirez	2B	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	.266	.323	.433	.756
Busch	1B	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	.237	.345	.396	.741
Kelly	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.339	.388	.727
Crow-Armstrong	CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.279	.373	.566	.939
Suzuki	PH	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.270	.370	.480	.850
(gpid=sa:681230)	1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182
Hoerner	SS	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.267	.320	.360	.680
Shaw	RF	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.237	.328	.428	.756

PIT — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Skenes	7.0	4	2	2	1	4	2	82-53	3.78	1.14
Soto	1.0	1	2	2	2	2	0	31-15	3.32	1.11	L

CHC — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Webb	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	18-11	3.29	1.71
Zeferjahn	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	6-3	4.15	1.26	S
Rolison	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	21-12	2.76	1.23	W
Holmes	5.2	5	3	2	4	6	1	100-61	2.85	1.15

Venue: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois

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