The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs 8-6 on Sep 21, 2023 at Wrigley Field.
Final · Wrigley Field
Top performers
- Miguel Andujar went 3-for-4 with 3 RBI for the Pirates.
- David Bednar pitched 1.0 innings for the Pirates, allowing 2 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- Dansby Swanson went 2-for-5 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Cubs.
- Kyle Hendricks pitched 6.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 1 earned run with 5 strikeouts.
Pittsburgh Pirates box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ke'Bryan Hayes | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Endy Rodriguez | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Miguel Andujar | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Bryan Reynolds | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jared Triolo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Team | 21 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Bednar | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Colin Holderman | 0.2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Borucki | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 2.0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Chicago Cubs box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dansby Swanson | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Christopher Morel | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ian Happ | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nico Hoerner | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Cody Bellinger | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Yan Gomes | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 28 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Hendricks | 6.0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Brad Boxberger | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Drew Smyly | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Daniel Palencia | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 8.2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
Before and after
- Pirates · 2023 season · Previous Sep 20, 2023: PIT 13, CHC 7 · Next Sep 22, 2023: PIT 7, CIN 5
- Cubs · 2023 season · Previous Sep 20, 2023: PIT 13, CHC 7 · Next Sep 22, 2023: COL 0, CHC 6