The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs 3-2 on Aug 15, 2025 at Wrigley Field.
Final · Wrigley Field
Top performers
- Andrew McCutchen went 1-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Pirates.
- Braxton Ashcraft pitched 5.0 innings for the Pirates, allowing 1 earned run with 4 strikeouts.
- Pete Crow-Armstrong went 3-for-3 with 1 RBI for the Cubs.
- Colin Rea pitched 5.0 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew McCutchen | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bryan Reynolds | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Spencer Horwitz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jared Triolo | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Henry Davis | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Isiah Kiner-Falefa | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Gonzales | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ronny Simon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 29 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braxton Ashcraft | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Isaac Mattson | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dennis Santana | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Evan Sisk | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
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 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nico Hoerner | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ian Happ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Tucker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Turner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Reese McGuire | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Busch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Matt Shaw | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carson Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 30 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Rea | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Andrew Kittredge | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ryan Brasier | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Keller | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Daniel Palencia | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
Before and after
- Pirates · 2025 season · Previous Aug 13, 2025: PIT 5, MIL 12 · Next Aug 16, 2025: PIT 1, CHC 3
- Cubs · 2025 season · Previous Aug 14, 2025: CHC 1, TOR 2 · Next Aug 16, 2025: PIT 1, CHC 3