The Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on Aug 17, 2025 at Wrigley Field.
Final · Wrigley Field
Top performers
- Joey Bart went 1-for-4 with 2 RBI for the Pirates.
- Carmen Mlodzinski pitched 4.0 innings for the Pirates, allowing 0 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Dansby Swanson went 1-for-3 with 2 RBI for the Cubs.
- Javier Assad pitched 4.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 1 earned run with 3 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Pham | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bryan Reynolds | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spencer Horwitz | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ronny Simon | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Joey Bart | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Nick Gonzales | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Isiah Kiner-Falefa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jared Triolo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Team | 33 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmen Mlodzinski | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Chase Shugart | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Isaac Mattson | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Heaney | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Colin Holderman | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carson Kelly | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Busch | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dansby Swanson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Happ | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Kyle Tucker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nico Hoerner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Matt Shaw | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willi Castro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Caissie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 30 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Javier Assad | 4.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Ben Brown | 2.2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Taylor Rogers | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Andrew Kittredge | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
Before and after
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