The Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0 on Sep 15, 2025 at PNC Park.
Final · PNC Park
Top performers
- Pete Crow-Armstrong went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Cubs.
- Jameson Taillon pitched 6.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 0 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Bryan Reynolds went 1-for-2 for the Pirates.
- Braxton Ashcraft pitched 4.0 innings for the Pirates, allowing 3 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Busch | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Carson Kelly | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dansby Swanson | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Happ | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nico Hoerner | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Moises Ballesteros | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Willi Castro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Shaw | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 35 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jameson Taillon | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Michael Soroka | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Brad Keller | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Spencer Horwitz | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Triolo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nick Gonzales | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Andrew McCutchen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Yorke | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bryan Reynolds | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Joey Bart | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oneil Cruz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
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 | 4.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Cam Sanders | 1.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 5.2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Before and after
- Cubs · 2025 season · Previous Sep 14, 2025: TB 3, CHC 4 · Next Sep 16, 2025: CHC 4, PIT 1
- Pirates · 2025 season · Previous Sep 14, 2025: PIT 3, WSH 4 · Next Sep 16, 2025: CHC 4, PIT 1