The Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1 on Sep 16, 2025 at PNC Park.
Final · PNC Park
Top performers
- Michael Busch went 3-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Cubs.
- Drew Pomeranz pitched 1.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 0 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- Oneil Cruz went 1-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Pirates.
- Paul Skenes pitched 3.2 innings for the Pirates, allowing 3 earned runs with 6 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carson Kelly | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Willi Castro | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Nico Hoerner | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dansby Swanson | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Busch | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Matt Shaw | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Moises Ballesteros | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ian Happ | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Team | 37 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Pomeranz | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Kittredge | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Brad Keller | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Reynolds | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oneil Cruz | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Jared Triolo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nick Gonzales | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Spencer Horwitz | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Henry Davis | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Yorke | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Skenes | 3.2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| Carmen Mlodzinski | 3.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Justin Lawrence | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Evan Sisk | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 1 |
Before and after
- Cubs · 2025 season · Previous Sep 15, 2025: CHC 4, PIT 0 · Next Sep 17, 2025: CHC 8, PIT 4
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