The Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-4 on Sep 17, 2025 at PNC Park.
Final · PNC Park
Top performers
- Ian Happ went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Cubs.
- Matthew Boyd pitched 3.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 4 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Joey Bart went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Pirates.
- Dennis Santana pitched 1.0 innings for the Pirates, allowing 0 earned runs with 1 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reese McGuire | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dansby Swanson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ian Happ | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Nico Hoerner | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Shaw | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Moises Ballesteros | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Justin Turner | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Busch | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Team | 35 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Boyd | 3.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Aaron Civale | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Drew Pomeranz | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Taylor Rogers | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jared Triolo | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Andrew McCutchen | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Tommy Pham | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Joey Bart | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Nick Gonzales | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Yorke | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rafael Flores Jr. | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Oneil Cruz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 30 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Santana | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yohan Ramirez | 0.2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Evan Sisk | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Before and after
- Cubs · 2025 season · Previous Sep 16, 2025: CHC 4, PIT 1 · Next Sep 18, 2025: CHC 0, CIN 1
- Pirates · 2025 season · Previous Sep 16, 2025: CHC 4, PIT 1 · Next Sep 19, 2025: ATH 4, PIT 3