The Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-6 on Apr 12, 2026 at Wrigley Field.
Final · Wrigley Field
Top performers
- Brandon Lowe went 2-for-4 with 2 home runs and 5 RBI for the Pirates.
- Bubba Chandler pitched 5.1 innings for the Pirates, allowing 3 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Moises Ballesteros went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Cubs.
- Jameson Taillon pitched 6.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 6 earned runs with 10 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oneil Cruz | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Bryan Reynolds | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Marcell Ozuna | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brandon Lowe | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Joey Bart | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Spencer Horwitz | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nick Yorke | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Konnor Griffin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | 33 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bubba Chandler | 5.1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Justin Lawrence | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Jose Urquidy | 0.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 6.2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nico Hoerner | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carson Kelly | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ian Happ | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Alex Bregman | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Matt Shaw | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Moises Ballesteros | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dansby Swanson | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Michael Conforto | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Busch | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Miguel Amaya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jameson Taillon | 6.0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 3 |
| Daniel Palencia | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Ethan Roberts | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 7.2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 3 |
Before and after
- Pirates · 2026 season · Previous Apr 11, 2026: PIT 4, CHC 3 · Next Apr 13, 2026: WSH 5, PIT 16
- Cubs · 2026 season · Previous Apr 11, 2026: PIT 4, CHC 3 · Next Apr 13, 2026: CHC 7, PHI 13