The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs 2-1 on May 25, 2026 at PNC Park.
Final · PNC Park
Top performers
- Michael Busch went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Cubs.
- Ben Brown pitched 6.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 1 earned run with 7 strikeouts.
- Henry Davis went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Pirates.
- Carmen Mlodzinski pitched 5.0 innings for the Pirates, allowing 1 earned run with 2 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 Conforto | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alex Bregman | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Busch | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dansby Swanson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ian Happ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Pedro Ramirez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miguel Amaya | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Moises Ballesteros | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nico Hoerner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carson Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 32 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Brown | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Trent Thornton | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jacob Webb | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Reynolds | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Marcell Ozuna | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Oneil Cruz | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Gonzales | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brandon Lowe | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Spencer Horwitz | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Henry Davis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Konnor Griffin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 29 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
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 | 5.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Wilber Dotel | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Gregory Soto | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
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