The Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-2 on May 28, 2026 at PNC Park.
Final · PNC Park
Top performers
- Ian Happ went 3-for-5 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Cubs.
- Colin Rea pitched 5.1 innings for the Cubs, allowing 2 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Bryan Reynolds went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Pirates.
- Paul Skenes pitched 5.1 innings for the Pirates, allowing 1 earned run with 10 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nico Hoerner | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Bregman | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ian Happ | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dansby Swanson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Michael Busch | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Miguel Amaya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Moises Ballesteros | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Conforto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 35 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Rea | 5.1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Trent Thornton | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Hoby Milner | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 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 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jake Mangum | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Henry Davis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bryan Reynolds | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Brandon Lowe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Oneil Cruz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Spencer Horwitz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Nick Gonzales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 25 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Skenes | 5.1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| Mason Montgomery | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Yohan Ramirez | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 0 |
Before and after
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