The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs 8-7 on Jul 26, 2026 at PNC Park.
Final · PNC Park
Top performers
- Seiya Suzuki went 1-for-5 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Cubs.
- Jameson Taillon pitched 4.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 7 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Ryan O'Hearn went 1-for-2 with 1 home run and 4 RBI for the Pirates.
- Braxton Ashcraft pitched 6.0 innings for the Pirates, allowing 4 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
Chicago Cubs box score
Batting
| Seiya Suzuki | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ian Happ | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Pedro Ramirez | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nico Hoerner | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dansby Swanson | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carson Kelly | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Michael Busch | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Conforto | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 38 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
Pitching
| Jameson Taillon | 4.0 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Aaron Civale | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ryan Rolison | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Trent Thornton | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Lowe | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Reynolds | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Gonzales | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Gonzalez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Mangum | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Esmerlyn Valdez | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Billy Cook | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 26 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braxton Ashcraft | 6.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Carmen Mlodzinski | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mason Montgomery | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Team | 9.0 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
Before and after
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