The Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on Sep 12, 2026 at Wrigley Field.
Final · Wrigley Field
Top performers
- Ryan O'Hearn went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Pirates.
- Paul Skenes pitched 7.0 innings for the Pirates, allowing 2 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Pedro Ramirez went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Cubs.
- Clay Holmes pitched 5.2 innings for the Cubs, allowing 2 earned runs with 6 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Reynolds | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oneil Cruz | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jake Mangum | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brandon Lowe | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Konnor Griffin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Spencer Horwitz | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jacob Gonzalez | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jared Triolo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Rafael Flores Jr. | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Skenes | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Gregory Soto | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Michael Conforto | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Carson Kelly | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nico Hoerner | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrone Taylor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Busch | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Pedro Ramirez | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Happ | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Alex Bregman | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt Shaw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 27 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Holmes | 5.2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| Ryan Rolison | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Webb | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan Zeferjahn | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
Before and after
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