• Hayes has to make a quick adjustment on a ground ball, but he fields it cleanly and throws a strike to first.
• Suzuki pops up to Triolo and here comes Kelly. That'll end Burrows' day. His final line: 5 1/3 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 8 K. Borucki will take over to face Crow-Armstrong.
• Isaac Mattson warming in the bullpen.
• Cruz with a light pop-up to third. Burrows comes back out for the sixth.
• 6-3, IKF. Really nice play by Swanson there.
• That can't happen. Pham's picked off by Boyd. Would've thought that'd be a balk.
• Happ pops up in foul territory. Davis catches but he and Hayes lightly collide as he does.
• Another Burrows changeup drops out of the zone for a strikeout. He's generated nine swings and six misses on it.
• Hoerner singles into left field. That's five hits for the Cubs, all singles.
• Triolo flies out to center and Boyd has retired 14 straight Pirates since McCutchen's home run. He's faced just one over the minimum.
• Hayes grounds out to short and Davis pops out to left.
• End of fourth inning: Burrows gets Kelly looking for the second time. Changeup catches the bottom of the zone. Kelly wasn't happy with either call.
• Busch grounds out to second but Crow-Armstrong moves to third.
• Burrows gets Swanson with a changeup that drops out of the zone. That's 5 Ks now.
• Crow-Armstrong gets a good jump on a 1-1 pitch and steals second easily.
• PCA singles through the right side past a diving Gonzales.
• Reynolds sees eight pitches before sending a line drive to PCA in center then Gonzales almost goes yard to left center, but PCA catches it just short of the wall.
• McCutchen strikes out on a low slider.
• End of third inning: Suzuki blisters a fastball the other way. But, again, it's right at Reynolds.
• Tucker moves to second on a wild pitch.
• Tucker singles through the right side.
• RUN: Happ ties it up with a sacrifice fly to left field. Pham nearly guns Hoerner down at the plate. Tied, 1-1
• Shaw ends up grounding out to first and Hoerner advances to third.
• Shaw hits a pop up into foul territory but it looked like Gonzales had some trouble with the sun. Hoerner then steals second a few pitches later as Davis has trouble with the transfer.
• Hoerner singles into left and it flies just above IKF's glove.
• Cruz falls behind 0-2, works his way back to full, and then grounds out to third.
• Yikes. Ugly swing from IKF on that changeup. Two away.
• Pham, who's celebrating 10 years of service time today, grounds out to short.
• End of second inning: Make that four for Burrows. He gets Kelly looking with a slider on the outside edge. Burrows is at 27 pitches.
• Busch strokes a fastball, but it's right at Reynolds in right. He barely moved.
• Burrows racks up his third K with a changeup inside to Swanson.
• Triolo pops out to right and we head to the bottom half.
• Davis sees eight pitches and gets under a 3-2 sinker, popping out to first base.
• Hayes lines out near the warning track in right field.
• End of first inning: Crow-Armstrong swings at the first pitch he sees from Burrows and flies out to right.
• Burrows works ahead 0-2 on Suzuki and then pulls the string on a slider that breaks out of the middle of the zone.
• Tucker reaches on an infield single that sneaks between IKF and Gonzales. IKF actually came a long way from the other side of the bag and nearly got it.
• Nice start for Burrows as he strikes out Happ with his changeup below the zone. That thing just drops off the table.
• Gonzales grounds out to short and Burrows takes the mound after receiving a run of support.
• Reynolds grounds out to the mound. Two away.
• HOME RUN: McCutchen gets a healthy reception after blasting a 2-1 changeup into the left field seats. Pirates, 1-0
• Cruz is caught looking at a down-and-in fastball for out No. 1.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Cubs, Matthew Boyd to Oneil Cruz, Wrigley Field, 2:20 p.m., Eastern, 64 degrees, cloudy
• For Don Kelly’s visitors:
1. Oneil Cruz, CF 2. Andrew McCutchen, DH 3. Bryan Reynolds, RF 4. Nick Gonzales, 2B 5. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B 6. Henry Davis, C 7. Jared Triolo, 1B 8. Tommy Pham, LF 9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
• For Craig Counsell’s Cubs:
1. Ian Happ, LF 2. Kyle Tucker, RF 3. Seiya Suzuki, DH 4. Pete Crow-Armstrong, CF 5. Dansby Swanson, SS 6. Michael Busch, 1B 7. Carson Kelly, C 8. Nico Hoerner, 2B 9. Matt Shaw, 3B
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THE ASYLUM
Greg Macafee
2:50 am - 06.14.2025CHICAGOFinal: Cubs 2, Pirates 1
• Who: Pirates (29-42) vs. Cubs (42-28)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 72
• When: 2:20 p.m., Eastern
• Where: Wrigley Field
• Weather: 69°, partly cloudy
• Pitchers: RHP Mike Burrows (1-1, 5.00 ERA) vs. LHP Matthew Boyd (5-3, 2.89 ERA)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Radio: Pirates Radio Network
• Streaming: SNP360, MLB.TV
• Satellite: SiriusXM 176/845/861
• Boxscore: MLB.com
• Media notes: Pirates | Cubs
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Hayes strikes out to end it. Final: Cubs 2, Pirates 1
• Ashcraft works a 1-2-3 eighth. Pirates down to their final three outs. They'll face Daniel Palencia.
• Cruz grounded out to first and Ashcraft retired Happ to start the bottom half.
• Kiner-Falefa lines out to second. Two away with Cruz up.
• Pham walks.
• Triolo grounds out to short. Pomeranz is now being attended to by trainers. He'll stay in the game.
• End of eighth inning: Ashcraft throws four pitches and works a 1-2-3 inning. Drew Pomeranz enters for the Cubs.
• Braxton Ashcraft has entered.
• Yea, that fastball was outside of the zone. Davis strikes out on a called third strike.
• Hayes now singles up the middle. Runners on first and second.
• Gonzales singles into left field.
• Ryan Pressly had entered the game at the beginning of the inning. He just induced a double play to erase McCutchen. Two away.
• McCutchen singles into left field. He has both of the Pirates' hits today.
• End of sixth inning: Reynolds robs Busch of a base hit with a diving catch in right but the damage is done.
• HOME RUN: Swanson had struck out twice today and he just blistered a 3-2 slider from Borucki at the bottom of the zone. It went 377 feet. Cubs, 2-1
• Hayes has to make a quick adjustment on a ground ball, but he fields it cleanly and throws a strike to first.
• Suzuki pops up to Triolo and here comes Kelly. That'll end Burrows' day. His final line: 5 1/3 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 8 K. Borucki will take over to face Crow-Armstrong.
• Isaac Mattson warming in the bullpen.
• Cruz with a light pop-up to third. Burrows comes back out for the sixth.
• 6-3, IKF. Really nice play by Swanson there.
• That can't happen. Pham's picked off by Boyd. Would've thought that'd be a balk.
• Nice at-bat by Pham to draw a nine-pitch walk.
• Ryan Borucki is warming in the bullpen. Burrows is at 76 pitches.
• End of fifth inning: Burrows strikes out Tucker on three pitches as he locates a changeup in the bottom left corner of the zone.
• Happ pops up in foul territory. Davis catches but he and Hayes lightly collide as he does.
• Another Burrows changeup drops out of the zone for a strikeout. He's generated nine swings and six misses on it.
• Hoerner singles into left field. That's five hits for the Cubs, all singles.
• Triolo flies out to center and Boyd has retired 14 straight Pirates since McCutchen's home run. He's faced just one over the minimum.
• Hayes grounds out to short and Davis pops out to left.
• End of fourth inning: Burrows gets Kelly looking for the second time. Changeup catches the bottom of the zone. Kelly wasn't happy with either call.
• Busch grounds out to second but Crow-Armstrong moves to third.
• Burrows gets Swanson with a changeup that drops out of the zone. That's 5 Ks now.
• Crow-Armstrong gets a good jump on a 1-1 pitch and steals second easily.
• PCA singles through the right side past a diving Gonzales.
• Reynolds sees eight pitches before sending a line drive to PCA in center then Gonzales almost goes yard to left center, but PCA catches it just short of the wall.
• McCutchen strikes out on a low slider.
• End of third inning: Suzuki blisters a fastball the other way. But, again, it's right at Reynolds.
• Tucker moves to second on a wild pitch.
• Tucker singles through the right side.
• RUN: Happ ties it up with a sacrifice fly to left field. Pham nearly guns Hoerner down at the plate. Tied, 1-1
• Shaw ends up grounding out to first and Hoerner advances to third.
• Shaw hits a pop up into foul territory but it looked like Gonzales had some trouble with the sun. Hoerner then steals second a few pitches later as Davis has trouble with the transfer.
• Hoerner singles into left and it flies just above IKF's glove.
• Cruz falls behind 0-2, works his way back to full, and then grounds out to third.
• Yikes. Ugly swing from IKF on that changeup. Two away.
• Pham, who's celebrating 10 years of service time today, grounds out to short.
• End of second inning: Make that four for Burrows. He gets Kelly looking with a slider on the outside edge. Burrows is at 27 pitches.
• Busch strokes a fastball, but it's right at Reynolds in right. He barely moved.
• Burrows racks up his third K with a changeup inside to Swanson.
• Triolo pops out to right and we head to the bottom half.
• Davis sees eight pitches and gets under a 3-2 sinker, popping out to first base.
• Hayes lines out near the warning track in right field.
• End of first inning: Crow-Armstrong swings at the first pitch he sees from Burrows and flies out to right.
• Burrows works ahead 0-2 on Suzuki and then pulls the string on a slider that breaks out of the middle of the zone.
• Tucker reaches on an infield single that sneaks between IKF and Gonzales. IKF actually came a long way from the other side of the bag and nearly got it.
• Nice start for Burrows as he strikes out Happ with his changeup below the zone. That thing just drops off the table.
• Gonzales grounds out to short and Burrows takes the mound after receiving a run of support.
• Reynolds grounds out to the mound. Two away.
• HOME RUN: McCutchen gets a healthy reception after blasting a 2-1 changeup into the left field seats. Pirates, 1-0
• Cruz is caught looking at a down-and-in fastball for out No. 1.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Cubs, Matthew Boyd to Oneil Cruz, Wrigley Field, 2:20 p.m., Eastern, 64 degrees, cloudy
• For Don Kelly’s visitors:
1. Oneil Cruz, CF
2. Andrew McCutchen, DH
3. Bryan Reynolds, RF
4. Nick Gonzales, 2B
5. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B
6. Henry Davis, C
7. Jared Triolo, 1B
8. Tommy Pham, LF
9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
• For Craig Counsell’s Cubs:
1. Ian Happ, LF
2. Kyle Tucker, RF
3. Seiya Suzuki, DH
4. Pete Crow-Armstrong, CF
5. Dansby Swanson, SS
6. Michael Busch, 1B
7. Carson Kelly, C
8. Nico Hoerner, 2B
9. Matt Shaw, 3B
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