• Bart lines out to right and that's game. Cubs 8, Pirates 3
• Frazier retired 3-1.
• Canario pops out to shallow right.
• Ryan Pressly enters to pitch the ninth for Chicago.
• RUNS: Busch singles to right, plating two. Cubs, 8-3
• Reynolds comes through in a big spot defensively with a sliding catch in right. Saves a run from scoring. Two down.
• Tucker retired 4-3 on a nice diving stop by Frazier. One out.
• RUN: Happ drives in Swanson with a double off the wall in right-center. Cubs, 6-3
• Back-to-back singles by Swanson and Berti to lead off the inning.
• Hunter Stratton gets the ninth.
• End eighth inning: Hayes lines out to left, stranding the runners on the corners. Run scored in the inning was unearned.
• Valdez draws a two-out walk to put runners on the corners for Hayes.
• McCutchen hits one back to the pitcher and Cruz isn't able to score. Not the best throw to first there by Porter Hodge, either. McCutchen could have caused some havoc there, but he wasn't going too hard to first. Two outs.
• RUN: Davis scores on an RBI groundout off the bat of Reynolds. Cubs, 5-3
• Davis and Cruz both advance on a wild pitch.
• Cruz reaches on a fielder's choice and Davis, who singled to lead off the inning, is safe at second on an error by Swanson.
• Crow-Armstrong flies out to right and Amaya lines out to center. Clean eighth for Nicolas.
• Hoerner retired 6-3.
• End seventh inning: Triolo grounds out 6-3.
• Frazier flies out to center.
• A: 13,633
• Canario retired 5-3.
• Busch grounds out to first to end the top of the seventh.
• HOME RUN: Suzuki with his fifth career multi-homer game. Sends a Nicolas slider into the seats in left. It was right down the middle. Ninth of the season for Suzuki. Cubs, 5-2
• Tucker flies out to left for the second out and Kelly comes out to get Wentz. KyleNicolas will face Suzuki.
• Happ singles past a diving Triolo at short. Two-hit day for him.
• Jon Berti hits for Lopez and flies out to left.
• End sixth inning: Hayes pops out to Hoerner at second.
• Two-out single for Valdez.
• Reynolds lines out to Swanson at short and McCutchen grounds out 6-3.
• Cubs hitting coach Dustin Kelly was ejected from the game in the fifth inning.
• Amaya gives one a ride, but Reynolds has enough room to make the catch near the Clemente Wall in right.
• Crow-Armstrong pops out to second.
• Hoerner retired 4-3.
• Joey Wentz replaces Skenes here in the sixth. Skenes allowed three earned runs on five hits with four walks and two strikeouts. Threw 49 of 86 pitches for strikes.
• End fifth inning: Cruz goes down swinging at a 3-2 splitter down in the zone.
• Davis pops up to second.
• Historic day in a bad way for Skenes. The four walks he's given up and three home runs are both career highs.
• Triolo pops up to first base.
• After giving up three home runs in the inning, Skenes gets Hoerner to fly out to right field. He's at 86 pitches.
• Busch singles to center.
• HOME RUN: Cubs go back-to-back as Suzuki sends a 3-0 sinker into the left field seats. Cubs, 3-2
• HOME RUN: Tucker ties it as he sends a first-pitch fastball into straightaway center field. Nearly the same spot Swanson sent his earlier this inning. Tied, 2-2
• Davis walks on six pitches. He might've gotten the benefit of the doubt on that sixth pitch. Was either a strike or very close to being a strike.
• Triolo flies out to right on the first pitch he sees. Pirates being aggressive early in counts today, a lot of first or second-pitch swings. Rae is only at 27 pitches and it shows.
•Skenes walks the bases loaded and then gets Busch to ground into an inning-ending double play, 4-6-3. Big get right there.
• Tucker walks on seven pitches and takes his base after a 3-2 curveball misses inside.
• Happ draws a five-pitch walk, Skenes' second of the day.
• Lopez lines out to Frazier on a fastball down in the zone for the first out of the third. Frazier getting a decent amount of action at second today.
• End of second inning: Canario is erased just like that as Frazier grounds into a 4-6-3 double play.
• Canario likes the second pitch he sees and ropes a slider out into left field. That's just his third hit as a Pirate.
• Hayes fouls out behind first base. Swung at a first-pitch fastball up in the zone.
• Swanson lines out to Frazier near the second-base bag and strands his leadoff walk at first. He's up to 33 pitches.
• A splinker in a 3-2 count gets Amaya swinging. That's Skenes' first K of the day.
• Crow-Armstrong hits a soft pop-up into shallow center field and Triolo reels it in.
• Hoerner walks on five pitches. Skenes wasn't really close there.
• End of first inning: Valdez strikes out on a curveball up in the zone.
• Cutch grounds out to first as well. Two away.
• HOME RUN: Reynolds launches a 3-2 sinker into the right field seats to give the Pirates a spark in the first inning. 388 feet, 102.4 exit velocity. Pirates, 1-0
• Cruz hits a groundout to first for a 3-1 putout. He swung at a first-pitch fastball up and in.
• Frazier makes a nice play at second to field a ground ball from Busch. Throws to first for the final out of the top of the first. Takes Skenes just 13 pitches.
• Suzuki flies out to right as well. Tried going the other way with a fastball on the outer part of the plate.
• Back-to-back balls to right field as Tucker flies out to Reynolds on a fastball low in the zone.
• Happ is first-pitch swinging and knocks a 98 mph fastball out to right field.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Cubs, PaulSkenes to IanHapp, PNC Park, 12:37 p.m., 81 degrees, partly cloudy
• During pre-game ceremonies, the PA announcer shared Bob Nutting's statement that was released before the game. It received applause.
• Acting manager Don Kelly’s lineup:
1. Oneil Cruz, CF 2. Bryan Reynolds, RF 3. Andrew McCutchen, DH 4. Enmanuel Valdez, 1B 5. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B 6. Alexander Canario, LF 7. Adam Frazier, 2B 8. Jared Triolo, SS 9. Henry Davis, C
• Craig Counsell's lineup:
1. Ian Happ, LF 2. Kyle Tucker, RF 3. Seiya Suzuki, DH 4. Michael Busch, 1B 5. Nico Hoerner, 2B 6. Pete Crow-Armstrong, CF 7. Miguel Amaya, C 8. Dansby Swanson, SS 9. Nicky Lopez, 3B
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José Negron
5:24 am - 05.01.2025North ShoreFinal: Cubs 8, Pirates 3
• Who: Pirates (12-19) vs. Cubs (18-13)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 32
• When: 12:35 p.m.
• Where: PNC Park
• Weather: 78°, cloudy
• Pitchers: RHP Paul Skenes (3-2, 2.39 ERA) vs. RHP Colin Rea (1-0, 0.96 ERA)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Radio: Pirates Radio Network
• Streaming: SNP360, MLB.TV
• Satellite: SiriusXM 861/854
• Boxscore: MLB.com
• Media notes: Pirates | Cubs
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Bart lines out to right and that's game. Cubs 8, Pirates 3
• Frazier retired 3-1.
• Canario pops out to shallow right.
• Ryan Pressly enters to pitch the ninth for Chicago.
• RUNS: Busch singles to right, plating two. Cubs, 8-3
• Reynolds comes through in a big spot defensively with a sliding catch in right. Saves a run from scoring. Two down.
• Tucker retired 4-3 on a nice diving stop by Frazier. One out.
• RUN: Happ drives in Swanson with a double off the wall in right-center. Cubs, 6-3
• Back-to-back singles by Swanson and Berti to lead off the inning.
• Hunter Stratton gets the ninth.
• End eighth inning: Hayes lines out to left, stranding the runners on the corners. Run scored in the inning was unearned.
• Valdez draws a two-out walk to put runners on the corners for Hayes.
• McCutchen hits one back to the pitcher and Cruz isn't able to score. Not the best throw to first there by Porter Hodge, either. McCutchen could have caused some havoc there, but he wasn't going too hard to first. Two outs.
• RUN: Davis scores on an RBI groundout off the bat of Reynolds. Cubs, 5-3
• Davis and Cruz both advance on a wild pitch.
• Cruz reaches on a fielder's choice and Davis, who singled to lead off the inning, is safe at second on an error by Swanson.
• Crow-Armstrong flies out to right and Amaya lines out to center. Clean eighth for Nicolas.
• Hoerner retired 6-3.
• End seventh inning: Triolo grounds out 6-3.
• Frazier flies out to center.
• A: 13,633
• Canario retired 5-3.
• Busch grounds out to first to end the top of the seventh.
• HOME RUN: Suzuki with his fifth career multi-homer game. Sends a Nicolas slider into the seats in left. It was right down the middle. Ninth of the season for Suzuki. Cubs, 5-2
• Tucker flies out to left for the second out and Kelly comes out to get Wentz. Kyle Nicolas will face Suzuki.
• Happ singles past a diving Triolo at short. Two-hit day for him.
• Jon Berti hits for Lopez and flies out to left.
• End sixth inning: Hayes pops out to Hoerner at second.
• Two-out single for Valdez.
• Reynolds lines out to Swanson at short and McCutchen grounds out 6-3.
• Cubs hitting coach Dustin Kelly was ejected from the game in the fifth inning.
• Amaya gives one a ride, but Reynolds has enough room to make the catch near the Clemente Wall in right.
• Crow-Armstrong pops out to second.
• Hoerner retired 4-3.
• Joey Wentz replaces Skenes here in the sixth. Skenes allowed three earned runs on five hits with four walks and two strikeouts. Threw 49 of 86 pitches for strikes.
• End fifth inning: Cruz goes down swinging at a 3-2 splitter down in the zone.
• Davis pops up to second.
• Historic day in a bad way for Skenes. The four walks he's given up and three home runs are both career highs.
• Triolo pops up to first base.
• After giving up three home runs in the inning, Skenes gets Hoerner to fly out to right field. He's at 86 pitches.
• Busch singles to center.
• HOME RUN: Cubs go back-to-back as Suzuki sends a 3-0 sinker into the left field seats. Cubs, 3-2
• HOME RUN: Tucker ties it as he sends a first-pitch fastball into straightaway center field. Nearly the same spot Swanson sent his earlier this inning. Tied, 2-2
• Skenes stikes out Happ on a changeup low in the zone.
• Valdez makes a nice backhanded play at first and tosses it to Skenes to get Lopez.
• HOME RUN: Swanson hits his sixth of the season on an 0-2 splinker up in the zone. Skenes missed with that one.
• End of fourth inning: Frazier grounds out to first and the Pirates go down 1-2-3.
• 4-3, Canario.
• Hayes flies out to second base. That's twice now.
• 6-3, Amaya.
• Gold glove type of play from Cruz in center as he makes a sliding catch in shallow center field to rob Crow-Armstrong of a hit.
• Hoerner flies out to left field. Definitely could've backpedaled a little further there.
• End of third inning: Valdez flies out to first base.
• McCutchen flies out to right. Both Reynolds and Cruz were on the move and they both had to scurry back to their respective bases.
• Reynolds walks on four straight pitches from Rea.
• RUN: Cruz strokes a double (108.6 exit velocity) off the bottom of the wall in left center and Davis scores all the way from first. Pirates, 2-0
• Davis walks on six pitches. He might've gotten the benefit of the doubt on that sixth pitch. Was either a strike or very close to being a strike.
• Triolo flies out to right on the first pitch he sees. Pirates being aggressive early in counts today, a lot of first or second-pitch swings. Rae is only at 27 pitches and it shows.
• Skenes walks the bases loaded and then gets Busch to ground into an inning-ending double play, 4-6-3. Big get right there.
• Tucker walks on seven pitches and takes his base after a 3-2 curveball misses inside.
• Happ draws a five-pitch walk, Skenes' second of the day.
• Lopez lines out to Frazier on a fastball down in the zone for the first out of the third. Frazier getting a decent amount of action at second today.
• End of second inning: Canario is erased just like that as Frazier grounds into a 4-6-3 double play.
• Canario likes the second pitch he sees and ropes a slider out into left field. That's just his third hit as a Pirate.
• Hayes fouls out behind first base. Swung at a first-pitch fastball up in the zone.
• Swanson lines out to Frazier near the second-base bag and strands his leadoff walk at first. He's up to 33 pitches.
• A splinker in a 3-2 count gets Amaya swinging. That's Skenes' first K of the day.
• Crow-Armstrong hits a soft pop-up into shallow center field and Triolo reels it in.
• Hoerner walks on five pitches. Skenes wasn't really close there.
• End of first inning: Valdez strikes out on a curveball up in the zone.
• Cutch grounds out to first as well. Two away.
• HOME RUN: Reynolds launches a 3-2 sinker into the right field seats to give the Pirates a spark in the first inning. 388 feet, 102.4 exit velocity. Pirates, 1-0
• Cruz hits a groundout to first for a 3-1 putout. He swung at a first-pitch fastball up and in.
• Frazier makes a nice play at second to field a ground ball from Busch. Throws to first for the final out of the top of the first. Takes Skenes just 13 pitches.
• Suzuki flies out to right as well. Tried going the other way with a fastball on the outer part of the plate.
• Back-to-back balls to right field as Tucker flies out to Reynolds on a fastball low in the zone.
• Happ is first-pitch swinging and knocks a 98 mph fastball out to right field.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Cubs, Paul Skenes to Ian Happ, PNC Park, 12:37 p.m., 81 degrees, partly cloudy
• During pre-game ceremonies, the PA announcer shared Bob Nutting's statement that was released before the game. It received applause.
• Acting manager Don Kelly’s lineup:
1. Oneil Cruz, CF
2. Bryan Reynolds, RF
3. Andrew McCutchen, DH
4. Enmanuel Valdez, 1B
5. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B
6. Alexander Canario, LF
7. Adam Frazier, 2B
8. Jared Triolo, SS
9. Henry Davis, C
• Craig Counsell's lineup:
1. Ian Happ, LF
2. Kyle Tucker, RF
3. Seiya Suzuki, DH
4. Michael Busch, 1B
5. Nico Hoerner, 2B
6. Pete Crow-Armstrong, CF
7. Miguel Amaya, C
8. Dansby Swanson, SS
9. Nicky Lopez, 3B
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