• Ferguson gets Kelly to fly out to right. That ends the top of the eighth.
• Justin Turner hits for Busch and is retired 3-1.
• Suzuki lines out to first.
• End of seventh inning: Hayes down looking.
• Bart walks for a second time tonight.
• Game continues on. Cutch moves to third on a wild pitch.
• Sending positive thoughts to that fan, their friends and family. Man, that's terrifying.
• Really scary moment here as it appears someone may have fell from above the Clemente Wall in right. Currently being treated by medical personnel.
• RUNS: McCutchen hits one up the middle that goes off a sliding Swanson and trickles into right field. Allows both IKF and Reynolds to score. Two-run double for Cutch. Pirates, 4-3
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• Reynolds with a two-hit night. Single to left puts two on for Cutch.
• Cruz goes chasing after a 1-2 sweeper out of the zone. Two outs.
• IKF reaches on an error by Berti at third.
• A: 11,297
• Frazier lines out to center. One out.
• Adam Frazier will hit for Triolo and lead off the home half. Frazier hasn't started the last two nights with a left-handed starter on the mound, but he's currently riding an 11-game hit streak.
• Tucker grounds out to first to end the top of the seventh.
• Happ flies out to center and Shugart will turn things over to Caleb Ferguson.
• Berti hits a liner off the foot of Shugart and it sails into right field. He turns it into a one-out double. Adding insult to injury there.
• Shugart gets Swanson swinging at a 2-2 sinker at the top of the zone.
• Shugart gets another inning.
• End of sixth inning: Pham grounds into an inning-ending 6-3 double play and hears it from the crowd.
• And Valdez sends the first pitch he sees into right for a one-out single.
• Enmanuel Valdez will hit for Gorski.
• Hayes strikes out swinging.
• Crow-Armstrong pops out to IKF in shallow center. Clean sixth for Shugart.
• End of fifth inning: Bart is finally retired in this series. Grounds into an inning-ending 5-4-3 double play.
• Cutch saw five balls out of the zone during that at-bat and didn't swing at any of them. Ball five is called and he takes his base.
• Reynolds doubles down the third-base line. That's his first hit since the finale of the Angels series.
• Cruz down swinging.
• Scoring change: The passed ball credited to Bart has now been ruled a wild pitch. So two wild pitches from Borucki in the top half.
• Borucki gets Busch swinging to end the top of the fifth. Cubs get three runs on two hits, a walk, a passed ball that allowed two runners to advance and a costly wild pitch.
• Suzuki down looking. Two outs.
• RUN: Happ scores on a wild pitch. Cubs, 3-2
• Borucki hadn't allowed a hit in his previous six appearances entering tonight.
• RUN: Tucker grounds out to first. Berti scores and Happ advances to third. One out.
• Runners up 90 feet on a passed ball.
• RUN: Happ drives in Swanson with a single that goes past the glove of Triolo. Pirates, 2-1
• Ryan Borucki enters to face the top of the Cubs order.
• Two on to begin the inning, as Berti walks. First free pass surrendered. That's going to be it for Mlodzinski after four innings and two batters faced in the fifth. He gets a nice hand from the crowd here at PNC. Gotta give him credit. He held his own and worked his way out of trouble when he needed to.
• Swanson leads off the fifth with a bloop single to right.
• End of fourth inning: IKF grounds into a fielder's choice.
• RUN: Call is overturned. Bart is ruled safe, as he just touched home plate before the tag. Triolo credited with an RBI on the sac fly. Pirates, 2-0
• Triolo flies out to center and Bart heads home. Unbelievably strong throw by Crow-Armstrong there. Bart is ruled out at the plate, but the Pirates are challenging the call. I would have slid there, but that's just me.
• Pham down swinging. One out.
• Gorski singles to left to load the bases. Wise of MikeRabelo to hold Bart. Pham to the plate.
• Hayes reaches on a single that barely leaves the infield. Don't know if Swanson had a chance to get that out even if he fields it cleanly.
• Bart doubles to left to lead off the fourth. The guy still hasn't recorded an out over these last two games. Three hits, three walks.
• Crow-Armstrong lines out to right. Second straight inning where Mlodzinski gets out of trouble. He's now at 56 pitches over four innings.
• Single to right for Hoerner.
• Kelly credited with a two-out single that sneaks under the glove of Hayes.
• Busch down swinging at a sweeper outside.
• Mlodzinski gets Suzuki swinging at a 96.5 mph fastball on the outer third. I believe that was his fastest four-seam of the game. Averaging around 95.5 with it this season.
• End third inning: Cutch lines out to third.
• And he's erased on a 6-4-3 double play off the bat of Reynolds.
• Cruz leads off the third with a walk.
• Mlodzinski induces a 4-6-3 double play off the bat of Tucker. Comes away unscathed. Mlodzinski at 42 pitches through three innings. Sweeper seems to be working well so far. Getting some whiffs, throwing it for strikes and isn't getting hurt with it.
• Single to center for Happ. Two on, one out for Tucker.
• Berti grounds into a 6-4 fielder's choice.
• Leadoff single for Swanson.
• End of second inning: IKF retired 4-3.
• Triolo flies out to right.
• Pham down swinging.
• Crow-Armstrong flies out to center. Mlodzinski still has yet to allow a run in the first and second innings this season. We'll see how he fares in the third and beyond. He's at 26 pitches through two innings.
• Two-out single to left for Hoerner.
• Mlodzinski gets Kelly swinging with a nasty sweeper in a 3-2 count.
• Busch grounds out 5-3 to begin the second.
• Hayes entered tonight hitting .314 with a .711 OPS during the first nine games of what is now a 10-game hitting streak. Now five RBIs during this stretch.
• End of first inning: Gorski strikes out swinging at a 2-2 changeup at the bottom of the zone. Boyd with three whiffs at the expense of Gorski during that AB.
• RUN: Hayes plates Cruz with a bloop single to right. Bart advances to third on the play. Pirates, 1-0
Ke'Bryan Hayes gives the Pirates the lead while extending his hitting streak to 10 games
• Nice at-bat there by Bart. Third walk in two games this series. Went 2 for 2 with two walks last night. A nine-pitch at-bat there.
• Looks like a bit of a malfunction with the Jumbotron. Had nothing but the Pirates logo on it for a short time during this half inning and now it's just a black screen.
• Cutch chases a 2-2 changeup way out of the zone. Not good when even Reynolds and Cutch can't capitalize on a key scoring chance.
• Cruz to third on a passed ball.
• Reynolds strikes out on a check swing. Couldn't hold off on that 1-2 slider.
• Cruz leads off the home half with a double over the head of Tucker in right. Pirates in business right out of the gate.
• Mlodzinski gets Suzuki looking with a 1-2 sweeper at the bottom of the zone. A nine-pitch first for Mlodzinski.
• Tucker pops out to Hayes near the mound.
• Mlodzinski takes a liner to the left heel. Ball never hit the ground and IKF retires Happ on a lineout. Trainer came out to visit Mlodzinski and he'll stay in after a couple tosses.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Cubs, 6:42 p.m., CarmenMlodzinski to IanHapp, 70 degrees, sunny
• For Derek Shelton's Pirates:
1. Oneil Cruz, CF 2. Bryan Reynolds, RF 3. Andrew McCutchen, DH 4. Joey Bart, C 5. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B 6. Matt Gorski, 1B 7. Tommy Pham, LF 8. Jared Triolo, 2B 9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
• Craig Counsell's starting nine:
1. Ian Happ, LF 2. Kyle Tucker, RF 3. Seiya Suzuki, DH 4. Michael Busch, 1B 5. Carson Kelly, C 6. Nico Hoerner, 2B 7. Pete Crow-Armstrong, CF 8. Dansby Swanson, SS 9. Jon Berti, 3B
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José Negron
3:56 am - 04.30.2025North ShoreFinal: Pirates 4, Cubs 3
• Who: Pirates (11-19) vs. Cubs (18-12)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 31
• When: 6:40 p.m.
• Where: PNC Park
• Weather: 69°, sunny
• Pitchers: RHP Carmen Mlodzinski (1-3, 6.95 ERA) vs. LHP Matthew Boyd (2-2, 2.54 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
• That's a final. Pirates 4, Cubs 3
• Crow-Armstrong lines out to center.
• Hoerner retired 4-3.
• Renegade time.
• Ferguson gets Kelly to fly out to right. That ends the top of the eighth.
• Justin Turner hits for Busch and is retired 3-1.
• Suzuki lines out to first.
• End of seventh inning: Hayes down looking.
• Bart walks for a second time tonight.
• Game continues on. Cutch moves to third on a wild pitch.
• Sending positive thoughts to that fan, their friends and family. Man, that's terrifying.
• Really scary moment here as it appears someone may have fell from above the Clemente Wall in right. Currently being treated by medical personnel.
• RUNS: McCutchen hits one up the middle that goes off a sliding Swanson and trickles into right field. Allows both IKF and Reynolds to score. Two-run double for Cutch. Pirates, 4-3
• Reynolds with a two-hit night. Single to left puts two on for Cutch.
• Cruz goes chasing after a 1-2 sweeper out of the zone. Two outs.
• IKF reaches on an error by Berti at third.
• A: 11,297
• Frazier lines out to center. One out.
• Adam Frazier will hit for Triolo and lead off the home half. Frazier hasn't started the last two nights with a left-handed starter on the mound, but he's currently riding an 11-game hit streak.
• Tucker grounds out to first to end the top of the seventh.
• Happ flies out to center and Shugart will turn things over to Caleb Ferguson.
• Berti hits a liner off the foot of Shugart and it sails into right field. He turns it into a one-out double. Adding insult to injury there.
• Shugart gets Swanson swinging at a 2-2 sinker at the top of the zone.
• Shugart gets another inning.
• End of sixth inning: Pham grounds into an inning-ending 6-3 double play and hears it from the crowd.
• And Valdez sends the first pitch he sees into right for a one-out single.
• Enmanuel Valdez will hit for Gorski.
• Hayes strikes out swinging.
• Crow-Armstrong pops out to IKF in shallow center. Clean sixth for Shugart.
• Hoerner flies out to right.
• How the Cubs took the lead in the fifth:
• Kelly pops out to Gorski at first.
• Chase Shugart gets the sixth.
• End of fifth inning: Bart is finally retired in this series. Grounds into an inning-ending 5-4-3 double play.
• Cutch saw five balls out of the zone during that at-bat and didn't swing at any of them. Ball five is called and he takes his base.
• Reynolds doubles down the third-base line. That's his first hit since the finale of the Angels series.
• Cruz down swinging.
• Scoring change: The passed ball credited to Bart has now been ruled a wild pitch. So two wild pitches from Borucki in the top half.
• Borucki gets Busch swinging to end the top of the fifth. Cubs get three runs on two hits, a walk, a passed ball that allowed two runners to advance and a costly wild pitch.
• Suzuki down looking. Two outs.
• RUN: Happ scores on a wild pitch. Cubs, 3-2
• Borucki hadn't allowed a hit in his previous six appearances entering tonight.
• RUN: Tucker grounds out to first. Berti scores and Happ advances to third. One out.
• Runners up 90 feet on a passed ball.
• RUN: Happ drives in Swanson with a single that goes past the glove of Triolo. Pirates, 2-1
• Ryan Borucki enters to face the top of the Cubs order.
• Two on to begin the inning, as Berti walks. First free pass surrendered. That's going to be it for Mlodzinski after four innings and two batters faced in the fifth. He gets a nice hand from the crowd here at PNC. Gotta give him credit. He held his own and worked his way out of trouble when he needed to.
• Swanson leads off the fifth with a bloop single to right.
• End of fourth inning: IKF grounds into a fielder's choice.
• RUN: Call is overturned. Bart is ruled safe, as he just touched home plate before the tag. Triolo credited with an RBI on the sac fly. Pirates, 2-0
• Triolo flies out to center and Bart heads home. Unbelievably strong throw by Crow-Armstrong there. Bart is ruled out at the plate, but the Pirates are challenging the call. I would have slid there, but that's just me.
• Pham down swinging. One out.
• Gorski singles to left to load the bases. Wise of Mike Rabelo to hold Bart. Pham to the plate.
• Hayes reaches on a single that barely leaves the infield. Don't know if Swanson had a chance to get that out even if he fields it cleanly.
• Bart doubles to left to lead off the fourth. The guy still hasn't recorded an out over these last two games. Three hits, three walks.
• Crow-Armstrong lines out to right. Second straight inning where Mlodzinski gets out of trouble. He's now at 56 pitches over four innings.
• Single to right for Hoerner.
• Kelly credited with a two-out single that sneaks under the glove of Hayes.
• Busch down swinging at a sweeper outside.
• Mlodzinski gets Suzuki swinging at a 96.5 mph fastball on the outer third. I believe that was his fastest four-seam of the game. Averaging around 95.5 with it this season.
• End third inning: Cutch lines out to third.
• And he's erased on a 6-4-3 double play off the bat of Reynolds.
• Cruz leads off the third with a walk.
• Mlodzinski induces a 4-6-3 double play off the bat of Tucker. Comes away unscathed. Mlodzinski at 42 pitches through three innings. Sweeper seems to be working well so far. Getting some whiffs, throwing it for strikes and isn't getting hurt with it.
• Single to center for Happ. Two on, one out for Tucker.
• Berti grounds into a 6-4 fielder's choice.
• Leadoff single for Swanson.
• End of second inning: IKF retired 4-3.
• Triolo flies out to right.
• Pham down swinging.
• Crow-Armstrong flies out to center. Mlodzinski still has yet to allow a run in the first and second innings this season. We'll see how he fares in the third and beyond. He's at 26 pitches through two innings.
• Two-out single to left for Hoerner.
• Mlodzinski gets Kelly swinging with a nasty sweeper in a 3-2 count.
• Busch grounds out 5-3 to begin the second.
• Hayes entered tonight hitting .314 with a .711 OPS during the first nine games of what is now a 10-game hitting streak. Now five RBIs during this stretch.
• End of first inning: Gorski strikes out swinging at a 2-2 changeup at the bottom of the zone. Boyd with three whiffs at the expense of Gorski during that AB.
• RUN: Hayes plates Cruz with a bloop single to right. Bart advances to third on the play. Pirates, 1-0
• Jumbotron is working properly now, by the way.
• Nice at-bat there by Bart. Third walk in two games this series. Went 2 for 2 with two walks last night. A nine-pitch at-bat there.
• Looks like a bit of a malfunction with the Jumbotron. Had nothing but the Pirates logo on it for a short time during this half inning and now it's just a black screen.
• Cutch chases a 2-2 changeup way out of the zone. Not good when even Reynolds and Cutch can't capitalize on a key scoring chance.
• Cruz to third on a passed ball.
• Reynolds strikes out on a check swing. Couldn't hold off on that 1-2 slider.
• Cruz leads off the home half with a double over the head of Tucker in right. Pirates in business right out of the gate.
• Mlodzinski gets Suzuki looking with a 1-2 sweeper at the bottom of the zone. A nine-pitch first for Mlodzinski.
• Tucker pops out to Hayes near the mound.
• Mlodzinski takes a liner to the left heel. Ball never hit the ground and IKF retires Happ on a lineout. Trainer came out to visit Mlodzinski and he'll stay in after a couple tosses.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Cubs, 6:42 p.m., Carmen Mlodzinski to Ian Happ, 70 degrees, sunny
• For Derek Shelton's Pirates:
1. Oneil Cruz, CF
2. Bryan Reynolds, RF
3. Andrew McCutchen, DH
4. Joey Bart, C
5. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B
6. Matt Gorski, 1B
7. Tommy Pham, LF
8. Jared Triolo, 2B
9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
• Craig Counsell's starting nine:
1. Ian Happ, LF
2. Kyle Tucker, RF
3. Seiya Suzuki, DH
4. Michael Busch, 1B
5. Carson Kelly, C
6. Nico Hoerner, 2B
7. Pete Crow-Armstrong, CF
8. Dansby Swanson, SS
9. Jon Berti, 3B
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