Line Score – Game Over

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB
PIT 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 6
CHC 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 9 0 8

Box Score

CHC AB R H RBI BB SO BA
1B Busch 4 0 1 0 0 2 .263
RF Tucker 4 2 2 0 0 1 .265
DH Suzuki 4 1 2 1 0 0 .251
CF Crow-Armstrong 1 0 0 0 1 1 .259
C Kelly, C 4 0 1 1 0 1 .269
LF Happ 2 0 0 0 2 0 .225
2B Hoerner 4 0 2 1 0 0 .294
SS Swanson 4 0 0 0 0 1 .248
3B Shaw 3 0 1 0 0 0 .229
CHC IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Imanaga 7.0 3 1 1 2 6 85-57 3.06
Kittredge 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 15-12 3.86
Keller, B 1.0 1 0 0 0 3 20-12 2.48
PIT AB R H RBI BB SO BA
SS Triolo 4 0 2 0 0 1 .193
LF Pham 3 1 1 1 1 0 .264
RF Reynolds, B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .242
2B Gonzales, N 4 0 1 0 0 1 .274
DH McCutchen 4 0 0 0 0 2 .241
C Bart 3 0 0 0 1 1 .243
1B Peguero 3 0 1 0 0 2 .208
PH Horwitz 1 0 0 0 0 1 .256
CF Canario 3 0 0 0 0 1 .195
3B Kiner-Falefa 3 0 0 0 0 1 .267
PIT IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Burrows 5.0 5 1 1 2 4 68-45 4.46
Nicolas 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 25-14 6.55
Sisk 0.1 2 2 2 0 0 6-4 5.40
Ramírez, Y 0.2 1 0 0 1 1 10-7 7.02

Scoring Plays

Inning Event Score
T4 Tommy Pham homers (6) on a fly ball to left field. 0-1
B4 Carson Kelly singles on a ground ball to center fielder Alexander Canario. Kyle Tucker scores. Pete Crow-Armstrong to 3rd. 1-1
B8 Seiya Suzuki singles on a ground ball to center fielder Alexander Canario. Kyle Tucker scores. Seiya Suzuki to 2nd. 2-1
B8 Nico Hoerner doubles (20) on a ground ball to center fielder Alexander Canario. Seiya Suzuki scores. Ian Happ to 3rd. 3-1

Highlights

Description Length
Shota Imanaga against the Pirates 0:08
Mike Burrows against the Cubs 0:08
Probable pitchers for Pirates at Cubs – August 16, 2025 0:06
Bullpen availability for Pittsburgh, August 16 vs Cubs 0:08
Bullpen availability for Chicago, August 16 vs Pirates 0:08
Fielding alignment for Chicago, August 16 vs Pirates 0:11
Bench availability for Chicago, August 16 vs Pirates 0:08
Fielding alignment for Pittsburgh, August 16 vs Cubs 0:11
Bench availability for Pittsburgh, August 16 vs Cubs 0:08
Starting lineups for Pirates at Cubs – August 16, 2025 0:10
Tommy Pham: Home Run Statcast Analysis 0:13
A deep dive into Tommy Pham's home run 0:11
Breaking down Mike Burrows' pitches 0:04
Mike Burrows' outing against the Cubs 0:24
Shota Imanaga's outing against the Pirates 0:22
Breaking down Shota Imanaga's pitches 0:04
Shota Imanaga begins his day with a strikeout 0:06
Mike Burrows records his first K of the game 0:06
Dansby Swanson extends for a great catch 0:28
Charlie Long on his love for baseball, more 1:51
Tommy Pham's solo home run (6) 0:30
Kyle Tucker records a single in the 4th inning 0:12
Carson Kelly's RBI single 0:17
Field View: Tommy Pham's solo homer 0:25
Airplane from US Air Show spooks Liover Peguero 0:11
Pitch Clock Violation on the Pirates 0:10
Jared Triolo steals third base in the 8th inning 0:25
Kyle Tucker steals second in the 8th inning 0:09
Shota Imanaga throws seven innings, allows one run 1:33
Seiya Suzuki's go-ahead RBI single 0:20
Nico Hoerner's RBI double 0:24

Decisions

Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save
Kittredge (3-3, 3.86 ERA) Sisk (0-1, 5.40 ERA) Keller, B (1 SV, 2.48 ERA)

Game ended at 3:36 PM.

29 comments

  3. No better way to break an embarrassing streak you aren’t proud of than to bring attention to it.

  6. Can’t believe they actually won a game after trailing. I THOUGHT THAT WASN’T ALLOWED?!?!?

  9. I know silver linings aren’t popular around here lately but it’s somewhat reassuring that even in our worst slump of the season we still almost never lose more than 2 in a row. That’s important in 5/7 game postgame series

  10. The streak is dead!

    That was a lot harder than it probably should have been, but when you’re subsisting on a steady diet of gruel, you don’t turn your nose up at a piece of meat.

  13. More ball like the 8th please.

    Broke that shitty going behind and losing streak as well, baby steps.

  21. Listened to today’s game on audio instead of watching. Guess I’m audio only going forward!

  22. Ok, we won a game yesterday. If we win today, it’s called “two in a row”. And if we win again tomorrow, it’s called a “winning streak”… It has happened before

    -me next game

  24. I was just getting off the court when they walked Happ to get to Hoerner. All I can say is…..what? Thank you.

  26. Shout-out to the Pirates for intentionally walking Happ (our 2nd worst RISP hitter) to get to Nico (our highest RISP hitter).

    And PCA for the bunt.

  27. Hopefully some day I can get to Chicago and see a game live. Park looks so beautiful!

  28. Another good one from Imanaga, glad to see him getting better results after that White Sox game looked like he might not be 100%. Having to claw a win from the Pirates isn’t what you want, but it’s hopefully a start to more games like we saw in the spring

  29. Shota with his obligatory solo HR and nothing else.

    Fergie believed in directly challenging hitters with the bases empty, and if one went out then so be it. In Fergie’s three year peak of 1970-1972, he gave up 91 HR in 114 starts, but only 157 walks. And he averaged a little over 8 innings and almost 33 batters faced per start.

    Shota has given up 44 HR and 45 BB in 46 career Cub starts.

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