Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates MLB game highlights (August 16, 2025) l Marquee Sports Network

Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates MLB game highlights (August 16, 2025) l Marquee Sports Network

Hey, welcome to Cubs baseball here on Marquee Sports Network. Coming up this afternoon from Wrigley Field, we got Cubs and Pirates. It is game two of a threeame set. Yeah, it’s hot and the Cubs hoping their bats will start to heat up at home. It has been certainly appointment television. So much fun to watch him since he debuted last year in April against the Rockies. And look at these numbers over his last four starts. Yeah. I mean, we’re talking elite strike throwing. Um, you know, the ability to limit limit damage even to a righty. Look at that. That’s le below league average in OPS to right-handed hitters and clearly well below on left-handed hitters. He seems to dominate them and the Cubs have just continued to mow through victories when he’s on the mount. He’s the right guy in the right spot today. showed ready to work and the first offering in for a strike says Tony Randazzm 22 Triolo swing and a miss struck him out and a good start for Mike strike zone with your fourth seam fast and then throw a split right up the knees below you’re going to strike out a lot of hitters that’s pitch execution ground ball right at Nico gather feathers it in. [Applause] Reynolds lifts that in the air. Right field towards the corner. A one, two, three, go. The Pirates on five pitches. The Cubs will come up to hit when we come back. 346. The league average, by the way, is 316. That’s drilled right center field and a base hit. Reynolds over to cut it off. And Michael with a solid single. That one turned into a double play. Suzuki slices that one towards right center and a catch is made out there by Canario. We’ll head to the top of the second. No score here at Wrigley. Here’s a 3-2. Checks. Swing. Did he go? You bet. Yes, he did. Bill Cussy rings him up. And Boo, back to what you were talking about earlier. There’s that sweeper. Got him to chase last year. Been quite as sharp this season to center field, but Ke Armstrong waits on it. Oh, yeah. And makes the catch. Charlie, it’s awesome to meet you. Congratulations on winning the Win Trust Jr. broadcast. That was a great call and uh don’t take my job too soon. All right, good luck with everything, Charlie. Great. Good luck. Charlie Long’s our guy. Show Ianaga doing good work. Six up, six down. Yeah, I I completely agree with you on that. That one is in there. And Pagarro is gone on strikes. So, as I was throwing those pitches and going through it, line drive. Come on. Dansby swats and the gold glover ranging to his right and steals a hit. Great play as he robs Canario. Once again, Dansby proven why he’s a gold glover as he gets a great jump on this ball. And that’s it. The first step to his right allows him to get extended, get his body going in the right direction, and of course makes a great play. Showed Cubs fans to go down there. Exactly what I’m talking about. And Swanson collects three up, three down for Imanaga. He’s gotten all nine that he’s faced. We go average up to 292. Ground ball to base hit into right field. Ground ball third hard hit but gobbled up there. A second for one on to first. 543. This a pirate team that has struggled in a lot of departments. Defense not one of them. They turn it and a three no score. The 1-1 popped up left side. Swanson ranging out. Gansby makes the catch. Guys who were stretch. It’s hard to not walk anybody in a game. And then also fly ball left field. No doubt about that one. Tommy Fam unloads and just like that it is one to nothing. It’s back up the middle but her is there. Oh, in time. Nice play, Nico. 2021. Last year the pitchers hit. They hit 110 on the ground and that one gets through. Tucker’s aboard. And that is all four. Up the middle. That’ll get through. Here comes Tucker around third. Tucker’s in to score. An RBI single for Carson Kelly. 1-1. And H will take his base. It’s ball four. And they’re all loaded up. popped up. Triolo wandering out and the catch made. The Cubs leave him loaded. They do tie it. It is 1 and four. 2-1. It’s softly and Swanson will pick it up and throw him out in terms of balls back to the pitcher. popped up. Michael Bush, Carson Kelly. It’ll be Michael Bush. Foul Brown. He’s got it, but Shota the ball was not directly to him. Here comes a one, two in there. Got him. I freezes Pagarro. Strike out number five. Line drive. Softly hit left field charging base hit. So Matt Shaw is on with one out. That Dodger team that you mentioned in 2017 swinging a miss. Tucker is gone and the frustration continues for Kyle. We’ll head to the six. It’s 1-1. Should have gotten the bag. Fly ball left field. Hat waiting on it. Canario is out and one away. Lifted to left field. Swanson is out. Half is in. And the Cubs started at half. Fly ball center field. Petco Armstrong sunglasses on shading his eyes. Dimaga. More good work. It is 1 middle of the six. Line drive. Base hit out into center field. That one hit him. PCA will take his base and now two aboard. So the Cubs here in the six in business. Two on and nobody out. on the ground to third and a tag made and that is out number three. Bounce towards third charging Shaw. Oh, nice play. Gonzalez is out. Iaga picks out the sign. One out. Base is clear and a 2-2 now. Highfly ball hat wanders onto the track and has it and that is out number two. Good split right here. The pitch got swinging and it was a good split. Imanaga gets Canario and the Pirates leave a couple time to stretch. Seventh inning stretch brought to you by Budweiser. This buds for you and he got him on a breaking ball. Bush down on strikes and we are headed to the eighth. Still tied 1-1. Swing and a miss. Struck him out. Bounced towards third. Shaw up with it. Took second. Throws to first. They get fan. And now with two outs, the runner in scoring position. Swing. Did he go? Yes, he did. Struck him out. And Reynolds is gone. Kridge does the job. Here’s Seiya now. One for three. Runner goes and no throw. puts a stolen base and Kyle Tucker swipes his 25th on the ground through the right side hole and a base hit and Tucker is aboard. [Applause] Here’s Seiya now one for three. Runner goes and no throw. puts a stolen base and Kyle Tucker swipes his 25th. Ground ball up the middle. Base hit. Here comes Tucker around third. Kyle to the plate and the throw too late. Tucker is in. Second to second and the Cubs have the lead. It’s 2-1. Time all over that first pitch. hits it hard back up the middle. It’s on the ground, but it has eyes. It’s single back up the middle. Tucker scoring easy and say a heads up base running. The throw from Canario sails over the and a bunt towards third. Cis up and out at first and Suzuki moves up to 90 ft. So Pete gets the sack down. They’re going to intentionally walk in half. Base knee. Go Horner. Line drive. Base hit out into left center field. HS on the move. Racing for third. Nico to second and he’s in. And the Cubs add on. And the intentional walk doesn’t work. Insurance runner brought to you by Gallagher, helping you face your future with confidence. And that’s exactly what the doctor ordered right here. Once again, jumping on a first pitch, making him pay for that intentional walk. You want to walk in half in front of me, you’re going to pay for it. Line drive left field and caught comes score twice. Nico her delivers some insurance will go to the ninth and it’s 3-1 2-1 count. You throw up for a strike in that bottom part of the strike zone and the catchin. Got him. And that’s what happens. You throw a 2-1 slider. Guy swings a miss. Hit the top of a slider into the ground inside corner. Got him. Earlier in the game, the backup slider looked like the same pitch. Here comes Got Cubs win. Keller finishes it off and the Cubs bounce back and beat the Pirates 3-1. And we get a chance to sing this song. It’s called what you say. The CS are going to win. [Music]

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Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates MLB game highlights (August 16, 2025) l Marquee Sports Network