Pirates vs. Cubs Game Highlights (8/17/25) | MLB Highlights

Pirates vs. Cubs Game Highlights (8/17/25) | MLB Highlights

Taking the field and the 28 year old from Tijuana Mexico making his second start of the year. He was on the il from the middle of spring training with that oblique injury made his first start of the year this past week in Toronto which batting left Simon is in Assad fire and the first pitch of the game to the right side and throws him out one pitch and one out. Greg Maddux always used to say to him a perfect game would be 27 outs on 27 pitches. One on ground ball. Horner tried again. Shuffles to his quickly, there are two outs. Now it’s Brian Reynolds who yesterday was hitless in four at bats, 1 to 2 pitch, a little off the end of the bat and into left field just inside the line, moving to fish it out there along the wall. Is he in half, reynolds turns the corner at first and slides in feet first safely. It’s a two out loop double for Reynolds and the Bucks have a man in scoring position in the first Tommy Pham. Accounting for the only run yesterday, digs in pitches around the two out loop double, we go to the bottom of the first and the Cubs will come up to hit. Here’s a look at Carmen Maginn shared earlier how successful he’s been coming out of the bullpen, 15 games out of the bullpen. He’s been really electric. 24 to 1. Er, a. Now, what do you see from the starting role for Carmen Majin? Is it going to be very similar? He’s in attack mode. Michael Busch is the leadoff man for the Cubs. Got a man there one pitch and one out. Very efficient tucker. An all star this year has been each of the last four years. 31 is grounded down to first baseman on a long hop. Horwitz two up two down for Minsky. Here’s Suzuki standing in, swinging at the first pitch, rolling it down to shortstop folo up with it and on to first. Well, hey, looking good so far, Carmen Magin your first start in a little while up and down. Go the Cubs in the first. We head to the second Armstrong bounced up the middle, knocked down by Gonzalez. Not going to get a and the leadoff man is aboard. He didn’t field it cleanly. That will go. E four would be my suspicion. We’ll keep our eye on Pete who has stolen 30 of 36. Here’s hat that’s in the dirt and a good moves up that technically go as a wild pitch. Just a real good read of the ball in the dirt. As soon as he sees the pitch bounce, he was gone before he even saw it got away from him. A man in scoring position with the count two and two hit. Here comes Sowinski up with it. No throw RB I single, he delivers and it’s one for the laid off, a good breaking ball in the dirt fouls off another tough one. Then he gets a split finger fastball that stays up out over the plate. He was able to stay through that ball with the speed of PC. A good luck. You’re not getting him and says hello and a little folks over there half back to first Niko retired two away dance Swanson and swung on, flown in the air left of center and deep Zins nearing the track at the base of the Ivy just enough room to haul it in. He gave it a ride retired and that’s five straight retired by Javier Isaiah Kiner-Falefa 267. A homer and 33 driven in 3 to 1 pitch ground up the middle by I KF into center field and a one out single to second this afternoon for Pittsburgh. The batter Ronnie Simon, the leadoff grounded to first pushed down to a knee with a runner on the move and Michael steps on the bag for a second two outs. Now Horowitz, the batter with a man in scoring position two down Javier Assad to the bucko first baseman and Spence swings and he lines it into the gap right center and this will split the gap around third to tie the game is Isaiah Kiner Horowitz chugging into second. He just beats the throw, sliding feet first and it’s a 11 game in the third inning. As Spencer Horowitz comes through with his 34th RB I of the year and can Reynolds come through to give the Bucks the lead. He’s one for one today. Reynolds that’s going to get down. Armstrong is going to give him a try. He’s held is probably going to nail him well done out there by Pete Crowle Armstrong. Really well done. Watch this ball as this ball goes to center. Of course, we know about his arm but it kicks hard to the right and he has to reach back and makes a good play and still come up with a good throw quick and out of his glove and that was lightning quick for a line drive right field. Tucker makes the catch to right. The Pirates leave a couple and they score. This game is tied at one and two aboard with one out Joey Bart 2 to 2 swing and a miss struck him out. Barne is gone. We’ve seen so many pitches from javier down in the zone down in the zone and here’s a four seam chasing up in the zone two down with two aboard. It will bring up Isaiah Roller third. Shaw throws out and assad pitches out of trouble new pitcher and it’s Taylor Rogers top of the order against the new pitcher. The lefty popped up foul ground right side, Michael Busch and there is out number one swing and a Miss and Horowitz done on strikes two away, three and 22 outs. Rogers ready and fires a little dribbler out in front of the mound. Rogers picks it up and threw it away and reynolds racing for second and he’ll get there. Brian reynolds on second base with two outs here. Nonetheless, matt Shaw, what a play a rope to third. Shaw continues his brilliance defensively at third half down to second and there’s one away and now a man in scoring position for Dansby Swanson, 32 hits the bag fair ball down the line here comes in. Dansby racing for second half is in Swanson spreading for third and he’s in this, the Cubs have the lead. He said, I know I’ve been struggling with runners in scoring position, but it’s my bobblehead day. That’s right ball just off the bag and nothing you can do half scoring easy. And Then Dansby Swanson play right in front of him. He’s able to see the ball off the sees the car by the left fielder, Tommy Pham and Cruz to third, but he could have stood up and it was his start date today. But yesterday, the veteran andrew Heaney learned and manager Don Kelly announced that Heaney would be going to the bullpen and here he is coming on in relief with a run 90 ft away in the name of Dansby Swanson. Left handed hitter Michael Busch about to step in for the Cubs. Here’s the pitch with two outs swinging a ground ball sharply down to first backhanded Horowitz to the bag and the inning over the Cubs grab the lead a run on a hit an error. Another runner left 90 ft away. That will be Joey Bard here with one out 1st and 2nd. Same situation batting in the fourth inning. Ben Brown for Chicago comes, set delivers and Bart swings rips the ball down the left field line. It’s fair headed into the corner. This will tie the game. Gonzalez scores from second. Mike Rabelo is going to wave Jack Sowinski home. He will score without a throw. It’s a two run Joey Bart double in the top of the sixth inning and the Pirates have taken the lead on the Cubs at Wrigley. It’s 3 to 2. Buckholz C with a scoring opportunity at 2nd and 3rd with one out chase sugar against Carson Kelly. Here comes the one to one. Kelly hits a high fly ball, shallow center racing in Soins. Here comes no Suzuki scores PC A heads to third Cubs tie up the ball game 3 to 3 here in the sixth and they’re still threatening with men at the corners and just one away just let him have it. Here’s three fastballs. We sit down and now Dansby Swanson will step to the plate 33 game two away bases loaded for the Cubs here in the last of the six got him to pop it up with the bases loaded out to Simon and right and a 33 tie through six at Wrigley caleb Bear is on here and he will face Ronnie Simon who hasn’t gotten a chance to hit right handed. A ton has an opportunity to give the Pirates a go ahead run. Big RB I here with two outs swinging comes in, punches out Simon and strands the go ahead run. And now Dansby Swanson, he came up with the bases loaded in the sixth and two outs an opportunity here to give the Cubs the lead right field simon back. This will be the Kelly will tag and Kelly will score Watson sack Fly Cubs lead. It’s 4 to 3. Andrew Kittridge will take over two outs for Kittridge. It would be his first save since last year with the Cardinals towards third Castro. Is there Cubs win? They had to work hard for it but they take two of three from the Pirates and up next, a five game set with the Brewers.

Pirates vs. Cubs full game highlights from 8/17/25

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