Line Score – Game Over

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB
CHC 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 14 0 13
PIT 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 4

Box Score

PIT AB R H RBI BB SO BA
3B Triolo 4 0 0 0 0 2 .224
1B Horwitz 3 1 1 0 1 0 .260
DH Reynolds, B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .241
CF Cruz, O 4 0 1 1 0 3 .204
SS Gonzales, N 4 0 0 0 0 2 .272
LF Suwinski 3 0 0 0 0 2 .126
2B Yorke 3 0 0 0 0 0 .167
RF Canario 3 0 1 0 0 1 .219
C Davis 3 0 1 0 0 0 .159
PIT IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Skenes 3.2 7 3 3 3 6 92-58 2.03
Sisk 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 21-12 3.86
Lawrence, J 1.1 2 0 0 1 1 17-13 0.66
Mlodzinski 3.0 4 0 0 0 5 55-34 3.73
CHC AB R H RBI BB SO BA
1B Busch 4 2 3 1 1 0 .259
2B Hoerner 5 0 3 0 0 0 .301
LF Happ 2 1 0 1 2 1 .241
DH Ballesteros 4 1 2 0 1 2 .306
C Kelly, C 5 0 2 0 0 1 .257
CF Crow-Armstrong 4 0 1 2 0 3 .248
SS Swanson 4 0 2 0 1 1 .250
RF Castro, W 5 0 0 0 0 3 .228
3B Shaw 4 0 1 0 0 2 .224
CHC IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Horton 5.0 3 1 1 1 6 79-49 2.66
Pomeranz 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 15-11 2.20
Kittredge 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 11-8 3.24
Thielbar 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 12-6 1.94
Keller, B 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 12-9 2.16

Scoring Plays

Inning Event Score
T1 Michael Busch homers (29) on a fly ball to right field. 0-1
T1 Pete Crow-Armstrong singles on a ground ball to left fielder Jack Suwinski. Ian Happ scores. Moisés Ballesteros to 2nd. 0-2
B1 Oneil Cruz triples (3) on a line drive to right fielder Willi Castro. Spencer Horwitz scores. 1-2
T2 Ian Happ out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Oneil Cruz. Michael Busch scores. 1-3
T5 Pete Crow-Armstrong out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Alexander Canario. Moisés Ballesteros scores. Carson Kelly to 3rd. 1-4

Highlights

Description Length
Cade Horton against the Pirates 0:08
Paul Skenes against the Cubs 0:09
Probable pitchers for Cubs at Pirates – September 16, 2025 0:06
Bullpen availability for Chicago, September 16 vs Pirates 0:08
Bullpen availability for Pittsburgh, September 16 vs Cubs 0:08
Bench availability for Chicago, September 16 vs Pirates 0:08
Fielding alignment for Chicago, September 16 vs Pirates 0:11
Fielding alignment for Pittsburgh, September 16 vs Cubs 0:11
Bench availability for Pittsburgh, September 16 vs Cubs 0:08
Starting lineups for Cubs at Pirates – September 16, 2025 0:10
The distance behind Michael Busch's home run 0:12
Analyzing Michael Busch's HR swing 0:11
Breaking down Paul Skenes' pitches 0:04
Breaking down Cade Horton's pitches 0:04
Cade Horton's outing against the Pirates 0:22
Michael Busch's leadoff home run (29) 0:27
Pete Crow-Armstrong's RBI single 0:17
Paul Skenes strikes out Willi Castro 0:06
Oneil Cruz's RBI triple 0:30
Cade Horton strikes out Jared Triolo 0:06
Ian Happ's sacrifice fly 0:23
Jared Triolo's smooth stop starts a double play 0:19
Paul Skenes strikes out six over 3 2/3 innings 1:15
Pete Crow-Armstrong's sacrifice fly 0:21
Cade Horton strikes out six over five innings 1:12

Decisions

Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save
Horton (11-4, 2.66 ERA) Skenes (10-10, 2.03 ERA) Keller, B (3 SV, 2.16 ERA)

Game ended at 8:22 PM.

34 comments

  10. Kittridge since getting rocked by the reds August 5th has a 1.12 era and like a .55 whip wtf I knew he had been good but damn

  14. I don’t care if it’s been against shoddy teams, Cubs have been looking pretty good since that unfortunate Nationals series.

    You almost forget that Tucker and Seiya are missing in action.

  21. That’s twice now that Cade Horton has outdueled the best pitcher in the NL this season. Kid is amazing.

  22. PCA had a second quality game in a row tonight (though tonight without the fireworks of a homer)…2 RBIs, a hit of his own and a sac. Maybe something to all this “He is risen” stuff…I hope so! Go PCA!

  24. When you look at the entirety of the season we easily have a top 5 bullpen. That’s definitely not something I expected at the start of the year.

  25. Why can’t the cubs clinch tonight if AZ wins? We have the tiebreaker with AZ, so 162-87-75 would be zero (clinch)? What I am missing?

  27. Cade fucking Horton man. Such a gamer.

    Dominant performance from the pen was huge. Offense left a good amount of meat on the bone but the early effort (and Busch on the whole) was great.

  28. Don’t love 13 LOB. Should’ve blown them out . But pressure was on constantly. And a win is a win.

  32. Sure it’s the Pirates, but love the outing from Horton and a strong door slam by the pen. One more!

  34. And this is why my friends, we do not give up Horton for a MacKenzie Gore, or a Sandy Alcantara.

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