Line Score – Game Over

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB
CHC 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 8 10 1 10
PIT 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 3 11

Box Score

PIT AB R H RBI BB SO BA
SS Triolo 5 0 2 0 0 1 .227
2B Gonzales, N 4 0 2 0 0 0 .275
LF Pham 4 1 0 0 1 0 .247
DH McCutchen 4 1 1 1 1 2 .239
C Bart 4 1 1 3 0 2 .240
CF Canario 3 0 1 0 0 1 .221
CF Cruz, O 2 0 0 0 0 0 .203
3B Yorke 4 0 1 0 0 1 .175
1B Flores 3 0 1 0 1 1 .333
3B Devanney 2 1 1 0 0 1 .118
RF Suwinski 2 0 0 0 0 2 .124
PIT IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Oviedo 5.0 5 4 4 3 3 99-60 3.52
Ramírez, Y 0.2 1 3 0 1 0 18-10 5.76
Sisk 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 9-6 3.78
Moreta 1.1 1 1 1 3 1 32-15 3.68
Nicolas 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 11-7 5.24
Santana, D 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 12-9 2.22
CHC AB R H RBI BB SO BA
1B Busch 2 1 0 1 2 1 .258
2B Hoerner 4 3 2 0 1 0 .303
LF Happ 4 1 2 3 1 0 .243
DH Ballesteros 3 1 1 1 0 1 .308
DH Turner, J 2 0 2 2 0 0 .223
RF Suzuki 3 0 0 0 0 0 .243
RF Alcántara 1 0 0 0 0 1 .143
CF Crow-Armstrong 5 0 1 0 0 1 .247
SS Swanson 4 1 1 0 1 2 .250
C McGuire 5 0 1 0 0 0 .216
3B Shaw 3 1 0 0 2 0 .222
CHC IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Boyd 3.0 7 4 4 2 5 83-48 3.20
Hodge 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 19-11 5.63
Civale 3.0 1 0 0 0 3 55-36 4.92
Pomeranz 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 24-14 2.15
Rogers, Ta 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 14-8 3.28

Scoring Plays

Inning Event Score
T1 Ian Happ homers (23) on a fly ball to right field. Nico Hoerner scores. 0-3
T1 Moisés Ballesteros homers (2) on a fly ball to right field. 0-4
B1 Joey Bart homers (3) on a fly ball to center field. Tommy Pham scores. Andrew McCutchen scores. 3-4
B2 Andrew McCutchen walks. Cam Devanney scores. Jared Triolo to 3rd. Nick Gonzales to 2nd. 4-4
T6 Michael Busch out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Nick Yorke. Dansby Swanson scores. 4-5
T6 Ian Happ singles on a ground ball to center fielder Alexander Canario. Matt Shaw scores. Nico Hoerner to 2nd. 4-6
T6 Justin Turner singles on a line drive to right fielder Nick Yorke. Nico Hoerner scores. Ian Happ to 3rd. 4-7
T8 Justin Turner singles on a ground ball to left fielder Tommy Pham. Nico Hoerner scores. Ian Happ to 2nd. 4-8

Highlights

Description Length
Probable pitchers for Cubs at Pirates – September 17, 2025 0:06
Matthew Boyd against the Pirates 0:09
Bench availability for Chicago, September 17 vs Pirates 0:08
Bullpen availability for Chicago, September 17 vs Pirates 0:08
Fielding alignment for Chicago, September 17 vs Pirates 0:11
Fielding alignment for Pittsburgh, September 17 vs Cubs 0:11
Bench availability for Pittsburgh, September 17 vs Cubs 0:08
Bullpen availability for Pittsburgh, September 17 vs Cubs 0:08
Starting lineups for Cubs at Pirates – September 17, 2025 0:10
Moisés Ballesteros' home run through bat tracking data 0:11
Moisés Ballesteros: Home Run Statcast Analysis 0:13
Breaking down Ian Happ's home run 0:13
Breaking down Joey Bart's home run 0:13
Visualizing Joey Bart's swing using bat tracking technology 0:11
Breaking down Matthew Boyd's pitches 0:04
Breaking down Johan Oviedo's pitches 0:04
Johan Oviedo's outing against the Cubs 0:24
Breaking down Aaron Civale's pitches 0:04
Ian Happ's two-run homer (23) 0:30
Michael Busch scores on balk 0:24
Moisés Ballesteros' solo homer (2) 0:29
Joey Bart's three-run homer (3) 0:28
Happ and Ballesteros hit back-to-back home runs 1:00
Andrew McCutchen's RBI walk 0:14
Pete Crow-Armstrong doubles in the 3rd 0:15
Matthew Boyd strikes out Jared Triolo in the 3rd 0:06
Rafael Flores doubles for first career hit 0:25
Cam Devanney's slick sliding play 0:25
Michael Busch's sacrifice fly 0:22
Ian Happ's RBI single 0:18
Justin Turner's RBI single 0:22
Alexander Canario's superb grab leads to double play 0:29
Nico Hoerner's impressive play 0:22
Johan Oviedo fans Dansby Swanson 0:08
Justin Turner's second RBI single of the game 0:17
Rafael Flores' family in attendance for his debut 2:20

Decisions

Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save
Civale (4-9, 4.92 ERA) Ramírez, Y (1-3, 5.76 ERA)

Game ended at 2:56 PM.

49 comments

  5. Cubs W and clinched a playoff spot!

    ![gif](giphy|DtgTGBGe9pU6RPuYd2)

    I’m also turning 30 in October. A WS would be a cool birthday gift…

  7. It’s been a weird season that has felt frustrating more often than you’d imagine for a team with one of the best records in the league. But we finally get October baseball at Wrigley!

    2020 being the weird Covid season and the 2018 postseason berth being just the one game WC game really makes this feel like it’ll be the first legit postseason appearance for the Cubs since 2017.

  17. Let’s get hot going into October. Get our starting pitching right and get our outfield (minus Happ, he’s already been great) going again. Seiya and PCA and hopefully a healthy Tucker are our most important offensive pieces to get going.

  22. I’d just like to officially say to all the CC doomers, you were wrong. Playoff baseball is BACK! Thanks Craig

  24. Beginning of the year: no expectations
    All star break: we’re going to win the division
    Today: I love the Cubs. I’ll take it.

  27. Nice of the Cubs to give both the optimistic and pessimistic fans something to talk about today 😂

    Seriously though can’t take any of this for granted. Let’s get healthy and get ready for playoff baseball!

  28. So proud of these boys

    We were talented enough to make it the last couple of years, but things didn’t go our way in a few games to keep us out. With this team the sky is the limit so I’m excited to see what we can do.

  34. Man as fan the last couple of years you think of how frustrating it’s been. From the last year with Ross to last year. It wore you down as a fan.

    Ian showing some emotion there really just shows you how bad these guys want it too and how much those seasons got to them as well.

  44. The baseball gods not only gave me a day game for my birthday, but the fucking clinch too, hell yeah.

  45. a sweep and playoff spot secured in the same day! i’m pretty happy rn to say the least 🥹

  49. Feel great for all of the guys in the locker room right now, but especially happy seeing Seiya celebrate.

    I’m sure when he decided to come over it was moments like this he really wanted to experience.

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