Pirates vs. Cubs Game Highlights (8/15/25) | MLB Highlights

Pirates vs. Cubs Game Highlights (8/15/25) | MLB Highlights

Ready to roll and couldn’t be back at home as the Cubs will have three with the Pirates five against the Brewers. Ronnie Simon stands in the switch hitter batting left and away. We go bounce to first and Busch gathers it in and Simon is out, Ryan Reynolds at the plate ground ball to second fielded cleanly by Horner. The throw to first in time and a 1 to 2 to 3 top of the first middle one cubs and Pirates scoreless. Ashcroft is 3 to 2 with a 3 to 19 on the year making his second consecutive start here after a start on the ninth against the Reds. There’s nothing tiny in Texas, there’s the slider, it’s filthy. See Bush shaking his head after that at bat swing and a miss that was another good breaking ball from Braxton Ashcroft right there and just like the at bat against Michael Bush, he was elevated top of the top part of the strike zone against Suzuki two balls, one strike and the pitch bouncing ball to first bobble pick up Hoitz tosses to Ashcroft in plenty of time to get Kyle Tucker 123 for the has been in a funk last 10 games 2 to 38 with 15 strikeouts. The overall number is still really line drive down the right field and it drops in for a base hit Armstrong on his way to second. Here’s the throw, it’s cut off one out, double for Pete Crow Armstrong. That’s a nice start coming off the day off. That’s good to see a needed. That big craft looks to second the pitch ground ball off the back of the foot of Ashcraft but right to the second baseman Gonzalez, if it hit Ashcroft, it just nicked him a 4 to 3 put out. And Pete Crow Armstrong goes to third base two outs. Swanson with a runner at third and two outs. Righty batter bounces this ball toward third and a tough second hop and IK has it and throws on the first heck of a play by Isaiah Craft always pitched well in the minor leagues but had some injuries and Maguire not ready to hit at eight seconds and so called out on strikes of the third delivers swing and a miss struck him out another k to circle that one. That’s for this one was on time. Brax and Ashcraft has his stuff looking good ball four as Ray misses up high with a slider, two out walk for Gonzalez and the Pirates here in the top of the fourth, it will bring up andrew Mccutchen, the pitch line to right field near the line that’s going to get down and head into the corner. Mike going to wave home. Nick Gonzalez, andrew Mccutchen coasting into second with an RB I double. The throw comes to second. It’s 1 to 0 pirates cuts got just that. He got a pitch out over the plate, shot it down the right field line, beautiful piece of hit and looked like a fastball about belty on the outer third of the plate. So there’s a meeting on the mound right now with the Pirates threatening with two away here in the top of the fourth. Pittsburgh has a one to nothing lead. Here’s the pitch swing and a miss strike three with a fastball again. Triolo is retired that ends the top of the fourth Pirates score one and stran two. Suzuki leads off the last of the four at the pitch, smoke fair ball down the left field line. It bounces all the way to the corner. Suzuki on his way to second base and it will stop there leadoff double here in the fourth for sea and the Cubs. Here’s the 2 to 1 pitch and a line drive oh, caught by Triolo behind second base. Got the big frame up the long arm of the law, Rob’s ha. And back to second goes, Suzuki. Great play by Triolo positioned ha pretty much perfectly drive base hit right field PC. A knock in Suzuki had it for second. So it’s a tie ball game as Curl Armstrong is nailed trying to extend that RB I single into a double. Simon will take his pace. The daylight third base coach is yelling back. Nobody can hear him shut out. Ryan Terry, the water show and he said that thing flies overhead and it’s like that I’m throwing the daylight play pitch in the dirt, throw a second tag , spencer Horowitz with two down at second. We’re tied at one. Wrigley field has shaken at times because of the crowd, especially in 16. It’s shaking again today here in 25 because of the thunderbird and the 22 Horowitz swings and misses. Ray gets him with a slider. Simon stranded at second pitches a strike and he’s in there with a stolen base. His sixth. Now the pitch and a high fly ball hit to center angling to left center Crow Armstrong fighting the sun makes the catch for out number two, 0 to 2, grounded out twice, two outs runner at second in the seventh fly ball left center field over is Co Armstrong and dives at the last moment. Can’t make the catch into second base. Goes falefa with a double and the Pirates take a 2 to 1 lead in the seventh inning. Pete is limping a little bit reacting a little bit slowly. It seemed to me as if a step or two before he was getting ready to make his dive. He pulled up a little bit. All right. Cubs fans. Let me hear you and, and a two and a three. No. Hey, fine, good. We, because it’s good man said for it’s one right here checking on him. I mean, he’s clearly uncomfortable. I’m not sure what the issue is and Then BC gets hit. That’s the frustrating one for a hitter. You’re 0 to 2. The last thing a pitcher wants to do is hit you right here in a 2 to 1 ball game and he gets squared up right in the same place here to land on that hip when he dope for that ball. Like come on, man hurt here. These cubs hitters know that in a bunt situation right here. First pitch, he goes with the slider out in front of the plate and it spins away but he c English on that thing. Pocket bunt popped up a little bit of. We call that a little masse on that ball kicks back gives Henry davis fits Matt Shaw at the plate bases loaded. No one out here’s the pitch. Shaw swings and it’s a high fly ball to center field underneath it. Soins makes the catch tagging PC A. The throw goes to third and scoring the tying run 2 to 2 game after the sacrifice fly by matt Shaw here in the seventh. Still hobbled. I don’t know if it’s, you know, you’re hoping that it’s contact related has given up two home runs. His last was June 21st here at Wrigley against the Mariners, Jackins Taft High School just down the road. Northwest Chicago. He’s trying to hit one out in his hometown and Jack Soit gives the Pirates the lead in the nine. Hello, Chicago. Welcome home. How about that? Potato Pete 101 mile an hour. Fastball. That Jack beautiful swing. Good day for Pete at the plate. Knocked in a run at RB I single in the fourth RB. I since July 30th line drive base hit in the left center field, the tying run is on base as Pete Pro Armstrong picks up his third hit of the day. A single. The other way you have to be on the same page of Henry Davis and he takes off right away. The throw down is in the dirt off the bag and he’s thrown out , couldn’t anchor it down, slid way off the bag head. First time Triolo picked it out of the dirt turned and couldn’t believe Armstrong was way off the bag. He just turned and tagged him out. He had a beat by a mile. The throw was a little bit towards the third base side. What a very fortunate break for the Pirates right here. One pitch away from the five game losing streak and handing the Cubs the most difficult loss ground ball left side. Triolo Scoops throws gets praise the Jolly Roger at Wrigley field and listen to the boos rained down on Wrigley frustrating loss is the offense not able to get.

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