Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs

Apr 12, 2026

2:20 PM (Eastern Time)

MLB

Final

Pittsburgh Pirates

Chicago Cubs

Box Score

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh Pirates	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	7	1
Chicago Cubs	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	1	7	10	0

Hits PIT 7 · CHC 10

Errors PIT 1 · CHC 0

Away Batting

Pittsburgh Pirates

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG
CFOneil Cruz HR	4	1	1	1	1	3	3	.339
2BBrandon Lowe HR x2	4	2	2	5	1	2	1	.224
LFBryan Reynolds	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.259
1BRyan O'Hearn	4	0	2	0	0	1	1	.333
3BNick Yorke	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	.344
DHMarcell Ozuna	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	.070
1BSpencer Horwitz	3	1	0	0	1	2	2	.216
RFBilly Cook	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
SSKonnor Griffin	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	.138
CJoey Bart	4	0	0	0	0	2	3	.105
Totals	33	6	7	6	3	15	16	—

Away Pitching

Pittsburgh Pirates

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P‑S	ERA
Bubba Chandler	5.1	5	3	3	2	4	2	91-64	3.86
Hunter Barco (H, 1)	1.2	1	1	1	2	1	0	32-21	6.43
Justin Lawrence (BS, 1)	1.0	1	2	1	2	2	0	29-16	9.82
José Urquidy (L, 0-1)	0.1	3	1	1	1	0	0	22-12	3.38
Totals	8.1	10	7	6	7	7	2	—	—

Home Batting

Chicago Cubs

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG
2BNico Hoerner 2B	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	.316
DHMoisés Ballesteros HR	3	1	2	1	0	1	0	.294
DHMiguel Amaya	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.238
PHMichael Conforto 2B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.300
PRScott Kingery	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
3BAlex Bregman	3	0	1	2	1	0	2	.213
LFIan Happ	4	0	0	0	1	0	6	.192
RFSeiya Suzuki	3	1	0	0	2	1	1	.200
CCarson Kelly 2B	5	0	2	1	0	1	2	.308
CFPete Crow-Armstrong	4	0	0	0	0	2	3	.203
SSDansby Swanson HR	2	3	1	1	2	0	1	.163
1BMatt Shaw	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	.220
1BMichael Busch	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	.135
Totals	34	7	10	6	7	7	17	—

Home Pitching

Chicago Cubs

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P‑S	ERA
Jameson Taillon	6.0	6	6	6	2	10	3	102-59	4.86
Riley Martin	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	19-13	0.00
Ethan Roberts	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	13-8	0.00
Daniel Palencia (W, 1-0)	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	16-9	0.00
Totals	9.0	7	6	6	3	15	3	—	—

Scoring Plays

Inn	Score (A-H)	Play
T1	1–0	Oneil Cruz homers (5) on a fly ball to center field.
T2	5–0	Brandon Lowe hits a grand slam (4) to right center field. Marcell Ozuna scores. Spencer Horwitz scores. Konnor Griffin scores.
B3	5–1	Dansby Swanson homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field.
B3	5–2	Moisés Ballesteros homers (2) on a fly ball to center field.
T5	6–2	Brandon Lowe homers (5) on a fly ball to right center field.
B5	6–3	Alex Bregman out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Bryan Reynolds. Nico Hoerner scores.
B7	6–4	Alex Bregman pops out to second baseman Brandon Lowe on the infield fly rule. Dansby Swanson scores.
B8	6–6	Michael Busch singles on a line drive to left fielder Bryan Reynolds. Seiya Suzuki scores. Dansby Swanson scores. Michael Busch to 2nd. Throwing error by left fielder Bryan Reynolds.
B9	6–7	Carson Kelly singles on a line drive to center fielder Oneil Cruz. Scott Kingery scores. Ian Happ to 3rd. Seiya Suzuki to 2nd.

Game Details

Wrigley Field

Probable Starting Pitchers

Bubba Chandler

Pittsburgh Pirates Away

ERA

3.12

WHIP

1.731

K/9

10.38

BB/9

10.38

8.7

Last 3 Starts ERA 1.56 WHIP —

Jameson Taillon RHP

Chicago Cubs Home

ERA

2.53

WHIP

1.219

K/9

5.91

BB/9

3.37

10.7

Last 3 Starts ERA 1.26 WHIP —

Betting Odds

Team	Moneyline	Run Line	Total
Pittsburgh Pirates	+114	+1.5 (-161)	O 12 (-112)
Chicago Cubs	-123	-1.5 (+145)	U 12 (+100)

Closing line · Apr 12

Weather & Conditions

Temp80°F

Wind 25 mphSW · out

Gusts37 mph

Humidity44%

SkyPartially cloudy

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