PIT 5, CHC 6 | Sep 2, 2021 | The Best Box Score

Friday, September 3, 2021•Wrigley Field•74°F, Cloudy

PIT

Pirates

CHC

Cubs

Final

WIN

Codi Heuer

LOSS

Sam Howard

The Cubs edged the Pirates 6-5 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

★Colin Moran3 RBI

★Ian Happ3-for-6, 3 RBI

★Sergio Alcántara3-for-4, 0 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 7: Rafael Ortega homers (9) on a fly ball to right field. Robinson Chirinos scores. Sergio Alcantara scores.

Weather: 74°F, CloudyWind: 5 mph, In From RFFirst pitch: 12:05 AM UTCT: 3:55Att: 26,963Venue: Wrigley Field

Ump Audit

Phil Cuzzi

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92.3%B

13 missed calls

+6.8% PIT

No run favor

Win Probability

CHC WinPIT Win

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

Game 632646 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Pittsburgh Pirates

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Cole TuckerSS	5	0	0	0	0	3	.139/.225/.194	100.9	.341	.307
Ben GamelRF	4	1	0	0	1	0	.245/.338/.392	97	.091	.105
Bryan ReynoldsCF	4	1	2	0	1	0	.299/.384/.512	98.7	.510	.482
Colin Moran1B	4	1	1	3	1	2	.284/.341/.432	102.1	.327	.546
Jacob StallingsC	5	1	1	0	0	2	.235/.325/.367	104.3	.298	.299
Wilmer Difo2B	5	1	2	0	0	1	.272/.335/.380	89.2	.365	.344
Anthony AlfordLF	5	0	0	0	0	2	.167/.236/.303	87.5	.091	.084
Hoy Park3B	1	0	0	0	0	1	.188/.243/.290	-	-	-
Sam HowardP	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Bench
Phillip Evans3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	.205/.310/.300	91.6	.161	.148
Mitch KellerP	1	0	0	0	1	1	.095/.174/.095
Totals	39	5	7	5	4	13	-	-	-	-

HR:Moran (1st off Thompson, 2 on, 1 out)

TB:10

RBI:Moran 3; Pérez 2

GIDP:Moran; Tucker

Team LOB:8

Chicago Cubs

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Rafael OrtegaCF	5	1	2	3	0	1	.293/.350/.481	103.3	.340

Pitching

Pittsburgh Pirates

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Mitch Keller	6.0	6	0	0	0	8	0	89-64	88.7	6.23
Chad KuhlBS	0.1	6	5	5	0	1	2	24-14	89	4.85
Nick Mears	0.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	8-7	92.1	4.80
Chris Stratton	1.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	21-13	87.6	3.56
David Bednar	2.0	0	0	0	1	4	0	29-21	90.9	2.26
Sam HowardL	0.1	1	1	0	1	0	0	3-3	87.1	6.19
Totals	10.1	13	6	5	4	18	2	174-122	-	-

IBB:Mears; Bednar; Howard

Inherited runners-scored:Mears 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Keller 89-64; Kuhl 24-14; Mears 8-7; Stratton 21-13; Bednar 29-21; Howard 3-3

Groundouts-flyouts:Keller 6-4; Kuhl 0-0; Mears 0-0; Stratton 0-0; Bednar 2-0; Howard 1-0

Chicago Cubs

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Keegan Thompson	1.2	4	3	3	2	3	1	54-29	90.2	3.54

Game Notes

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B2Replay review: Cubs challenged (play at 1st), call on the field was overturned: Sergio Alcantara singles on a ground ball to third baseman Phillip Evans.

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T9Hoy Park reaches on catcher interference by Robinson Chirinos. Jacob Stallings to 3rd. Wilmer Difo to 2nd. Hoy Park to 1st.

Inherited runners-scored:Sampson 2-0

Pitches-strikes:Thompson 54-29; Sampson 32-24; Effross 26-18; Morgan 10-5; Wick 19-15; Rodríguez 11-6; Heuer 7-7

Groundouts-flyouts:Thompson 1-2; Sampson 5-1; Effross 2-0; Morgan 1-1; Wick 1-0; Rodríguez 3-0; Heuer 0-2

Bench
Adrian SampsonP	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000/.000/.000	101.8	-	-
Alfonso Rivas IIIPH	1	0	0	0	0	1	.200/.273/.300	-	-	-
Michael HermosilloPH	1	0	0	0	0	1	.138/.194/.379	68.4	-	-
Austin RominePH	1	0	0	0	0	1	.167/.167/.262	-	-	-