PIT 6, CHC 7 | Apr 12, 2026 | The Best Box Score

Sunday, April 12, 2026•Wrigley Field•80°F, Partly Cloudy

PIT

Pirates

CHC

Cubs

Final

WIN

Daniel Palencia

LOSS

José Urquidy

The Cubs edged the Pirates 7-6 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

★Brandon Lowe2 HR, 5 RBI

⚾Jameson Taillon10 K in 6.0 IP

Key Moment

Bot 8: 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.

Weather: 80°F, Partly CloudyWind: 6 mph, Out To CFFirst pitch: 6:20 PM UTCT: 3:02Att: 35,711Venue: Wrigley Field

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94.3%B

10 missed calls

+4.7% PIT

+1.86 runs CHC

Win Probability

CHC WinPIT Win

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

Game 824696 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Pittsburgh Pirates

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Oneil CruzCF	4	1	1	1	1	3	.339/.400/.644	111	.646	.1319
Brandon Lowe2B	4	2	2	5	1	2	.245/.373/.592	108.5	.536	.1084
Bryan ReynoldsLF	4	0	1	0	0	1	.259/.343/.431	91.3	.306	.281
Ryan O'Hearn1B	4	0	2	0	0	1	.333/.419/.549	108.1	.287	.266
Nick Yorke3B	3	0	0	0	0	1	.344/.463/.438	89.1	.116	.107
Marcell OzunaDH	4	1	1	0	0	1	.070/.167/.070	97.2	.405	.369
Billy CookRF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Konnor GriffinSS	3	1	0	0	0	2	.138/.235/.172	79.1	.081	.075
Joey BartC	4	0	0	0	0	2	.105/.190/.105	67.4	.114	.109
Bench
Spencer Horwitz1B	3	1	0	0	1	2	.216/.333/.243	103.5	.294	.371
Bubba ChandlerP							.000/.000/.000	-
Totals	33	6	7	6	3	15	-	-	-	-

HR:Cruz (1st off Taillon, 0 on, 0 out); Lowe (2nd off Taillon, 3 on, 2 out); Lowe (5th off Taillon, 0 on, 1 out)

TB:16

RBI:Lowe 5; Cruz

SB:Reynolds; Cruz

GIDP:Yorke

Team LOB:5

Chicago Cubs

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Nico Hoerner2B	5	1	2	0	0	0	.316/.420/.491	98.4	.321

Pitching

Pittsburgh Pirates

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Bubba Chandler	5.1	5	3	3	2	4	2	91-64	93.5	3.86
Hunter BarcoH	1.2	1	1	1	2	1	0	32-21	90.5	6.43
Justin LawrenceBS	1.0	1	2	1	2	2	0	29-16	91.3	9.82
José UrquidyL	0.1	3	1	1	1	0	0	22-12	86.9	3.38
Totals	8.1	10	7	6	7	7	2	174-113	-	-

WP:Chandler

Pitches-strikes:Chandler 91-64; Barco 32-21; Lawrence 29-16; Urquidy 22-12

Groundouts-flyouts:Chandler 5-7; Barco 2-2; Lawrence 1-0; Urquidy 1-0

Chicago Cubs

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Jameson Taillon	6.0	6	6	6	2	10	3	102-59	85.9	4.86

Top 1 • PIT

1-0

Oneil Cruz homers (5) on a fly ball to center field.

EV: 111.0 mph💣 422 ftLA: 41°

Top 2 • PIT

5-0

Brandon Lowe hits a grand slam (4) to right center field. Marcell Ozuna scores. Spencer Horwitz scores. Konnor Griffin scores.

EV: 97.3 mph💣 372 ftLA: 39°

Bot 3 • CHC

5-1

Dansby Swanson homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field.

EV: 100.3 mph💣 391 ftLA: 35°

5-2

Moisés Ballesteros homers (2) on a fly ball to center field.

EV: 101.9 mph💣 427 ftLA: 29°

Top 5 • PIT

6-2

Brandon Lowe homers (5) on a fly ball to right center field.

EV: 108.5 mph💣 444 ftLA: 27°

Bot 5 • CHC

6-3

Alex Bregman out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Bryan Reynolds. Nico Hoerner scores.

EV: 91.7 mph308 ftLA: 45°

Bot 7 • CHC

6-4

Alex Bregman pops out to second baseman Brandon Lowe on the infield fly rule. Dansby Swanson scores.

EV: 79.9 mph164 ftLA: 67°

Bot 8 • CHC

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.

EV: 68.2 mph200 ftLA: 23°

Bot 9 • CHC

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.

EV: 103.3 mph381 ftLA: 21°

Bench
Moisés BallesterosDH	3	1	2	1	0	1	.294/.342/.471	107.2	.573	.856
Michael ConfortoPH	1	0	1	0	0	0	.300/.462/.400	85.1	.957	.916
Matt Shaw1B	3	0	0	0	0	2	.220/.250/.390	92.1	.249	.264
Jameson TaillonP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Riley MartinP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Ethan RobertsP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Daniel PalenciaP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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