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Reuters
15-06-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Double steal in tenth leads to Cubs walk-off of Pirates
June 15 - Ian Happ drove in the game-winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Chicago Cubs a 3-2 win and take the series against the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday. Automatic runner Vidal Brujan and Kyle Tucker pulled off a double steal with Jon Berti at the plate, and then Happ knocked a single into right field off reliever David Bednar (1-5), scoring Brujan. Reliever Chris Flexen (4-0) was perfect in the top of the 10th for the win. Starting pitcher Colin Rea allowed two runs on four hits and struck out four in six innings for the Cubs, who won three of the four-game set. The Pirates have lost consecutive games for the first time since June 1-3. Pittsburgh opened the scoring in the first inning. Oneil Cruz led off with a single to right, went to second on a base hit from Nick Gonzales, and scored when Spencer Horwitz connected for a one-out single. Gonzales made it to third on Horwitz's hit and came around to make it 2-0 on Alexander Canario's ground-out. Chicago responded in the bottom half of the frame. Happ drew a lead-off walk, stole second, and went to third on Pete Crow-Armstrong's ground-out. He crossed the plate when Seiya Suzuki followed with another groundball out. Michael Busch knocked a fly ball down the left field line for a ground rule double and Dansby Swanson drove him in with a single to right field to tie it 2-2. After facing six batters each in the first, Rea and Pittsburgh starter Mitch Keller settled down and were efficient through the next five innings. Busch hit a two-out single in the third, the only hit for either side among a combined 27 batters until Horwitz singled to center in the sixth. Keller gave up two runs on three hits and fanned three in six innings. Horwitz had two of Pittsburgh's four hits. Busch and Swanson each collected a pair of hits as the Cubs managed only six in total. --Field Level Media
CBS News
15-06-2025
- Sport
- CBS News
Happ hits game-ending single in 10th as Cubs top Pirates
Ian Happ hit a game-ending single in the 10th inning, and the Chicago Cubs edged the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 on Sunday. The Cubs used a double steal to put runners on second and third in the 10th against David Bednar (1-5). Jon Berti struck out swinging for the first out, but Happ followed with a liner to right, delighting the crowd of 40,162 at Wrigley Field. The NL Central leaders won three of four against the last-place Pirates. Every game was a one-run contest. Dansby Swanson and Michael Busch each had two hits for Chicago. Swanson and Seiya Suzuki each drove in a run. Chris Flexen (4-0) pitched a 1-2-3 10th for the win, completing a four-hitter. Spencer Horwitz had two hits and drove in a run for the Pirates. Alexander Canario had a run-scoring groundout. Each team scored two runs in the first. Horwitz singled in Oneil Cruz for the game's first run, and Swanson tied it at 2 with an RBI single in the bottom half. Colin Rea pitched six innings of four-hit ball for the Cubs. He struck out four and walked one. Pittsburgh right-hander Mitch Keller surrendered three hits in six innings. Keller lowered his ERA to 4.08 on the season, but he is winless in his last 14 starts. Key moment Chicago second baseman Nico Hoerner made a diving grab of Isiah Kiner-Falefa's low liner to end the top of the 10th and prevent automatic runner Adam Frazier from scoring. Key stat The Cubs improved to 12-6 in one-run games. Up next Pirates: LHP Bailey Falter (5-3, 3.36 ERA) faces Tigers RHP Casey Mize (6-2, 2.95 ERA) at Detroit on Tuesday. Cubs: Following an off day, RHP Ben Brown (3-5, 5.71 ERA) takes the mound against Brewers RHP Chad Patrick (3-6, 3.25 ERA) on Tuesday at Wrigley.
Al Arabiya
15-06-2025
- Sport
- Al Arabiya
Happ Hits a Game-Ending Single in the 10th as the Cubs Top the Pirates 3-2
Ian Happ hit a game-ending single in the 10th inning, and the Chicago Cubs edged the Pittsburgh Pirates 3–2 on Sunday. The Cubs used a double steal to put runners on second and third in the 10th against David Bednar (1–5). Jon Berti struck out swinging for the first out, but Happ followed with a liner to right, delighting the crowd of 40,162 at Wrigley Field. The NL Central leaders won three of four against the last-place Pirates. Every game was a one-run contest. Dansby Swanson and Michael Busch each had two hits for Chicago. Swanson and Seiya Suzuki each drove in a run. Chris Flexen (4–0) pitched a 1-2-3 10th for the win, completing a four-hitter. Spencer Horwitz had two hits and drove in a run for the Pirates. Alexander Canario had a run-scoring groundout. Each team scored two runs in the first. Horwitz singled in Oneil Cruz for the game's first run, and Swanson tied it at 2 with an RBI single in the bottom half. Colin Rea pitched six innings of four-hit ball for the Cubs. He struck out four and walked one. Pittsburgh right-hander Mitch Keller surrendered three hits in six innings. Keller lowered his ERA to 4.08 on the season, but he is winless in his last 14 starts.
Associated Press
15-06-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Happ hits a game-ending single in the 10th as the Cubs top the Pirates 3-2
CHICAGO (AP) — Ian Happ hit a game-ending single in the 10th inning, and the Chicago Cubs edged the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 on Sunday. The Cubs used a double steal to put runners on second and third in the 10th against David Bednar (1-5). Jon Berti struck out swinging for the first out, but Happ followed with a liner to right, delighting the crowd of 40,162 at Wrigley Field. The NL Central leaders won three of four against the last-place Pirates. Every game was a one-run contest. Dansby Swanson and Michael Busch each had two hits for Chicago. Swanson and Seiya Suzuki each drove in a run. Chris Flexen (4-0) pitched a 1-2-3 10th for the win, completing a four-hitter. Spencer Horwitz had two hits and drove in a run for the Pirates. Alexander Canario had a run-scoring groundout.
Reuters
28-05-2025
- Business
- Reuters
Matt Shaw's walk-off single pushes Cubs past Rockies in extras
May 28 - Rookie Matt Shaw blooped a walk-off single to right field in the 11th inning Tuesday night to propel the Chicago Cubs to a 4-3 victory over the visiting Colorado Rockies. After Brenton Doyle's RBI groundout gave the Rockies a 3-2 lead in the top of the 11th, Michael Busch tied the game with an RBI single off Tyler Kinley (0-2), who then walked Nico Hoerner and surrendered Shaw's game-winning single. Chris Flexen (3-0) pitched the 10th and 11th innings for the Cubs, allowing an unearned run on one hit. Cade Horton started for Chicago, surrendering two runs on four hits and one walk across six innings, striking out six. Ian Happ and Kyle Tucker each tallied a pair of hits for the Cubs, who have won six of their last seven games. German Marquez allowed two earned runs on seven hits and a walk in six innings for the Rockies, striking out six. Doyle homered and drove in two for Colorado, which has lost nine of its last 10 games. After Horton retired the first nine Colorado batters he faced, the Cubs struck first in the third. Shaw led off with a single and stole second before Happ singled and Tucker walked to load the bases. Seiya Suzuki drove in the game's first run with a single to left and Pete Crow-Armstrong doubled Chicago's lead with an RBI groundout. Colorado cut its deficit in half in the fourth as Ryan McMahon's two-out single scored Jordan Beck, who had been hit by a pitch and stole second. The Rockies evened the score in the seventh on Doyle's fifth home run of the season. Caleb Thielbar then relieved Horton, who struck out Tyler Freeman and retired Michael Toglia before allowing Kyle Farmer's single and Adael Amador's walk. Ryan Brasier relieved Thielbar and retired Beck to end the inning. Jake Bird entered for Marquez in the bottom of the seventh, working a scoreless inning. Freeman worked a one-out single against Ryan Pressly in the ninth but was caught stealing by catcher Reese McGuire. Toglia then walked, but Pressly induced Farmer's inning-ending groundout. --Field Level Media
