PIT vs CHC — MainMarket Sports

Major League BaseballWrigley Field · Chicago, Illinois

Pittsburgh

Pirates

Final

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Top hitters

PIT

AVG

.379▼

CHC

AVG

.308▼

Season batting average · amber = strong vs today's starter · up/down arrow = hot/cold last 15 · MLB Stats API · hero Statcast accent by Baseball Savant

Starting pitchers

PIT

Starter

Braxton Ashcraft

Pittsburgh Pirates · 1-1

5.0 IP, ER, 9 K, BB

xwOBA 82nd

2.12 ERA · 20 K · 1.00 WHIP

CHC

Starter

Edward Cabrera

Chicago Cubs · 1-0

5.0 IP, 3 ER, 4 K, 3 BB

xwOBA 23rd

1.62 ERA · 13 K · 1.14 WHIP

Season pitching · MLB Stats API · Statcast accent by Baseball Savant

Contact quality

PIT4 R · .392 xBA

CHC3 R · .395 xBA

PIT scored more despite the lower team xBA — CHC squared more up and had less to show for it.

Expected BA on balls in play · Baseball Savant

PIT win4th in the NL Central, 12½ GB

Looking ahead

The Pirates sit 4th in the NL Central, 12½ games back — losers of 2 straight, 5-5 over their last 10.
The Cubs sit 2nd in the NL Central, 7 games back — coming off a loss, 7-3 over their last 10.
The win pulls the Pirates back to .500 at 47-47.
PIT wins series 2-1.
The Pirates are up next home vs MIL (Jul 10-12).
The Cubs are up next at CIN (Jul 10-12).

Line score

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

Statcast

Hardest hit · PIT
O. Cruz · Single
115.4 mph · .530 xBA
Hardest hit · CHC
D. Swanson · Groundout
108.2 mph · .530 xBA
Best barrel
O. Cruz · Single
114.9 mph · .770 xBA
Fastest pitch
M. Montgomery · 4-Seam Fastball
100.3 mph

Game MVP · win probability

Yohan Ramírez
PIT
+77%
Daniel Palencia
CHC
+31%
Brandon Lowe
PIT
+30%

Scoring summary

Horwitz grounded into double play, shortstop to first, Ozuna scored, Yorke out at second.2nd Inning1-0
Reynolds singled to right, Cruz scored, Lowe to third.3rd Inning2-0
O'Hearn hit sacrifice fly to right, Lowe scored.3rd Inning3-0
Hoerner grounded out to second, Conforto scored, Swanson to third.5th Inning3-1
Swanson grounded out to shortstop, Amaya scored.7th Inning3-2
Bregman singled to center, Swanson scored, Shaw to third.9th Inning3-3
Gonzales scored on error, Lowe safe at first on throwing error by pitcher Thielbar, Cruz safe at third on error.11th Inning4-3

Box score

Hitting

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
O. Cruz	4-5	5	1	4	0	1	0	18	.345	.400	.618
B. Lowe	0-4	4	1	0	0	2	1	31	.200	.333	.444
B. Reynolds	2-5	5	0	2	1	0	1	16	.259	.349	.444
J. Mangum	0-1	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	.207	.258	.241
R. O'Hearn	0-3	3	0	0	1	1	0	21	.319	.414	.553
M. Ozuna	0-4	4	1	0	0	1	1	24	.051	.159	.051
N. Yorke	3-4	4	0	3	0	1	1	18	.379	.486	.483
S. Horwitz	1-4	4	0	1	0	0	0	21	.235	.341	.265
B. Cook	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
N. Gonzales	0-1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	.267	.313	.333
K. Griffin	1-5	5	0	1	0	0	2	19	.154	.233	.192
H. Davis	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	4	17	.194	.286	.290

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA	PC
B. Ashcraft	5.0	4	1	1	1	9	77-50	2.12	77
M. Montgomery	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	13-10	7.11	13
J. Lawrence	0.2	1	1	1	1	0	13-7	9.95	13
G. Soto	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	1.04	1
I. Mattson	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	24-17	2.08	24
D. Santana	1.0	1	1	1	2	0	27-15	1.13	27
Y. Ramirez	2.0	0	0	0	3	2	32-18	1.86	32

Win probability

PIT 100%CHC 0%

Win probability over timeCHC win %

Biggest swing: Bregman singled to center, Swanson scored, Shaw to third. (+42% CHC)

Team stats

PITCHC

Hits

Runs

Home Runs

RBI

Stolen Bases

Walks

Strikeouts

Runners LOB

Statcast profile

PITCHC

7.77%

Barrel%

7.99%

40.6%

Hard-hit%

40.11%

.320

xwOBA

.330

Barrel% perfectly-struck balls — ideal exit velo + launch angle, near-automatic extra bases · Hard-hit% share of balls hit 95+ mph · xwOBA expected offensive value from contact quality (higher is better)

Season quality of contact · Baseball Savant