CHC vs PIT — MainMarket Sports

Major League BaseballPNC Park · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Chicago

Cubs

52-41 · 12-15 away

Final

Pittsburgh

Pirates

47-47 · 15-14 home

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Top hitters

CHC

AVG

.306

PIT

AVG

.316

Endy Rodríguez

Pittsburgh Pirates

0-0

Sprint Speed 41st

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

CHC

Starter

Jameson Taillon

Chicago Cubs · 2-4

5.0 IP, 4 ER, 4 K, 2 BB

xwOBA 10th

5.37 ERA · 51 K · 1.28 WHIP

PIT

Starter

Bubba Chandler

Pittsburgh Pirates · 1-6

5.0 IP, 4 ER, 5 K, 2 BB

xwOBA 42nd

4.85 ERA · 52 K · 1.52 WHIP

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

Contact quality

CHC10 R · .347 xBA

PIT4 R · .300 xBA

The scoreboard matched the contact — CHC both hit it harder and scored more.

Expected BA on balls in play · Baseball Savant

CHC win2nd in the NL Central, 6½ GB

Looking ahead

The Cubs sit 2nd in the NL Central, 6½ games back — coming off a loss, 7-3 over their last 10.
The Pirates sit 4th in the NL Central, 12 games back — losers of 2 straight, 5-5 over their last 10.
Series tied 2-2.
The Cubs are up next at CIN (Jul 10-12).
The Pirates are up next home vs MIL (Jul 10-12).

Line score

Inn	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHC	2	1	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	10	14	0
PIT	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	1

Statcast

Hardest hit · CHC
P. Crow-Armstrong · Double
108.9 mph · .910 xBA
Hardest hit · PIT
B. Lowe · Home Run
106.9 mph · .940 xBA
Longest hit
M. Conforto · Home Run
395 ft · .800 xBA
Best barrel
B. Lowe · Home Run
106.9 mph · .940 xBA
Fastest pitch
B. Chandler · 4-Seam Fastball
100.4 mph

Game MVP · win probability

Ian Happ
CHC
+26%
Brandon Lowe
PIT
+21%
Alex Bregman
CHC
+12%

Scoring summary

Happ singled to center, Crow-Armstrong scored and Hoerner scored, Busch to third.1st Inning2-0
Hoerner singled to right, Kelly scored, Swanson to third.2nd Inning3-0
Lowe homered to right (387 feet), Rodríguez scored and Horwitz scored.3rd Inning3-3
Crow-Armstrong doubled to right, Swanson scored.4th Inning4-3
Griffin homered to right (369 feet).4th Inning4-4
Happ homered to right (370 feet), Busch scored and Bregman scored.7th Inning7-4
Conforto homered to right center (395 feet), Suzuki scored.7th Inning9-4
Busch singled to right, Swanson scored, Hoerner to third.7th Inning10-4

Box score

Hitting

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
P. Crow-Armstrong	1-5	5	1	1	1	0	1	3	26	.224	.314	.363
N. Hoerner	2-5	5	1	2	1	0	1	1	23	.256	.341	.370
M. Busch	1-3	3	1	1	1	0	2	1	21	.232	.366	.389
A. Bregman	2-6	6	1	2	0	0	0	1	21	.261	.343	.360
I. Happ	2-6	6	1	2	5	1	0	0	14	.215	.346	.436
S. Suzuki	1-5	5	1	1	0	0	0	2	24	.234	.331	.396
M. Ballesteros	0-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.236	.314	.423
K. Alcantara	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	.000	.333	.000
M. Conforto	1-1	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	5	.278	.384	.556
C. Kelly	2-4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	16	.306	.388	.396
D. Swanson	2-4	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	14	.190	.292	.346

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA	PC
J. Taillon	5.0	5	4	4	2	4	2	75-45	5.37	75
J. Webb	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	17-12	2.66	17
P. Maton	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	22-12	7.41	22
C. Thielbar	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	17-11	3.09	17
E. Roberts	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	15-8	0.68	15

Win probability

CHC 100%PIT 0%

Win probability over timePIT win %

Biggest swing: Lowe homered to right (387 feet), Rodríguez scored and Horwitz scored. (+29% PIT)

Team stats

CHCPIT

Hits

Runs

Home Runs

RBI

Stolen Bases

Walks

Strikeouts

Runners LOB

Statcast profile

CHCPIT

7.99%

Barrel%

7.77%

40.11%

Hard-hit%

40.6%

.330

xwOBA

.320

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