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Pittsburgh Pirates at Chicago Cubs

Wrigley Field, Chicago Regular Season Final

Final score

The Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7–6 on Sunday, April 12, 2026 at home.

Team Runs 2026 record
Pittsburgh Pirates 6 82-80
at Chicago Cubs 7 89-73

Line score

Team
Pittsburgh Pirates 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 7 1
Chicago Cubs 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 1 7 10 0
  • W: Daniel Palencia (1-0)
  • L: José Urquidy (0-1)

Home runs

  • Pittsburgh Pirates: Oneil Cruz (5), Brandon Lowe 2 (5)
  • Chicago Cubs: Moisés Ballesteros (2), Dansby Swanson (2)

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the game.

Scoring plays

Inning Team Play Score
Top 1st Pittsburgh Pirates Oneil Cruz homers (5) on a fly ball to center field. 1–0
Top 2nd Pittsburgh Pirates Brandon Lowe hits a grand slam (4) to right center field. Marcell Ozuna scores. Spencer Horwitz scores. Konnor Griffin scores. 5–0
Bottom 3rd Chicago Cubs Dansby Swanson homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field. 5–1
Bottom 3rd Chicago Cubs Moisés Ballesteros homers (2) on a fly ball to center field. 5–2
Top 5th Pittsburgh Pirates Brandon Lowe homers (5) on a fly ball to right center field. 6–2
Bottom 5th Chicago Cubs Alex Bregman out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Bryan Reynolds. Nico Hoerner scores. 6–3
Bottom 7th Chicago Cubs Alex Bregman pops out to second baseman Brandon Lowe on the infield fly rule. Dansby Swanson scores. 6–4
Bottom 8th Chicago Cubs 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. 6–6
Bottom 9th Chicago Cubs Carson Kelly singles on a line drive to center fielder Oneil Cruz. Scott Kingery scores. Ian Happ to 3rd. Seiya Suzuki to 2nd. 6–7

Box score

Pittsburgh Pirates

Batter
Oneil Cruz CF 4 1 1 1 1 3 .339
Brandon Lowe 2B 4 2 2 5 1 2 .224
Bryan Reynolds LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .259
Ryan O'Hearn 1B 4 0 2 0 0 1 .333
Nick Yorke 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .344
Marcell Ozuna DH 4 1 1 0 0 1 .070
Spencer Horwitz 1B 3 1 0 0 1 2 .216
Billy Cook RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Konnor Griffin SS 3 1 0 0 0 2 .138
Joey Bart C 4 0 0 0 0 2 .105
Totals 33 6 7 6 3 15
Pitcher
Bubba Chandler 5.1 5 3 3 2 4 2 91 3.86
Hunter Barco (H, 1) 1.2 1 1 1 2 1 0 32 6.43
Justin Lawrence (BS, 1) 1.0 1 2 1 2 2 0 29 9.82
José Urquidy (L, 0-1) 0.1 3 1 1 1 0 0 22 3.38

Chicago Cubs

Batter
Nico Hoerner 2B 5 1 2 0 0 0 .316
Moisés Ballesteros DH 3 1 2 1 0 1 .294
Miguel Amaya DH 0 0 0 0 1 0 .238
Michael Conforto PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 .300
Scott Kingery PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Alex Bregman 3B 3 0 1 2 1 0 .213
Ian Happ LF 4 0 0 0 1 0 .192
Seiya Suzuki RF 3 1 0 0 2 1 .200
Carson Kelly C 5 0 2 1 0 1 .308
Pete Crow-Armstrong CF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .203
Dansby Swanson SS 2 3 1 1 2 0 .163
Matt Shaw 1B 3 0 0 0 0 2 .220
Michael Busch 1B 1 0 1 1 0 0 .135
Totals 34 7 10 6 7 7
Pitcher
Jameson Taillon 6.0 6 6 6 2 10 3 102 4.86
Riley Martin 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 19 0.00
Ethan Roberts 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0.00
Daniel Palencia (W, 1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 16 0.00

Game info

Weather
80 degrees, Partly Cloudy
Wind
6 mph, Out To CF
First pitch
1:20 PM
Time of game
3:02
Attendance
35,711
Umpires
Home Plate: Alan Porter, First Base: Jim Wolf, Second Base: Roberto Ortiz, Third Base: Alex MacKay

2026 season series

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