Major League Baseball
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Chi. Cubs 6,
Pittsburgh 5
When: 8:05 PM ET, Thursday, September 2, 2021
Where: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature: 74°
Umpires: Home - Phil Cuzzi, 1B - John Tumpane, 2B - Alex Mackay, 3B - Tom Hallion
Attendance: 26963
Where: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature: 74°
Umpires: Home - Phil Cuzzi, 1B - John Tumpane, 2B - Alex Mackay, 3B - Tom Hallion
Attendance: 26963
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | X | R | H | E |
| Pittsburgh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| Chi. Cubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 2 |
Pittsburgh
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Cole Tucker | SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .000 |
| Ben Gamel | RF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Bryan Reynolds | CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Colin Moran | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .000 |
| Jacob Stallings | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 |
| Wilmer Difo | 2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Anthony Alford | LF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .000 |
| Phillip Evans | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Hoy Jun Park | PH-3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Mitch Keller | SP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Yoshitomo Tsutsugo | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Chad Kuhl | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Nick Mears | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Chris Stratton | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Michael Perez | PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| David Bednar | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Sam Howard | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 39 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 19 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Colin Moran (0) | |||||||||
| TB - Bryan Reynolds 2, Colin Moran 4, Jacob Stallings, Wilmer Difo 2, Michael Perez | |||||||||
| RBI - Colin Moran 3 (0), Michael Perez 2 (0) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Colin Moran (0), Jacob Stallings (0), Phillip Evans (0), Hoy Jun Park (0) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Cole Tucker (0), Colin Moran (0) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Wilmer Difo 2 (0) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Mitch Keller | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Chad Kuhl (BS 0) | 0.1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.00 |
| Nick Mears | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Chris Stratton | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| David Bednar | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Sam Howard (L 0-0) | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| IBB - Jason Heyward (by Mears), Sergio Alcantara (by Bednar), Frank Schwindel (by Howard) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Mitch Keller 89-64, Chad Kuhl 24-14, Nick Mears 8-7, Chris Stratton 21-13, David Bednar 29-21, Sam Howard 3-3 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Mitch Keller 6-1, Chad Kuhl 0-0, Nick Mears 0-0, Chris Stratton 0-0, David Bednar 2-0, Sam Howard 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Mitch Keller 24, Chad Kuhl 7, Nick Mears 3, Chris Stratton 4, David Bednar 7, Sam Howard 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Nick Mears 1-0 | ||||||||
Chi. Cubs
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Rafael Ortega | CF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Frank Schwindel | 1B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .000 |
| Ian Happ | LF | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 |
| Patrick Wisdom | 3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .000 |
| Matt Duffy | 2B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .000 |
| Jason Heyward | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .000 |
| Robinson Chirinos | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .000 |
| Sergio Alcantara | SS | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Keegan Thompson | SP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Adrian Sampson | RP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Alfonso Rivas | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Scott Effross | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Michael Hermosillo | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Adam Morgan | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Andrew Romine | PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Rowan Wick | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Manuel Rodriguez | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Austin Romine | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Codi Heuer | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 43 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 24 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Patrick Wisdom (0), Sergio Alcantara (0) | |||||||||
| HR - Rafael Ortega (0), Ian Happ (0) | |||||||||
| TB - Rafael Ortega 5, Frank Schwindel, Ian Happ 5, Patrick Wisdom 2, Matt Duffy 2, Robinson Chirinos, Sergio Alcantara 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Rafael Ortega 3 (0), Ian Happ 2 (0) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Matt Duffy (0), Robinson Chirinos (0), Austin Romine 2 (0) | |||||||||
| S - Rafael Ortega (0) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 13 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Patrick Wisdom (0), Robinson Chirinos (0, Catcher interference) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Keegan Thompson | 1.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Adrian Sampson | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Scott Effross | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Adam Morgan (H 0) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Rowan Wick (BS 0) | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Manuel Rodriguez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Codi Heuer (W 0-0) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Keegan Thompson 54-29, Adrian Sampson 32-24, Scott Effross 26-18, Adam Morgan 10-5, Rowan Wick 19-15, Manuel Rodriguez 11-6, Codi Heuer 7-7 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Keegan Thompson 1-1, Adrian Sampson 5-0, Scott Effross 2-0, Adam Morgan 1-1, Rowan Wick 1-0, Manuel Rodriguez 3-0, Codi Heuer 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Keegan Thompson 12, Adrian Sampson 10, Scott Effross 6, Adam Morgan 3, Rowan Wick 6, Manuel Rodriguez 4, Codi Heuer 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Adrian Sampson 2-0 | ||||||||