Braxton Ashcraft struck out nine in five innings and left with a lead that his bullpen spent the next six frames trying to surrender. The Cubs committed three errors and left fourteen men on base — they tied it on Alex Bregman's single in the ninth and still could not finish the job. Caleb Thielbar took the loss allowing no hits: one walk, one unearned run, three strikeouts that added up to nothing. Pittsburgh left twelve themselves and won anyway.