The Scorecard · July 26, 2026

Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates

Shawn Ross hit his first home run of the season, Ryan O'Hearn hit a grand slam, and the Pirates held on through a shaky 9th.

Final · Pittsburgh Pirates 8, Chicago Cubs 7 · W Braxton Ashcraft · L Jameson Taillon · S Mason Montgomery · Plate Jansen Visconti (graded)

Box score

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Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHC	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	2	7	12	0
PIT	0	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	x	8	11	0

Chicago Cubs	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Crow-ArmstrongPete Crow-Armstrong CF	5	0	1	1	0	2
SuzukiSeiya Suzuki DH	5	1	1	2	0	2
BuschMichael Busch 1B	4	1	2	0	1	0
HappIan Happ LF	5	0	1	0	0	2
HoernerNico Hoerner 2B	4	1	2	1	0	0
ConfortoMichael Conforto RF	3	2	1	0	1	0
KellyCarson Kelly C	4	0	0	1	0	3
RamírezPedro Ramírez 3B	4	1	2	1	0	0
SwansonDansby Swanson SS	4	1	2	1	0	0
Totals	38	7	12	7	2	9

2B: Busch, Conforto. 3B: Crow-Armstrong. HR: Suzuki.

Pittsburgh Pirates	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
MangumJake Mangum CF-LF	4	0	1	0	0	2
LoweBrandon Lowe 2B	4	2	3	0	0	0
ReynoldsBryan Reynolds DH	4	1	1	0	0	1
ValdezEsmerlyn Valdez RF	3	2	2	2	1	1
O'HearnRyan O'Hearn 1B	2	2	1	4	2	0
GonzalesNick Gonzales 3B	4	0	2	0	0	0
TrioloJared Triolo 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0
GonzalezJacob Gonzalez SS	4	0	0	0	0	0
RossShawn Ross C	4	1	1	2	0	2
CallihanTyler Callihan LF	3	0	0	0	0	1
CookBilly Cook CF	1	0	0	0	0	1
Totals	33	8	11	8	3	8

2B: Lowe, Reynolds. HR: Valdez, O'Hearn, Ross.

Chicago Cubs	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	P-S
TaillonJameson TaillonL	4.0	6	7	7	2	3	3	69-40
RolisonRyan Rolison	1.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	23-13
CivaleAaron Civale	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	27-17
ThorntonTrent Thornton	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	19-14

Pittsburgh Pirates	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	P-S
AshcraftBraxton AshcraftW	6.0	7	4	4	2	5	0	93-64
MlodzinskiCarmen Mlodzinski	2.0	3	1	1	0	2	0	33-22
MontgomeryMason MontgomeryS	1.0	2	2	2	0	2	1	25-16

Ross's first homer of the year left at 110.6 mph and traveled 438 feet. Two batters earlier, Esmerlyn Valdez had gone deep. O'Hearn's grand slam in the 3rd — his 17th — made it 7-2. Jameson Taillon gave 7 earned in 4 innings. The Cubs came back: Pete Crow-Armstrong tripled in a run, and two more scored in the 9th off Mason Montgomery before he struck out the side. Braxton Ashcraft threw 6 innings of 4-run ball for the win. Chicago's 6 left on base included the tying run in the 9th, and Montgomery got the last three hitters swinging.

Fever Baseball · Scored on the record

Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates

PNC Park · July 26, 2026 · Final: CHC 7, PIT 8 · W: Braxton Ashcraft

First pitch 1:35 PM · Final out 4:05 PM · Time of game 2:30

Umpires — HP Jansen Visconti · 1B Andy Fletcher · 2B Alex Tosi · 3B Cory Blaser

ABSCHC PIT ● won · ✕ lost · ○ in hand

Scored play-by-play by the FVR engine from the official MLB feed — every mark reconciled, or the card refuses to print. Tap any box for the pitches that made the mark.

Chicago Cubs

7R12H0E6LOB

Batter

Pete Crow-ArmstrongCF CHC

Seiya SuzukiDH CHC

Michael Busch1B CHC

Ian HappLF CHC

Nico Hoerner2B CHC

Michael ConfortoRF CHC

Carson KellyC CHC

Pedro Ramírez3B CHC

Dansby SwansonSS CHC

Runs

PitchersIPHRERBBSOPS

Jameson TaillonL4.0677236940

Ryan Rolison1.0311102313

Aaron Civale2.0100032717

Trent Thornton1.0100021914

Pittsburgh Pirates

8R11H0E4LOB

Batter

Jake MangumCF/LF PIT

Brandon Lowe2B PIT

Bryan ReynoldsDH PIT

Esmerlyn ValdezRF PIT

Ryan O'Hearn1B PIT

Nick Gonzales3B PIT

→Jared Triolo3B PIT

entered on defense, did not bat

Jacob GonzalezSS PIT

Shawn RossC TOR

Tyler CallihanLF PIT

→Billy CookCF PIT

Runs

PitchersIPHRERBBSOPS

Braxton AshcraftW6.0744259364

Carmen Mlodzinski2.0311023322

Mason MontgomerySV1.0222022516

The hit chart

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PIT — home

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6‑3 ground out, shortstop to first

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K strikeout · K called (backward)

F8 fly · P6 pop · L7 line (to that fielder)

1B8 hit, with where it went

BB walk · HBP hit by pitch

FC 6 fielder’s choice, fielded by 6

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