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July 24, 2026 · NL Cent

Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates

July 24, 2026PNC ParkCloudy 78°F · 7 mph, In From LF
AWAY
Chicago Cubs
58-45
3
vs
HOME
Pittsburgh Pirates
53-51
2

Game Highlights

Published July 24, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B5 Henry Davis Henry Davis singles on a ground ball to second baseman Nico Hoerner. Marcell Ozuna scores. Brandon Lowe to 3rd. Jared Triolo to 2nd. CHC 0, PIT 1
T6 Pete Crow-Armstrong Pete Crow-Armstrong homers (22) on a fly ball to right field. CHC 1, PIT 1
T10 Dansby Swanson Pirates challenged (tag play), call on the field was upheld: Dansby Swanson singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Jake Mangum. Ian Happ scores. Pedro Ramírez to 2nd. CHC 2, PIT 1
T10 Seiya Suzuki Seiya Suzuki walks. Pedro Ramírez scores. Dansby Swanson to 3rd. Pete Crow-Armstrong to 2nd. CHC 3, PIT 1
B10 Nick Gonzales Nick Gonzales grounds out, shortstop Dansby Swanson to first baseman Michael Busch. Henry Davis scores. CHC 3, PIT 2

Box score

  12345678910 R
CHC 0000010002 3
PIT 0000100001 2

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Cubs AWAY 3

Matthew Boyd started for Cubs, leaving with the game tied 1–1. Out of the bullpen, Gavin Hollowell took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Matthew Boyd Starter 7.0 97 1 4
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Matthew Boyd threw
    CSW 22% 1st-pitch strike 76% 3.3 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 44 45% 2 8 10 12 12
    Changeup 31 32% 0 2 9 12 8
    Slider 15 15% 3 1 2 7 2
    Curveball 7 7% 1 4 0 2 0
  • Jacob Webb Middle 1.0 10 0 1
  • Caleb Thielbar Middle 1.0 12 0 1 W
  • Gavin Hollowell Middle 1.0 5 1 0 SV
Pirates HOME 2

Jared Jones started for Pirates, leaving with the game tied 1–1. Out of the bullpen, Yohan Ramírez took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Jared Jones Starter 6.0 83 1 5
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Jared Jones threw
    CSW 28% 1st-pitch strike 57% 4.0 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 39 47% 1 7 8 15 8
    Slider 36 43% 6 6 9 10 5
    Curveball 4 5% 0 2 0 0 2
    Changeup 4 5% 0 1 0 3 0
  • Wilber Dotel Middle 1.0 21 0 1
  • Mason Montgomery Setup 1.0 15 0 3
  • Gregory Soto Closer 1.0 16 0 0
  • Yohan Ramírez Middle 1.0 23 2 2 L

Where the game turned

1 run Top 10th · off Ramírez
  • Swanson 1B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · CHC
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Pete Crow-Armstrong CF 4 1 2 1 1 2 .285 .385 .527 .912 HR (22), 2B
Seiya Suzuki RF 4 0 0 1 1 1 .267 .356 .472 .828
Michael Busch 1B 5 0 0 0 0 2 .241 .363 .399 .762
Alex Bregman 3B 3 0 0 0 1 0 .237 .333 .355 .688
Ian Happ LF 4 1 1 0 0 2 .223 .335 .431 .766
Nico Hoerner 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .244 .310 .336 .646
Pedro Ramírez DH 4 1 1 0 0 1 .284 .325 .432 .757
Dansby Swanson SS 4 0 1 1 0 2 .213 .293 .408 .701
Carson Kelly C 3 0 0 0 0 0 .262 .354 .380 .734
Michael Conforto PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .237 .324 .480 .804
HOME · PIT
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Jake Mangum CF 5 0 2 0 0 0 .305 .354 .375 .729
Nick Gonzales 3B 5 0 1 1 0 0 .312 .369 .412 .781
Bryan Reynolds LF 5 0 0 0 0 2 .272 .386 .456 .842
Esmerlyn Valdez RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .282 .370 .692 1.062
Ryan O'Hearn 1B 4 0 2 0 0 1 .277 .340 .461 .801
Marcell Ozuna DH 3 1 0 0 1 0 .203 .289 .329 .618
Brandon Lowe 2B 3 0 0 0 1 1 .241 .311 .468 .779
Jared Triolo SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 .248 .316 .319 .635
Henry Davis C 3 1 2 1 1 0 .172 .268 .333 .601

Pitching lines

AWAY · CHC
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Matthew Boyd 7.0 7 1 1 3 4 0 97 3.81
Jacob Webb 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 2.84
Caleb Thielbar 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 4.06 W
Gavin Hollowell 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 2.08 SV
HOME · PIT
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Jared Jones 6.0 2 1 1 1 5 1 83 3.72
Wilber Dotel 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 21 4.84
Mason Montgomery 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15 3.70
Gregory Soto 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 3.80
Yohan Ramírez 1.0 2 2 1 2 2 0 23 3.31 L

Manager comparison

AWAY · CHC
Craig Counsell
Lineup 3.3 R Bunts 0.7 R IBBs 0.9 R
HOME · PIT
Don Kelly
Lineup 4.0 R Bunts 0.6 R IBBs 2.8 R

Recent form

AWAY · CHC
7-3 W4 +20 run diff
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HOME · PIT
2-8 L3 -17 run diff
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Season series: 2-1 with CHC listed first across 3 prior meetings.

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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

Read the full methodology.