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August 25, 2026 · NL West

Chicago Cubs vs Arizona Diamondbacks

August 25, 2026Chase FieldRoof Closed 76°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Chicago Cubs
76-57
4
vs
HOME
Arizona Diamondbacks
70-63
5

Game Highlights

Published August 26, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T4 Ian Happ Ian Happ homers (23) on a line drive to right field. Seiya Suzuki scores. Michael Busch scores. CHC 3, AZ 0
T6 Michael Busch Michael Busch singles on a fly ball to left fielder Max Kepler. Seiya Suzuki scores. CHC 4, AZ 0
B8 Gabriel Moreno Gabriel Moreno doubles (28) on a ground ball to right fielder Seiya Suzuki. Jorge Barrosa scores. Lars Nootbaar to 3rd. CHC 4, AZ 1
B8 Geraldo Perdomo Geraldo Perdomo singles on a line drive to center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong. Lars Nootbaar scores. Gabriel Moreno scores. Geraldo Perdomo to 2nd. CHC 4, AZ 3
B9 Ryan Waldschmidt Ryan Waldschmidt homers (3) on a fly ball to left field. Jose Fernandez scores. CHC 4, AZ 5

Box score

  123456789 R
CHC 000301000 4
AZ 000000032 5

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 4

Clay Holmes started for Cubs, leaving with a 4–0 lead. Out of the bullpen, Daniel Palencia took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Clay Holmes Starter 7.0 93 0 5
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Clay Holmes threw
    CSW 28% 1st-pitch strike 48% 3.7 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 48 52% 0 12 9 16 11
    Cutter 25 27% 6 1 3 11 4
    Sweeper 12 13% 3 3 1 5 0
    Changeup 7 8% 1 0 1 2 3
    Curveball 1 1% 0 0 0 1 0
  • Daniel Palencia Middle 0.2 22 3 1
  • Jacob Webb Middle 1.0 20 2 0 L inherited 1, stranded 1
Diamondbacks HOME 5

Brandon Pfaadt started for Diamondbacks, leaving trailing 0–4.

workload · innings pitched
  • Brandon Pfaadt Starter 6.2 103 4 3
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Brandon Pfaadt threw
    CSW 23% 1st-pitch strike 57% 3.7 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 26 25% 1 6 5 9 5
    Changeup 21 20% 1 4 2 12 2
    Cutter 15 15% 0 2 1 5 7
    Sweeper 15 15% 2 1 4 6 2
    Curveball 15 15% 1 5 2 6 1
    Sinker 11 11% 0 1 2 3 5
  • Dennis Santana Middle 1.1 19 0 1 inherited 3, stranded 3
  • Justin Martinez Closer 1.0 17 0 1 W

Where the game turned

2 runs Bottom 9th · off Webb
  • Waldschmidt HR (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · CHC
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Pete Crow-Armstrong CF 3 0 0 0 1 0 .276 .375 .550 .925
Seiya Suzuki RF 4 2 2 0 0 0 .271 .363 .481 .844 2B
Michael Busch 1B 3 1 2 1 1 1 .245 .355 .396 .751 2B
Alex Bregman 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .254 .343 .415 .758
Ian Happ LF 4 1 1 3 0 1 .220 .327 .427 .754 HR (23)
Nico Hoerner SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 .260 .318 .357 .675
Pedro Ramírez 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 .291 .351 .437 .788
Michael Conforto DH 4 0 1 0 0 1 .232 .325 .469 .794
Miguel Amaya C 3 0 0 0 0 1 .228 .333 .359 .692
HOME · AZ
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Lars Nootbaar DH 3 1 0 0 1 0 .217 .324 .333 .657
Corbin Carroll RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .251 .348 .488 .836
Gabriel Moreno C 3 1 1 1 1 0 .303 .382 .464 .846 2B
Geraldo Perdomo SS 3 0 2 2 1 0 .249 .357 .372 .729
Max Kepler LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .212 .275 .322 .597
Nolan Arenado 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .237 .315 .435 .750
Ildemaro Vargas 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .259 .303 .403 .706
Ryan Waldschmidt PH 1 1 1 2 0 0 .276 .339 .400 .739 HR (3)
Tim Tawa 1B 3 0 0 0 1 1 .248 .301 .404 .705
Jordan Lawlar CF 2 0 0 0 0 1 .271 .348 .407 .755

Pitching lines

AWAY · CHC
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Clay Holmes 7.0 2 0 0 2 5 0 93 2.26
Daniel Palencia 0.2 2 3 3 1 1 0 22 3.93
Jacob Webb 1.0 1 2 2 1 0 1 20 2.91 L
HOME · AZ
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Brandon Pfaadt 6.2 6 4 4 2 3 1 103 3.51
Dennis Santana 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 19 5.72
Justin Martinez 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 17 0.00 W

Manager comparison

AWAY · CHC
Craig Counsell
Lineup 3.9 R Bunts 2.0 R IBBs 1.8 R
HOME · AZ
Torey Lovullo
Lineup 4.2 R Bunts 4.8 R IBBs 4.0 R

Recent form

AWAY · CHC
6-4 W2 +22 run diff
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HOME · AZ
4-6 W2 -3 run diff
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Season series: 1-2 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.

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