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September 24, 2026 · NL Cent

Miami Marlins vs Chicago Cubs

September 24, 2026Wrigley FieldPartly Cloudy 65°F · 9 mph, In From CF
AWAY
Miami Marlins
78-81
1
vs
HOME
Chicago Cubs
88-71
2

Game Highlights

Published September 24, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T3 Jakob Marsee Jakob Marsee singles on a line drive to center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong. Brian Navarreto scores. Jakob Marsee to 2nd. MIA 1, CHC 0
B5 Seiya Suzuki Seiya Suzuki homers (26) on a fly ball to center field. MIA 1, CHC 1
B6 Nico Hoerner Nico Hoerner singles on a line drive to left fielder Heriberto Hernández. Ian Happ scores. MIA 1, CHC 2

Box score

  123456789 R
MIA 001000000 1
CHC 000011000 2

Pitching & bullpen

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

Marlins AWAY 1

Tyler Phillips started for Marlins, leaving with a 1–0 lead. Out of the bullpen, Jack Ralston took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Tyler Phillips Starter 4.0 73 0 2
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Tyler Phillips threw
    CSW 29% 1st-pitch strike 50% 4.1 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Curveball 18 25% 3 2 4 9 0
    Splitter 16 22% 3 4 3 4 2
    Sinker 15 21% 0 2 2 6 5
    Four-Seam Fastball 11 15% 0 2 2 4 3
    Sweeper 10 14% 3 1 1 3 2
    Slider 3 4% 1 0 0 2 0
  • Jack Ralston Setup 1.1 24 2 2 L
  • Josh Ekness Middle 1.2 25 0 0 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Victor Vodnik Middle 1.0 12 0 1
Cubs HOME 2

Matthew Boyd started for Cubs, leaving with a 2–1 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Matthew Boyd Starter 7.0 90 1 3 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Matthew Boyd threw
    CSW 24% 1st-pitch strike 74% 3.3 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 39 43% 3 4 11 8 13
    Changeup 29 32% 5 6 4 7 7
    Curveball 10 11% 0 2 1 6 1
    Slider 10 11% 1 1 2 5 1
    Sinker 2 2% 0 0 2 0 0
  • Daniel Palencia Middle 1.0 15 0 0 HLD
  • Ryan Zeferjahn Setup 1.0 9 0 0 SV

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 6th · off Ralston
  • Hoerner 1B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · MIA
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Otto Lopez SS 3 0 1 0 1 0 .304 .348 .438 .786
Heriberto Hernández LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .225 .312 .431 .743 SB
Jakob Marsee CF 3 0 1 1 1 0 .230 .347 .356 .703
Javier Sanoja 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .294 .333 .454 .787
Agustín Ramírez DH 4 0 1 0 0 1 .237 .321 .363 .684
Kyle Stowers PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .239 .331 .459 .790
Griffin Conine PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .256 .347 .473 .820
Jared Serna 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .227 .300 .527
Brian Navarreto C 3 1 1 0 0 1 .140 .200 .260 .460 2B
Esteury Ruiz RF 2 0 0 0 1 0 .217 .332 .372 .704
Deyvison De Los Santos 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .194 .233 .427
HOME · CHC
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Pete Crow-Armstrong CF 3 0 1 0 1 1 .280 .373 .575 .948 SB
Seiya Suzuki RF 3 1 2 1 1 1 .270 .366 .476 .842 HR (26)
Michael Busch 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .239 .351 .393 .744
Michael Conforto DH 3 0 0 0 1 0 .240 .334 .473 .807
Ian Happ LF 3 1 1 0 1 0 .222 .330 .419 .749 3B
Nico Hoerner 2B 4 0 1 1 0 0 .264 .318 .353 .671 SB
Pedro Ramírez 3B 3 0 1 0 1 1 .261 .319 .406 .725 2 SB
Carson Kelly C 3 0 0 0 0 0 .260 .339 .379 .718
Dansby Swanson SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 .216 .300 .404 .704

Pitching lines

AWAY · MIA
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Tyler Phillips 4.0 3 0 0 4 2 0 73 3.34
Jack Ralston 1.1 3 2 2 0 2 1 24 4.50 L
Josh Ekness 1.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 25 3.34
Victor Vodnik 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 4.99
HOME · CHC
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Matthew Boyd 7.0 5 1 1 2 3 0 90 3.91 W
Daniel Palencia 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 3.64 HLD
Ryan Zeferjahn 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3.88 SV

Manager comparison

AWAY · MIA
Clayton McCullough
Clayton McCullough
Lineup 4.2 R Bunts 4.2 R IBBs 2.0 R
HOME · CHC
Craig Counsell
Craig Counsell
Lineup 4.0 R Bunts 2.0 R IBBs 2.0 R

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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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