Pittsburgh at Chi Cubs — MLB September 11, 2026

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Final

Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	7	1
CHC	0	3	2	4	0	2	1	0		12	16	0

Decisions

Win S. Imanaga CHC

6.0 IP · 5 H · 2 ER · 4 K · 3.88 ERA

Loss W. Dotel PIT

2.0 IP · 4 H · 3 ER · 1 K · 4.93 ERA

Recap

Highlights

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	PIT	CHC
Top 1st Oneil Cruz singles on a line drive to left fielder Ian Happ. Konnor Griffin scores.	1	0
Bottom 2nd Michael Conforto out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Jake Mangum in foul territory. Alex Bregman scores.	1	1
Bottom 2nd Carson Kelly doubles (15) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Jake Mangum. Ian Happ scores. Pedro Ramírez scores.	1	3
Bottom 3rd Michael Busch doubles (27) on a sharp fly ball to right fielder Esmerlyn Valdez. Seiya Suzuki scores. Michael Busch to 3rd. Michael Busch advances to 3rd, on a throwing error by right fielder Esmerlyn Valdez.	1	4
Bottom 3rd Nico Hoerner flies into a force out, right fielder Esmerlyn Valdez to shortstop Konnor Griffin. Michael Busch scores. Ian Happ out at 2nd. Nico Hoerner to 1st.	1	5
Bottom 4th Seiya Suzuki singles on a ground ball to right fielder Esmerlyn Valdez. Carson Kelly scores. Pete Crow-Armstrong to 3rd.	1	6
Bottom 4th Michael Busch out on a sacrifice fly to shortstop Konnor Griffin. Pete Crow-Armstrong scores.	1	7
Bottom 4th Alex Bregman homers (25) on a fly ball to left field. Seiya Suzuki scores.	1	9
Top 6th Bryan Reynolds homers (17) on a fly ball to left field.	2	9
Bottom 6th Michael Busch singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Oneil Cruz. Seiya Suzuki scores.	2	10
Bottom 6th Tyrone Taylor out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Billy Cook. Michael Busch scores.	2	11
Bottom 7th Pete Crow-Armstrong singles on a line drive to right fielder Jared Triolo. Pedro Ramírez scores. Carson Kelly to 2nd.	2	12

Closing line

Box score

Pittsburgh

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
K. Griffin SS	4	1	2	0	0	1	.266
O. Cruz CF	2	0	1	1	1	0	.277
J. Gonzalez 3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.222
B. Reynolds DH	3	1	1	1	1	0	.265
R. Flores Jr. 1B-C	4	0	1	0	0	1	.243
E. Valdez RF	3	0	0	0	0	2	.232
B. Cook RF-CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	.176
N. Gonzales 2B	3	0	1	0	1	0	.305
J. Mangum LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	.284
J. Triolo 3B-RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	.245
H. Davis C	2	0	0	0	0	0	.167
R. O'Hearn PH-1B	2	0	0	0	0	0	.269
Totals		2	7		3	4

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
W. Dotel L	2.0	4	3	3	0	1	38
K. Curtis	3.0	6	6	6	2	0	62
A. Kelly	3.0	6	3	3	0	1	45

Chi Cubs

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	4	1	1	1	1	1	.281
M. Shaw LF-2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237
S. Suzuki RF	5	3	3	1	0	0	.270
M. Busch 1B	4	2	2	3	0	0	.237
G. Arias 1B-SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245
A. Bregman 3B	4	2	3	2	0	0	.263
B. Murray Jr. PH-1B	1	0	0	0	0	1	.091
I. Happ LF	2	1	1	0	1	0	.220
T. Taylor LF-CF	1	0	0	1	0	0	.282
N. Hoerner SS	5	0	2	1	0	0	.267
T. Thornton P	0	0	0	0	0	0	–
M. Conforto DH-LF	3	0	1	1	0	0	.243
P. Ramirez 2B-3B	4	2	1	0	0	0	.260
C. Kelly C	3	1	2	2	0	0	.263
Totals		12	16		2	2

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
S. Imanaga W	6.0	5	2	2	2	4	100
J. Assad	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	12
D. Palencia	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	15
T. Thornton	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	7