Jack Suwinski's tiebreaking homer in the 9th lifts Pirates over
struggling Cubs 3-2
[August 16, 2025]
By MATT CARLSON
CHICAGO (AP) — Jack Suwinski hit a tiebreaking solo
homer in the ninth inning to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 3-2 win over
the struggling Chicago Cubs on Friday.
Suwinski, a Chicago native, hit Daniel Palencia's (1-3) 1-1 fastball the
opposite way, into the left-field bleachers for his third homer. The
Pirates ended a five-game losing steak and sent the Cubs to their fourth
loss in five games. |
Pittsburgh Pirates' Jack Suwinski, right, crosses home plate to score
pas Chicago Cubs catcher Carson Kelly after hitting a home run during
the ninth inning of a baseball game Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, in Chicago.
(AP Photo/Erin Hooley) |
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Pete Crow-Armstrong broke out of a 3-for-41
slump by going 3 for 3 with his first RBI since July 30.
Crow-Armstrong also was hit by a pitch and scored a run. The
Cubs All-Star was thrown out twice on the bases; trying to
stretch a single to double in the fourth and was caught stealing
in the ninth after leading off with a single.
Andrew McCutchen and Isaiah Kiner-Falefa each had an RBI double.
The Cubs entered eight games behind surging NL Central-leading
Milwaukee. Matt Shaw added a sac fly.
Dennis Santana (4-4) got the final four outs for the win.
Pirates rookie Braxton Ashcraft allowed one run on three hits in
five innings, striking our four and walking none in his third
and longest start
Cubs starter Colin Rea allowed one run on three hits in five
innings.
The Pirates took a 1-0 lead in the fourth on McCutchen's double.
The Cubs tied it in the bottom half on Crow-Armstrong’s RBI
single.
Kiner-Falefa's RBI double in the seventh put Pittsburgh ahead
2-1. The Cubs tied it at 2 in the bottom half on Shaw's sac fly
with the bases loaded, scoring Crow-Armstrong from third.
Key moment
The Cubs loaded the bases with none out in the seventh and
scored only one run. After Shaw's sac fly, reliever Isaac
Mattson got pinch hitter Carson Kelly and Justin Turner to pop
out.
Key stat
Crow-Armstrong's double was his first extra base hit since Aug.
1.
Up next
Pirates RHP Mike Burrows (1-4, 4.66 ERA) faces Cubs LHP Shota
Imanaga (8-5, 3.19) on Saturday.
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