Henry Davis slugs late go-ahead homer as Pirates send Cubs to a 9th
straight loss in 2-1 victory
[May 26, 2026]
By WILL GRAVES
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Henry Davis hit a go-ahead solo home
run in the seventh inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates sent the Chicago
Cubs to their ninth straight loss with a 2-1 victory on Monday.
Davis turned on a 91 mph cutter from Cubs reliever Trent Thornton (2-1)
and sent it well over the right-field fence for his fourth home run of
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Chicago Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong leaps in an unsuccessful
attempt to catch a ball hit by Pittsburgh Pirates' Brandon Lowe during
the third inning of a baseball game, Monday, May 25, 2026, in
Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/David Dermer) |
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Pittsburgh's bullpen made it stand up. Wilber Dotel (1-0) tossed
three scoreless innings in relief to pick up the victory.
Gregory Soto worked a perfect ninth for his sixth save as the
Pirates beat the Cubs for the third time in four tries so far
this season.
Brandon Lowe had two hits for Pittsburgh, including an RBI
double. Spencer Horwitz also had a pair of hits and a handful of
excellent plays at first base, all of them against Cubs star
Pete Crow-Armstrong. Horwitz was perfectly positioned to snatch
a couple of line drives and then made a brilliant diving grab on
a sharp grounder before tossing to Dotel covering first to rob
Crow-Armstrong of a hit.
Michael Busch hit his sixth homer of the season for Chicago, but
it wasn't enough to halt a funk that is nearing three weeks.
Chicago's nine-game skid is the franchise's longest since a
10-game slide in 2022. The Cubs have dropped 13 of 15 overall to
fall into the middle of the pack in the hyper-competitive NL
Central, where all five teams started Memorial Day above .500.
Cubs starter Ben Brown allowed one run and four hits over six
innings with two walks and seven strikeouts, whittling his ERA
to 2.01.
Pirates starter Carmen Mlodzinski — fighting hard to stay in the
rotation as Jared Jones nears his return from elbow surgery —
allowed one run over five innings with three walks and three
strikeouts.
Up next
The series continues on Tuesday. Braxton Ashcraft (3-2, 2.89
ERA) starts for the Pirates.
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