Cubs vs. Pirates Game Highlights (5/1/25) | MLB Highlights
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[{'start': '1.901', 'end': '3.535', 'text': "Paul SKs takes the mound for the Pirates as they look for a series victory against the Cubs this afternoon, posing average of 119. Obviously, the strikeouts to walks have always been extremely impressive. So he'll face Ian half right away and out to right and a base hit for Ian. There goes the no, no, I think a lot of hitters against their mindset when they go up there. If I get a good fastball early, I'm going to turn it loose. Here's kyle Tucker swing and a flyball right, got underneath it and reynolds moves to his right , a few steps into straight away right at almost right center. He'll make the catch for the first out half at first for say Suzuki and in the air to right over into right center. Reynolds a nice good read off the bat two gone half still at first. And Michael Bush is the clean up man for Chicago again today. Ground ball right side. Nice little play there. Oh, pretty play by adam Frazier. Made it look easy on the outfield grass. 360 spin scoreless. Top of the first for Colin sees Oil Cruz start off his fourth start of the season. Cruz swings at the first pitch. Nice play Michael Busch underhand. The first one pitch one out here's Brian Reynolds is seven for 12 in his career against Colin. One of those seven hits a home run to right field. And how about Brian Reynolds clear in the down his fourth one first homer allowed by Colin. Ryan reynolds is eight for 13 in his career against this cup starter. He hits him well and it's going to continue something about it. Reynolds with his fourth home run. Bowser blast. The Pirates have the lead three for seven in the series. He's two for five in his career against with a home run. Definitely not used to seeing that a leadoff walk just the fifth in 39 innings this season for Paul Skes, Pete Crow Armstrong has homered in the series pops this one up and Triolo in the outfield grass makes the catch one out IBA in there for the first time in this series and swing and a miss struck him out the splink and that's his first strikeout of the day. And I'll give you a good idea of how quick Paul Keynes is to the plate and good with controlling the running game. That's a perfectly located pitch. So two outs for Dansby Swanson and there's a ground ball to the second baseman soft bounder to Frazier for the force. It's one nothing four pitch walk three in a row. This is a rare time where Skeens doesn't have too much work for him in terms of his usual command because it's usually as good as anybody. Four walks on the afternoon and it brings up Michael Bush ground ball second. There's one and on the first double, Paul Skes raises his arms after three straight walks the next pitch, Michael Bush grounds into an inning ending double play. Yeah. Leave that man alone and Ray misses with a fastball. So a man on after race first walk for o'neil Cruz leading one nothing here in the third to left center field toward the gap and right at the base of the wall. Since Pete Crow Armstrong back to the base of the wall, the throw to the plate is not going to get Triolo o'neill Cruz sends that one a long way as Henry Davis scores davis able to score on the double by o'neal Cruz and the Pirates take a two nothing lead as Chicago will bat against Paul Skes here in the fourth one down. Fourth inning and the batter is Pete Armstrong in the air to shallow center late break for Cruz and he makes up for it with the Speed Crows comes in and makes the play. What a nice play that turned out to be really did. No substitute for speed into the fifth. Need more scoring here from PNC Park Cubs down two to nothing to face Dansby Swanson s allowed a hit the first pitch he threw that was to Ian and Then none since he's walked for out to right center field crus back at the wall, it's gone another dinger for Dansby. Second of the series. Sixth of the year one or more runs. We got more runs. Comes on the board here in the fifth, rare home run allowed by schemes just the second he's allowed all year one and two. Now on Ian Hap singled and walk back with a changeup, couple of them and getting ha for his second strikeout and two way. Now in the fifth shows you how tough it is to strike these guys out. Skes only has two. Now, the batter Kyle Tucker, he drills one deep right center field way back, still going at the wall. Reynolds looks up and this one's gone tie ball game. The king has left the Castle Kyle Tucker home run number eight, second homer of the inning and just like that were tied at two and Paul Skeens allows two home runs in the inning. That's just the second time in his career. He's got two home runs in a game , tie ball game. Here's Se Suzuki, here's the 30 and a high fly ball to deep left field Canario going back, he looks up, this is gone. Sea gives the Cubs the lead third home run for the Cubs here in the fifth and they're up 3 to 2 over the Pirates. Skene stands in disbelief on the mound. He's allowed three home runs in the inning, 32, Chicago. That is going to be it for Paul Skeins today. So Joey, we will pick up for a singled walked and struck out today, ground ball left side and it shoots a left for a base hit , add a run, another run or two would look huge here in the kyle Nicholas, the new Pirate Suzuki's home run. The difference in the game that came back in the fifth inning drills it deep. It is, it is say says you for the second time today, this one , a two run blast. Say a red hot. So are the Cubs are up 5 to 2 and the Cubs for the second time in three games with four homers , they can swing it. Henry Davis will start it off. He has walked and popped out today batting for a third time and any way you can 22 pitched 99 fastball to Henry davis. He starts this eighth inning with a base hit. And for the first time in this ballgame, the Pirates get their leadoff baserunner on hit hard and what a pick at first base and dropped. Oh my goodness. It's dropped by Swanson and everybody is safe, little subtle thing and now it's 1st and 2nd. Nobody out and Reynolds gets away. Wild pitch moves the runners up 90 ft and air and a wild pitch and Brian Reynolds with a couple of strikes on him. See if he can do some work right here. Ball. This will bring home a run and move the runner to third and it's 5 to 3. Give Reynolds an RB I his second of the game as Davis scores Cruz to third deep enough. Fly ball would score Cruz from third with one out back to the mound. Holding the runner nicely is Hodge and Then he loves one to first just in time. His lob took Bush off the bag into foul territory. That is the second out. It wasn't textbook but they got the job done. Still a runner at third. Still a two run lead and the batter now is key Brian Hayes head out to left ha makes the catch nice job. Porter Hodge Cubs allow a run but they still lead by two. It's a 53 game. Now the Cubs looking for some insurance runs 1st and 2nd. Nobody out. Here's Ian half a rips it right field. Reynolds back at the warning track. It hits below the yellow line. It's a base hit half to second. Scores a run on an RB I double and the Cubs get their insurance run. They're up 6 to 3. We go figure Ian half hitting against the Pittsburgh Pirates three for four today, Suzuki already with three runs batted in. Pop up shallow right. Reynolds coming in, sliding catch and what a play by reynolds to get up and throw to the plate. The baserunner at third birdie was about halfway down the line. The quickness to get up and get the ball on his way back to home. Don't hesitate to get the ball moving. Reynolds pops up from that slide and guns it to home. Michael Bush. Now batting with two down to right it. That's the one that breaks it open. Michael Bush. A clutch two run single. The Cubs have scored three in the inning and now lead by a score of 8 to 3 bottom of the ninth inning. Ryan Pressly in what is not a safe situation is on to try to slam the door in the air to right Tucker back has makes the catch Cubs win one 23 for Cubs wrap up series winning two out of three here in Steel Town. The final today. 8 to 3."}]