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09/17 15:24 CDT Happ homers as the Cubs clinch first postseason berth since
2020 with an 8-4 win over the Pirates
Happ homers as the Cubs clinch first postseason berth since 2020 with an 8-4
win over the Pirates
By WES CROSBY
Associated Press
PITTSBURGH (AP) --- Ian Happ homered and drove in three runs, and the Chicago
Cubs clinched their first postseason berth since 2020 with an 8-4 win over the
Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday.
Chicago has won four in a row and seven of eight overall. It leads the NL
wild-card standings with an 88-64 record.
Nico Hoerner had two hits and scored three times for the Cubs. Justin Turner
hit a pair of RBI singles after entering in the sixth.
The Cubs grabbed control with three runs in the sixth, helped by errors on
Pirates reliever Yohan Ramrez (1-3) and catcher Joey Bart. Michael Busch drove
in Dansby Swanson with a tiebreaking sacrifice fly, and Happ and Turner added
run-scoring singles.
Aaron Civale (4-9) pitched three scoreless innings for the win.
Chicago scored four runs in the first before Pittsburgh recorded an out. Busch
walked and scored on a balk before Happ hit his 23rd homer, a two-run drive on
a curveball from Johan Oviedo that prompted an early mound visit. Moiss
Ballesteros drove the next pitch over the wall in right for his second career
homer.
Bart answered with a three-run shot off Matthew Boyd in the bottom half. Andrew
McCutchen's bases-loaded walk in the second tied it at 4.
Boyd permitted seven hits and walked two in a season-low three innings.
Key moment Bart attempted to catch Swanson trying to steal second in the sixth. But Swanson would have advanced anyway on a called ball four to Matt Shaw. The throw went into the outfield and Swanson went to third before scoring on Busch's flyball to right.
Key stat Chicago went 10-3 against Pittsburgh in the season series.
Up next The Cubs head to Cincinnati for a four-game series against the Reds beginning on Thursday. The Pirates face the Athletics on Friday, opening a three-game series that will conclude their home schedule. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB
Key moment Bart attempted to catch Swanson trying to steal second in the sixth. But Swanson would have advanced anyway on a called ball four to Matt Shaw. The throw went into the outfield and Swanson went to third before scoring on Busch's flyball to right.
Key stat Chicago went 10-3 against Pittsburgh in the season series.
Up next The Cubs head to Cincinnati for a four-game series against the Reds beginning on Thursday. The Pirates face the Athletics on Friday, opening a three-game series that will conclude their home schedule. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB
