Pittsburgh Pirates at Chicago Cubs

Pittsburgh beat Chicago 4-3 at Wrigley Field, erasing a two-run deficit with three runs in the sixth inning. Brandon Lowe delivered the decisive blow with a two-run single that put the Pirates ahead for good. Bubba Chandler earned the win with 5.1 innings of three-run ball, fanning three over 90 pitches. His ERA now sits at 4.28. Matthew Boyd took the loss after allowing four earned across 5.1 frames, striking out three on 88 pitches and carrying a 4.16 ERA. Mason Montgomery locked down the save. The top of the sixth settled it. Nick Gonzales ripped a ground-rule double to plate Bryan Reynolds, then Lowe singled sharply to center to score two more and give Pittsburgh a 4-2 cushion. Miguel Amaya had pulled the Cubs level with a two-run homer in the fifth, but Chicago managed only one more run the rest of the way. Both starters hit their K projections exactly: Chandler and Boyd each recorded three strikeouts. The NRFI model leaned no runs in the first, and the inning stayed scoreless despite Reynolds plating a run in the top half after Konnor Griffin reached.