Pirates vs. Cubs Game Highlights (9/4/24) | MLB Highlights

Chicago Cubs taking on the Pittsburgh Pirates and guess what it's showtime lot of sha imaga jerseys Cubs desperately need a victory here tonight sha imanaga on the mound 19-6 are the Cubs when he's a starting pitcher he himself 11 and3 with a 3.14 ER that's 11th best in MLB he has seen the Pirates once it was back in May and he pitched a Dandy 7 of scoreless baseball allowing just four hits Popa go one out Reynolds bouncing ball deep third paradus a fine play and dropped on the other end by Bush couldn't handle the Hop of an in between hop that bush has to contend with is good work here by Pettis with the glove little hop the short Dansby to that's a double play and the inning quickly comes to an end Domingo Hermon delivers in the right it's a base hit for Ian hat one pitch one single that's efficiency it's amazing uh how much success he's had lately just going up there attacking that first pitch that's high for ball four Cubs have a great scoring chance right away first and second nobody out the left field it's a base hit he stops at third then it's Bobble H comes in the score first say it a second it's one to nothing Cubs well early and often would be nice for the Cubs offensively here tonight after a couple of lean nights this should be a great match up for Suzuki he you know he's going to get some pitches he can handle he's going to hammer some baseballs today and he does this one by a rare Mistake by Reynolds Bellinger swinging on a three-oh pitch De La Cruz has a very strong arm runner at third is tagging and trying to score and it's going to be a bang bang play he is out Henry Davis applies the tag on Michael Bush what a perfect throw from the Pirates right fielder De La Cruz I mean perfectly placed right on the money what a double play that was and bounce to third triolo backs up and throw on to First did that clean things up in a hurry wow what a difference one nothing so two outs two on second inning and the batter will be Michael a Taylor Taylor drives one toward left coming in Ian hap On The Run makes the catch at shoulder level angling toward the left field line and that ends the inning Lin it to left and he start a new hitting streak with the single lead off single for Nico he had been one for eight in the first two games into left field for a base hit make that a 15 game on base streak just like the first inning it's first and second nobody out here for the CBS big spot here for Pak Crow Armstrong sitting 310 with an 867 Ops over his last 37 he grips it in left center field Reynolds into the Gap but he can't get it bags Off the Wall here's the throw home it's late it's an RBI double for Pete Crow Armstrong well great up bat for Pete you know I always love it when he gets this pitch away and he goes with it great base running by Nico and I just love the at bat by Pete Crow Armstrong the 02 ground ball right side base hit onean is in for Armstrong heading home he'll score Cubs lead four to nothing e and half against the Pittsburgh Pirates as success continues two run single here in the second four nothing cuups two outs and here is Brian Reynolds Brian Reynolds hits a Fly ball to right toward the line as Bellinger does he have a play yes over near the line and the side wall and it's a one two three inning for count down here's Dansby Swanson Bellinger at second with two outs for Hermon here tonight this is his second start in his first one he went six scoreless against Texas then as you said struggled against the Cubs last week in Pittsburgh Cubs getting in tonight drilled in the air deep left field back goes reyolds to the wall it's gone two run Homer Dansby Swanson a hanging breaking ball and the Cubs take a commanding six to nothing lead boy that left the park in a hurry yeah there's nothing wrong with that swing this pitch is up an inner third and Dansby hammers this ball into the well and left big swing in the bat big two-run bound he lifts that one to Center M Taylor back to the wall is gone back to back Dansby swans it two run shot and PCA with the solo black seven to nothing CS here in the thir PCA had a rough night last night swinging the B four strikeouts in the game last night today he's two for two in the first three Innings last pirate to reach was Jared triolo he drew a 10 pitch walk in a second and he's coming up here's the pitch a swing and a miss at a pitch in the dirt as Amaya applies the tag on triolo strike three two away swing and a miss strike three got him with a splitter and the Pirates are hitless through the first five innings now the Cubs have something Brewing once again here in the last of the fifth men at first and second with one away Dansby Swanson do up down the Third Base Line hits off of triolo's glove and it's in the left field Paredes scores corner to Third and Dansby Swanson brings in another run it's 8 to nothing Cubs three for three single Homer and that RBI double right now bluk shami is sitting at home watching watch and go hey he's a triple shy of the cyclea lines it into right field that's a base hit another run scores it's nine to nothing Cubs and now pca's three for three and now the seventh spot in the Cubs lineup and the eighth spot in the Cubs lineup are a triple away from the cycle that's pretty good nine nothing Cubs as the Pirates Come to bat in the six looking for hit number one against sha imaga 3-2 pitch popped up this ball is foul might be playable for Amaya it is and that's out number one he's going to bounce out the way he oh it's a base hit that's going to be a hit huh no that's going to be another error Paredes charged with an air in the first Inning on a ball hit by Reynolds sweet this strike three strike out for sha right on that fourth seamer putting in on the hands patching a very good hitter oh my goodness that's going to be the third error on Paredes wants to crawl in a hole right now tough night defensively for ESO two outs two on the inning should be over O'Neal Cruz the batter 0 for two this strike three so does that sha imanaga six scoreless no hit frames what a beast Suzuki is on for Cody Belling Drew who is one out of three Cody crushes on the center Michael Taylor back to the wall drops up it's gone a bell bomb 15th of the Year dead center 11 and up the Cubs Cubs on top 11 to nothing sha imanaga has not yet allowed a base hit as he works in the seventh inning Sky to left in hat on away over to short Dan be first two away to nothing Cubs Two outs in the seventh Pirates looking for their first hit against Shota imanaga of the Cubs here comes the crowd swing a Miss strike three oh sh up seven scoreless no hit Innings how about that top of the eighth inning there's sh to imanaga getting a lot of PS on the back seven scoreless no hit Innings is night as finished yeah and you hear the booze as Nate Pearson came out of the bullpen in the f realized that imanaga night was done a popular decision by the manager but it's not the manager's job to be popular swinging a high popup right side playable for Bush and he'll make the catch run out number one shte imanaga seven Innings s Pearson third of an inning there's Henry Davis Gaya makes the catch two away two outs and back to the top for Isaiah ker FFA oh nope it's going to be Alica Williams to pinch H O2 pitch rounder to short Dansby to First ends the inning eight scoreless no hit innings for the Cubs pitching staff Buckle in go to the bottom of the eight up 11 to nothing it's rowy tles again his third appearance in the past week on the mound Tes trying to put up a zero in this 11 to nothing Cubs game B it left center it's a base hit bus rounds third and scores and Miles m cabon an RBI single 12 to nothing cuups we go to the ninth inning Pirates without a hit shot imanaga went seven Nate pieron went one and now Porter Hodge is on in the ninth inning round it to short throw the First on away Pirates do not have a hit one out in the ninth inning trailing 12 to nothing to the Cubs by no hitter through eight and the third here's a bouncer to short gloving it as Dansby Swanson throws to first two down and the Pirates down to their last chance fans were booing when Imago did not come out to pitch the eighth but they have rallied here in support of the Cubs Bullpen try to finish us off everybody on their feet Pirates down to their last strike the pitch bouncers slowly towards Swanson he's got it throws to First no hitter a combined no hitter for the Chicago Cubs sh imanaga seven Innings order Hodge gets the final three Nate Pearson worked a scoreless and hitless eighth inning and the Cubs have combined on a no hit ball game here tonight at Wrigley first Cubs no hitter since 1972 here at the friendly confines for the Cubs