Cubs vs. Pirates Game Highlights (5/28/26) | MLB Highlights

Added: 2026-05-30

[00:00:01]Cubs an opportunity to split the series here in the steel city and plenty of fans here to hopefully see some more runs from the boys in blue. It's a finale between the Chicago Cubs and the Pittsburgh Pirates here at PNC Park.

[00:00:15]>> Here he is, the big man. 12th start of the season for Paul Skins. Ski making his 67th career start ZR8 on the season and even three. His career earn run average 213. He'll be making his eighth career start against the Cubs.

[00:00:32]>> Struck him out looking and PCA knew it.

[00:00:34]>> That was 99 miles an hour at the knees.

[00:00:36]>> So two gone for Michael Bush. That one, two pitch.

[00:00:39]>> Wants to be a start.

[00:00:41]>> Struck him out. That's what we figured we'd get from Sk.

[00:00:46]One, two, three.

[00:00:47]>> Well, here comes the big ready Colin Ray. He went a season high seven inning Saturday against the Astros. Ground ball rate is up significantly over last year.

[00:00:57]gets him looking. Strike three. Call it a beautiful offspe delivery. Strike out for Colin Ray. Now Reynolds >> the other way for Reynolds. Diving try, BUT IT GETS PAST HALF into the corner.

[00:01:11]Reynolds will have a double. And he's got a six-game hitting streak. He's on fire these days.

[00:01:17]>> It's been very impressive going to opposite field once again. Ian Hap got a nice jump on that ball. He thought when Ian Hap gets a good jump, he usually ends up in his glove, but that one just evaded him with that left hand tail from Brian Reynolds. Just ran away from the glove of Ian Hap.

[00:01:32]>> They walk Cruz to get to Join Garcia.

[00:01:37]>> He neutralizes Joe Stinson Garcia.

[00:01:39]Strikes him out. Two KS nothing.

[00:01:42]>> Let's see if Alex Bregman can get on.

[00:01:44]He's got a sevename hitting streak.

[00:01:46]>> Swinging a miss out in front of that sweeper. And three out of four have been struck out by Skates. He's really sharp tonight. Here's Ian Hap, one of the hitting heroes last night.

[00:01:57]>> Wow.

[00:01:57]>> Skins has struck out four of the first five Cubs. Two outs in the second.

[00:02:01]>> Yeah, that was just an explosive 98 mile fast ball.

[00:02:04]>> Here's Suzuki swing and a miss out in front of the sweeper. Ski strikes out the side. He has fanned five of the first six batters he's faced tonight.

[00:02:14]Two outs for Jared Triolo. Starting it short tonight.

[00:02:18]>> He's swinging a miss. Strike three and that's out number three. Nice job by Ray. He was behind three and0. Came back to strike out Jared Triolo.

[00:02:26]>> Paul Skins has been remarkable yet again. Struck out the side in the second. Five of the first six Cubs have been struck out. Here's Moyes by Hesteros.

[00:02:35]>> One-two pitch. Oh my goodness. Oh boy.

[00:02:39]Six Ks and five in a row for SK.

[00:02:42]>> Another high fast ball above the zone and got to chase it by Steros.

[00:02:45]>> Nothing nothing game in the third and the batter is Miguel Amaya. Swinging a miss struck him out. Six in a row.

[00:02:53]Struck out by Paul Skins.

[00:02:55]>> It's been impressive. I mean, he can do it like we said in all different types of ways.

[00:03:00]>> Now, if Pete can get one of these sliders coming into him that's down, Pete could do some damage.

[00:03:07]>> Pop up shallow LEFT FIELD. TRIOLO CAN'T HANG ON.

[00:03:12]GARCIA FIRES TO SECOND. HE'S OUT THERE AS SWANSON WAS TRYING TO SCORE ON THE THROW.

[00:03:21]The password guns it to second. That'll be the final out of the third. Trielo can't hang on. Garcia gets the job done as PCA is thrown out. Lao applies the tag. A walk and a hit batter here have put two on for the Pirates. Cruz drill walk back in the first.

[00:03:38]>> Nice pitch.

[00:03:40]>> Fly ball deep to left field. Pat goes around shy of the track. makes the catch. Nice job, Colin Ray. First and second, one out. Strands them both.

[00:03:49]>> So that that'll be the second walk allowed by Skins. Bregman will come to bat with a man on. Swing and a high fly ball left of center. Cruz moving over and he'll take care of that for the second out. Here's Ian Hap who struck out his first time.

[00:04:07]>> Bat hits off of Ski. He goes back. He bare hands. No throw. As a general rule of thumb, if you're a pitcher and there's a comebacker that you feel like you have to play with your bare bare hand, absolutely leave it alone. If you can glove it comfortably, go ahead and make a play.

[00:04:20]>> Say Suzuki hitting 102 with runners in scoring position. That's the second lowest batting average with runners in scoring position in all the baseballs.

[00:04:30]>> Wide drive shallow left field. It's a base hit for Seya Suzuki. Michael Bush routes third. It scores and the Cubs strike first. Seya Suzuki RBI single one- nothing Cubs lead in the fourth.

[00:04:43]>> Clutch RBI single by Seya Suzuki and the Cubs lead one to nothing. But a little inside breaking ball from Skins. He wants this ball away and it doesn't get away. It stays inside and Seiya hits this ball right over the shortstop Triolo's head and into short left field.

[00:04:59]He drives into Cub's first run. Happer easily with two outs goes first to third. And now Bayisteros swinging a popup right along the first baseline. Horwitz underneath it and he'll make the catch to end the inning.

[00:05:13]So the Cubs with an infield hit, a little flare and a walk and they'll pick up a run on two hits two left. Cubs one, Pirates nothing. Miguel Amaya to lead it off. Swing and a miss. Amaya down on strikes again. And that's Skins's eighth strikeout tonight. Two shy of a season high. Three shy of his career most.

[00:05:32]Dansby Swanson walked in the third.

[00:05:34]Swing and a miss. Struck him out on the change. Nine strikeouts for Paul Skins of the Pirates. And only Nico her unscathed. Pete Cro Armstrong is coming up. Swing and a miss. He struck him out.

[00:05:46]Down and away change up. 10 strikeouts for skins and he'll walk off the mound with a rise smile. He's in control tonight. Henry Davis will lead it off for the Pirates here in the bottom of the fifth.

[00:05:58]>> Called strike three. slowm moving front door breaking ball that apparently just clipped the inside edge near the top of the zone. Davis was not happy with the call. One away.

[00:06:08]>> Two up and two down in the Pirates fifth. Brandon Laauo has struck out and been hit with a pitch.

[00:06:13]>> Two two from Ray. Swing and a miss.

[00:06:15]Strike three. Brandon Laauo strikes out.

[00:06:18]Swinging Colin Ray. One, two, three.

[00:06:20]Fifth. He's thrown five scoreless frames.

[00:06:23]>> Busch gets the walk and the batter is Alex Bregman. Bouncing ball slowly toward third. Charging, picking is Callahan. Low throw not able to be dug out at first. Everybody is safe. Oritz could not dig out the low throw by Callahan. It might go as a base hit. It was not a routine play at all. Safe at second as Bush as Ian Hap comes up. H taps one over the mound charging the shortstop. He will throw to first and he throws the ball away. The Cubs are going to get a run. BCH scores. Bregman goes to third. Everybody is safe. Half is safe at first. Triola the shorts stop gloved it and made a running throw low and it got past Horwitz. The Cubs lead two to nothing. Big break >> after backto-back errors and a walk.

[00:07:07]Skines will get a round of applause.

[00:07:09]Mason Montgomery the lefty coming out in relief for skins.

[00:07:11]>> Yeah, Mason Montgomery and that hardth throwing lefty that he is and he's looking to get that ground ball here against Sea Suzuki.

[00:07:19]>> Grounder to short field splits a second to one over a Percy. It's close and he's safe. He legged it out. It scores a run.

[00:07:27]Great hustle by Seiya and it's three to nothing Cubs.

[00:07:30]>> Kevin Alcantara, a right-handed batter, will bat for Bayisteros and Alcantara could not hold up. Strike three and Montgomery allows one of the two inherited runners to score. So in the inning for the Cubs, two runs on one infield single, two errors and a man left. Two strikes on Reynolds. Had a double today. One of the Pirates two hits off Colin Ray swinging a deep drive to right and Brian Reynolds has hit one into the seats in right field. That'll get him back up and live again. Reynolds with home run number five and the Pirates are on the board. It's three to one. Yeah, really nice job Brian Reynolds on a 02 count. A line drive.

[00:08:11]You see Brian Reynolds coming back using opposite field. had a couple doubles earlier yesterday and bringing himself back into a place where he can barrel the ball, not miss a mistake. 93 mph right down the middle of the plate and he feeds the fans with it.

[00:08:24]>> The manager of the Chicago going to take Ray out of this game and >> well Milner enters the fray. 24 appearances, 24 and a third, a 259 erra.

[00:08:34]>> Tyler Callahan make his Pirates debut traded over from the Reds this spring.

[00:08:39]>> Swing fly ball right center and deep.

[00:08:42]This one's headed toward the wall and just off the glove of Suzuki around third. Garcia is going to come in to score. How about Tyler Callahan? Welcome to Pittsburgh. RBI double. It's three to two.

[00:08:54]>> Oh, what a beautiful at bat that was for Tyler Callahan. Battle with two strikes against a tough lefton left matchup.

[00:09:01]>> That was a great effort by Suzuki just to get glove on that ball, but I thought he had really smoked that ball.

[00:09:07]>> I really thought Suzuki was going to make that play. I was watching him perfectly run route to the ball. It just went off the tip of his glove. It was right in between PCA and themselves. And once he missed the ball, they collided.

[00:09:20]Tyler Callahan batting a thousand as a Pirate. Callahan the tying run for Jared Triolo.

[00:09:25]>> Wrapped on the ground to short. Swanson gets down on it and throws to first in time. Pirates get two on three hits.

[00:09:33]They leave one.

[00:09:34]>> Two on, two out. Cruz is coming up.

[00:09:37]>> Payoff pitch. Swing and a miss. Strike three. Caleb Thebark gets O'Neal Cruz swinging. Strands a pair. 3-2 Cubs lead.

[00:09:48]>> Ian Hap has two hits in three tries tonight. Neither hit left the infield.

[00:09:52]>> Ian Hap deep TO RIGHT FIELD. MAGNUM WATCHES BY IAN HAP for the second consecutive night. Ian Hap homers in Pittsburgh. 12th of the year. Two-run shot. 5-2 Cubs lead and that's a big one. The Cubs lead five-2 and it left the park in a hurry.

[00:10:15]>> Yeah, this a line drive bullet to to right center field and Ian gets this pitch. It's a fast ball up and out over the plate and he didn't miss it. And that is as you said Pat a big swing of the bat. Cubs up five to2.

[00:10:27]>> Four straight Cubs have reached with two outs and nobody on. And the batter is Miguela goes back to the screen behind home plate. Here comes Sam. He slides in safely. A walk and a wild pitch. It gives the Cubs a 6-2 lead.

[00:10:41]>> And now Swanson trying to add another run to this rally. And a high popup out to left field for Garcia.

[00:10:51]And he'll make the catch and the inning ends. Cubs get three. They lead 6-2.

[00:10:56]Bregman hit an 02 slider for a base hit his last time up. Batting was second and third. One out.

[00:11:01]>> Ground ball right side fielded by the first baseman. The throw home is going to be in time. And Pete Pro Armstrong says, "No, we're going to have to take a look at that one." Pete thought he dove in before he was tagged by the catcher, Davis.

[00:11:16]>> So, let's see.

[00:11:17]>> Yeah, I think the Cubs are going to challenge it. Yep.

[00:11:19]>> Chicago is challenging the alcohol at the plate.

[00:11:22]>> Throw is there in plenty of time, but he sneaks in the back door. He's safe.

[00:11:26]>> Safe.

[00:11:27]>> Yes.

[00:11:29]>> On the field is overturned. The runner is safe. Chicago challenge. Great base running by Pete Crow Armstrong and the Cubs lead seven to two.

[00:11:38]>> Two outs and nobody on here in the ninth. Horwitz worked an eight pitch walk his last up.

[00:11:44]>> In the air right field and deep sail backing track makes the catch. Cubs win.

[00:11:51]Series split here at PNC. Cubs lose the first two. They win the next two. Final score tonight. Cubs seven Pirates two.

[00:12:00]Nicely done. Yeah, nice followup here tonight after breaking that long losing streak last night. Contributions from a number of different guys. I think you know for me the star of the game is Colin Ray going toe-to-toe the way he did against Skings into the middle innings of this game. That kind of set the table and Cubs will head off to St. Louis deal with Cardinals for the first time this