Busch ends 0-for-30 slide with tying single, Cubs overcome 5-run deficit to beat Pirates 7-6

Q: What did Michael Busch achieve in the game against the Pirates?

Michael Busch ended his 0-for-30 hitting slump by hitting a tying two-run single in the eighth inning.

Q: How did the Cubs manage to win after trailing by five runs?

The Cubs overcame a five-run deficit by scoring five runs in the later innings, including a tying single by Busch and a winning single by Carson Kelly.

Q: Who hit a grand slam for the Pirates in the game?

Brandon Lowe hit a grand slam and a solo homer for the Pittsburgh Pirates during the game.

Busch ends 0-for-30 slide with tying single, Cubs overcome 5-run deficit to beat Pirates 7-6

TL;DR

Michael Busch ended his 0-for-30 slump with a tying single in the eighth inning, helping the Chicago Cubs come back from a five-run deficit to defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-6. Carson Kelly secured the win with a single in the ninth inning.

CHICAGO (AP) — Michael Busch ended an 0-for-30 slide with a tying, two-run single in the eighth inning and Carson Kelly had a winning single in the ninth as the Chicago Cubs overcame a five-run deficit to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-6 on Sunday. Brandon Lowe hit a grand slam and a solo homer off Jameson Taillon, and Oneil Cruz homered leading off the game for Pittsburgh, which led 5-0 before third-inning solo homers by Dansby Swanson and Moisés Ballesteros against Bubba Chandler. Lowe's fifth-inning homer boosted Pittsburgh's lead to 6-2 but Chicago closed on Alex Bregman's sacrifice fly in the bottom half. Swanson scored from third in the seventh on an infield fly by Bregman as Lowe, the second baseman, fell while catching the ball in short right field. Busch, benched from the starting lineup, pinch hit for Matt Shaw with two outs in the eighth after a pair of walks by Justin Lawrence and looped an opposite-field single into short left that tied the score 6-6. Pinch-hitter Michael Conforto doubled off Jose Urquidy (0-1) leading off the ninth and, with the bases loaded and one out, Kelly hit a 381-foot drive that landed on the right-center warning track. Daniel Palencia (1-0) pitched around a walk in the ninth. Chicago had been 0 for 7 with runners in scoring position before Busch's single after going 1 of 23 in the previous two losses to Pittsburgh. Taillon struck out 10, allowing six runs, six hits and two walks in six innings. Lowe had his second multi-homer game this season. Chicago placed reliever Hunter Henry on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to Thursday, with right triceps inflammation, and he became the eighth Cubs pitcher on the IL. Chicago selected the contract of left-hander Charlie Barnes from Triple-A Iowa. He has not appeared in a major league game since 2021.

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Pirates: RHP Paul Skenes (2-1, 5.25) will be on the mound Monday at Pittsburgh, opposed by Washington RHP Cade Cavalli (0-0, 2.51). Cubs: RHP Javier Assad (1-0, 0.00 ERA) starts Monday at Philadelphia, which starts Cristopher Sánchez (1-1, 1.65). \\\_ AP MLB:

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