PITTSBURGH — 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 received 4 in a row and 7 of eight general. It leads the Nationwide League wild-card standings with an 88-64 document.
Nico Hoerner had two hits and scored 3 times for the Cubs. Justin Turner hit a pair of RBI singles after getting into within the sixth.
The Cubs grabbed management with three runs within the sixth, helped by errors on Pirates reliever Yohan Ramírez (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 4 runs within the first earlier than Pittsburgh recorded an out. Busch walked and scored on a balk earlier than Happ hit his twenty third homer, a two-run drive on a curveball from Johan Oviedo that prompted an early mound go to. Moises Ballesteros drove the subsequent pitch over the wall in proper for his second profession homer.
Bart answered with a three-run shot off Matthew Boyd within the backside half. Andrew McCutchen’s bases-loaded stroll within the second tied it at 4.
Boyd permitted seven hits and walked two in a season-low three innings.
Chicago went 10-3 towards Pittsburgh within the season sequence.