PIT 9, CWS 3 | Sep 8, 2026 | The Best Box Score

Tuesday, September 8, 2026•Rate Field•83°F, Clear

PIT

Pirates

CWS

White Sox

Final

WIN

Bubba Chandler

LOSS

Sean Burke

The Pirates cruised past the White Sox 9-3 in a dominant performance.

★Spencer Horwitz3 RBI

★Oneil Cruz3-for-5, 2 RBI

★Rafael Flores Jr.3-for-5, 1 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 7: Colson Montgomery grounds out, shortstop Konnor Griffin to first baseman Spencer Horwitz. Andrew Benintendi scores.

Weather: 83°F, ClearWind: 13 mph, In From RFFirst pitch: 11:40 PM UTCT: 2:41Att: 18,375Venue: Rate Field

Ump Audit

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89.9%C

14 missed calls

+3.3% CWS

+0.55 runs CWS

Win Probability

CWS WinPIT Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	9	18	0
CWS	0	0	0	0	1	1	1

Game 824551 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Pittsburgh Pirates

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Konnor GriffinSS	5	1	2	0	1	0	.267/.323/.392	109.4	.484	.578
Brandon Lowe2B	4	2	2	0	1	0	.258/.326/.479	106.2	.429	.419
Bryan ReynoldsDH	4	2	2	2	0	1	.268/.373/.432	100.4	.385	.550
Oneil CruzCF	5	1	3	2	0	1	.270/.359/.476	115.9	.522	.587
Billy CookRF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.180/.196/.240	-	-	-
Spencer Horwitz1B	5	0	2	3	0	0	.245/.345/.370	104.4	.384	.373
Rafael Flores Jr.C	5	1	3	1	0	0	.242/.318/.525	104.8	.478	.590
Jared Triolo3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244/.316/.314	-	-	-
Jake MangumLF	5	1	2	0	0	0	.286/.343/.373	90.7	.409	.378
Bench
Esmerlyn ValdezRF	4	1	1	1	1	0	.233/.345/.504	109.6	.286	.410
Jacob Gonzalez3B	5	0	1	0	0	1	.221/.271/.359
Totals	42	9	18	9	3	3	-	-	-	-

HR:Jr. (5th off Urquidy, 0 on, 0 out)

2B:Reynolds 2; Cruz; Valdez; Mangum; Griffin

TB:27

RBI:Horwitz 3; Reynolds 2; Cruz 2; Valdez; Jr.

SB:Mangum

CS:Cruz

SF:Reynolds

Team LOB:10

Chicago White Sox

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Sam AntonacciLF	4	0	1	0	0	1	.268/.366/.392	102.8	.281

Pitching

Pittsburgh Pirates

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Bubba ChandlerW	6.0	4	2	2	8	1	95-65	95.3	4.25
Wilber Dotel	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	28-21	95	4.41
Yohan Ramírez	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	11-9	90	3.14
Totals	9.0	6	3	3	10	1	134-95	-	-

WP:Dotel

Pitches-strikes:Chandler 95-65; Dotel 28-21; Ramírez 11-9

Groundouts-flyouts:Chandler 3-6; Dotel 3-2; Ramírez 1-1

Chicago White Sox

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Sean BurkeL	1.1	8	7	7	2	2	0	48-31	89.1	3.58

Game Notes

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T7Replay review: Pirates challenged (play at 1st), call on the field was upheld: Konnor Griffin grounds out, shortstop Colson Montgomery to first baseman Munetaka Murakami.

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T8Replay review: Kyle Teel challenged (pitch result), call on the field was overturned: Bryan Reynolds called out on strikes.

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B8Replay review: Rafael Flores Jr. challenged (pitch result), call on the field was overturned: Miguel Vargas called out on strikes.

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T1Wild pitch by Sean Burke

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B7Wild pitch by Wilber Dotel

Top 1 • PIT

5-0

Spencer Horwitz singles on a ground ball to center fielder Tristan Peters. Esmerlyn Valdez scores.

EV: 104.4 mph150 ftLA: 7°

4-0

Esmerlyn Valdez hits a ground-rule double (14) on a fly ball to right-center field. Oneil Cruz scores.

EV: 100.7 mph367 ftLA: 29°

3-0

Oneil Cruz doubles (12) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Tristan Peters. Brandon Lowe scores. Bryan Reynolds scores.

EV: 111.2 mph408 ftLA: 18°

1-0

Bryan Reynolds doubles (35) on a fly ball to right fielder Braden Montgomery. Konnor Griffin scores. Brandon Lowe to 3rd.

EV: 99.5 mph372 ftLA: 25°

Top 2 • PIT

7-0

Spencer Horwitz singles on a line drive to center fielder Tristan Peters. Brandon Lowe scores. Bryan Reynolds scores. Esmerlyn Valdez to 2nd.

EV: 75.6 mph209 ftLA: 20°

Top 5 • PIT

9-0

Bryan Reynolds out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Tristan Peters. Jake Mangum scores. Konnor Griffin to 3rd. Brandon Lowe to 2nd.

EV: 100.4 mph394 ftLA: 32°

8-0

Rafael Flores Jr. homers (8) on a fly ball to left field.

EV: 98.2 mph💣 372 ftLA: 31°

Bot 5 • CWS

9-1

Braden Montgomery singles on a ground ball to left fielder Jake Mangum. Andrew Benintendi scores.

EV: 97.4 mph26 ftLA: -6°

Bot 6 • CWS

9-2

Kyle Teel homers (4) on a fly ball to right center field.

EV: 112.4 mph💣 408 ftLA: 23°

Bot 7 • CWS

9-3

Colson Montgomery grounds out, shortstop Konnor Griffin to first baseman Spencer Horwitz. Andrew Benintendi scores.

EV: 39.6 mph87 ftLA: 33°

Bench
Sean BurkeP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Tyler SchweitzerP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
José UrquidyP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Tyler DavisP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-