{"id":205048,"date":"2026-05-29T03:07:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T03:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/205048\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T03:07:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T03:07:07","slug":"chicago-cubs-7-pittsburgh-pirates-2-may-28-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/205048\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Cubs 7 Pittsburgh Pirates 2 (May 28, 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIan Happ homered for the second consecutive game and the Chicago Cubs handed Paul Skenes his third straight loss with a 7-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday.The win came one night after the Cubs ended a 10-game losing streak. Happ hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the seventh inning of that game.Happ had three hits on Thursday, including a two-run homer in the eighth that pushed the Cubs\u2019 lead to 5-2. He has reached base safely in 41 games in the city where he grew up. Seiya Suzuki had two hits and two RBIs for Chicago.Skenes (6-5) lost his third straight start despite striking out 10 in 5 1\/3 innings. The 2025 NL Cy Young Award winner fanned six batters in a row from the first to the third.Only one of the three runs against Skenes was earned, as third baseman Tyler Callihan and shortstop Jared Triolo made throwing errors in a two-run sixth inning that extended the Cubs\u2019 lead to 3-0.Colin Rea (5-3) won for the first time in five starts, allowing two runs in 5 1\/3 innings. Hoby Milner, Caleb Thielbar and Trent Thornton combined for 3 2\/3 innings of scoreless relief.Bryan Reynolds homered for the Pirates.Pittsburgh third baseman Nick Gonzales exited after the third inning with left knee discomfort.Up nextCubs: Open a three-game series Friday night at St. Louis with LHP Shota Imanaga (4-5, 4.04 ERA) facing RHP Andre Pallante (5-4, 3.76).Pirates: Host the Minnesota Twins and former Pittsburgh manager Derek Shelton in a three-game series beginning Friday. Pirates RHP Jared Jones will make his first major league appearance since 2024, a little more than a year after undergoing elbow surgery. RHP Taj Bradley (5-1, 2.77) starts for the Twins.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tPITTSBURGH (AP) \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Ian Happ homered for the second consecutive game and the Chicago Cubs handed Paul Skenes his third straight loss with a 7-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The win came one night after the Cubs ended a 10-game losing streak. Happ hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the seventh inning of that game.<\/p>\n

Happ had three hits on Thursday, including a two-run homer in the eighth that pushed the Cubs\u2019 lead to 5-2. He has reached base safely in 41 games in the city where he grew up. Seiya Suzuki had two hits and two RBIs for Chicago.<\/p>\n

Skenes (6-5) lost his third straight start despite striking out 10 in 5 1\/3 innings. The 2025 NL Cy Young Award winner fanned six batters in a row from the first to the third.<\/p>\n

Only one of the three runs against Skenes was earned, as third baseman Tyler Callihan and shortstop Jared Triolo made throwing errors in a two-run sixth inning that extended the Cubs\u2019 lead to 3-0.<\/p>\n

Colin Rea (5-3) won for the first time in five starts, allowing two runs in 5 1\/3 innings. Hoby Milner, Caleb Thielbar and Trent Thornton combined for 3 2\/3 innings of scoreless relief.<\/p>\n

Bryan Reynolds homered for the Pirates.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh third baseman Nick Gonzales exited after the third inning with left knee discomfort.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Cubs: Open a three-game series Friday night at St. Louis with LHP Shota Imanaga (4-5, 4.04 ERA) facing RHP Andre Pallante (5-4, 3.76).<\/p>\n

Pirates: Host the Minnesota Twins and former Pittsburgh manager Derek Shelton in a three-game series beginning Friday. Pirates RHP Jared Jones will make his first major league appearance since 2024<\/a>, a little more than a year after undergoing elbow surgery. RHP Taj Bradley (5-1, 2.77) starts for the Twins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ian Happ homered for the second consecutive game and the Chicago Cubs handed Paul Skenes his third straight…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205049,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[90347,29828,39131,3618,90345,10086,89219,81657,15265,22146,73,75,74,10997,11405,70848,11867,28932,90346,3522],"class_list":["post-205048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-3rd-straight-start","tag-chicago-cubs","tag-cubs","tag-game","tag-happ-homer","tag-hit","tag-ian-happ","tag-innings","tag-lead","tag-paul-skenes","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-pirates","tag-run","tag-skenes","tag-st-louis","tag-third","tag-three-game-series-friday-night","tag-thursday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}