{"id":251336,"date":"2026-07-24T19:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T19:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/251336\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T19:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T19:11:10","slug":"how-to-watch-pittsburgh-pirates-chicago-cubs-mlb-game-for-free-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/251336\/","title":{"rendered":"How to watch Pittsburgh Pirates-Chicago Cubs MLB game for free today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"XLNVUBFHYFEXTHFD5D7SJIAFFU\">The Pittsburgh Pirates play against the Chicago Cubs in an MLB game today. The matchup is scheduled to begin at <a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com?id=126006X1587343&amp;xs=1&amp;xcust=tlagrone%7C&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.directv.com%2Faffiliates%2Fstream%2F&amp;product_category=Arts+%26+Entertainment%3EStreaming\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.directv.com\/affiliates\/stream\/\">5:40 p.m. CT on MLB.TV<\/a>. Fans can watch this game for free online by using the <a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com?id=126006X1587343&amp;xs=1&amp;xcust=tlagrone%7C&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.directv.com%2Faffiliates%2Fstream%2F&amp;product_category=Arts+%26+Entertainment%3EStreaming\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.directv.com\/affiliates\/stream\/\">free trial offered by DIRECTV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ZBRAV66WJRACHHUHCPSJ3QD6UM\">The Pirates enter this matchup with a 53-50 record, and they have lost two of their last three games. In their most recent game, the Pirates lost 2-0 against the New York Yankees. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5MDMS33GFBDGHGNG74NFNGLKMU\">In order to bounce back today, the Pirates will need a great performance from their star player Brandon Lowe. He leads the team with 21 home runs and 65 RBI this year, which highlights his power at the plate. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"WFPOP6QSVNHPFFFIWTOS3R5SMA\">The Cubs enter this game with a 57-45 record, and they are coming off a 5-1 loss against the Detroit Tigers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"G3BGX3HJERDZ3HBZFVNPHV7SKU\">In order to win the MLB game today, the Cubs will need to rely on their star player Pete Crow-Armstrong. He leads the team with 21 home runs and a .282 batting average this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"WMBDZWTLDNCORJZOB7UGC4HCXY\">Notably, Crow-Armstrong also leads the team with a .383 on-base percentage this year. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"KHL7OMBR65E4TFQI6OZDVSTYJY\">Fans can watch this MLB game for free online by using the <a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com?id=126006X1587343&amp;xs=1&amp;xcust=tlagrone%7C&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.directv.com%2Faffiliates%2Fstream%2F&amp;product_category=Arts+%26+Entertainment%3EStreaming\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.directv.com\/affiliates\/stream\/\">five-day free trial offered by DIRECTV<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Pirates play against the Chicago Cubs in an MLB game today. The matchup is scheduled to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251337,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-251336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251336","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=251336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}