The Cubs beat the Pirates 1-0, scoring the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning on a Cody Bellinger double followed by a Christopher Morel single. The tag at the plate was challenged, but the call was confirmed.

It’s the closest nine inning game that can be played. I define the closeness score for a game as the average of the lead at the end of each half inning. For this game it was 1/18.

Bailey Falter of the Pirates and Shota Imanaga of the Cubs each pitched an outstanding game. Falter allowed three hits in 7 2/3 innings, while Imanaga gave up four hits in seven innings, striking out seven. Imanaga lowers his ERA to 0.84.