Chicago Cubs

2ndin NL Central · 87-70

Ugh, no.

Chicago Cubs lost to the Miami Marlins

77-80 8 – 2

87-70

Final/12 · Tue, Sep 22

Game Details

Wrigley Field (Chicago) · 33,759 fans · Marquee Sports Net, MLB.TV, Marlins.TV

Recap

Miami Marlins stymie Chicago's push for NL wild card with 8-2 victory over the Cubs

Griffin Conine drove in Esteury Ruiz with a tiebreaking single in Miami's six-run 12th inning, and the Marlins stymied Chicago's push for an NL wild card with an 8-2 victory over the Cubs on Tuesday night.

Recap via ESPN

Wrigley Field · Chicago

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
MIA	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	8	11	1
CHC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0

Win Probability · Chicago Cubs

first pitchnow: 0%

Game Leaders

Miami Marlins

Kyle Stowers · 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, 3 RBatting
Josh Ekness · 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 2 K (W, 3-4)Pitching

Chicago Cubs

Pete Crow-Armstrong · 2-4, 1 RBatting
Caleb Thielbar · 1.0 IP, 2 ER, 0 K (L, 3-4)Pitching

2026 National League East Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Atlanta	94	68	.580	-	L1
Philadelphia	88	74	.543	6	W1
Miami	80	82	.494	14	W1
Washington	77	85	.475	17	W1
New York	74	88	.457	20	L1

2026 National League Central Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Milwaukee	103	59	.636	-	W5
Chicago	89	73	.549	14	W1
Pittsburgh	82	80	.506	21	W1
St. Louis	77	85	.475	26	L4
Cincinnati	75	87	.463	28	L1

Scoring

Top 12th

1B Mack singled to center, Lopez scored and Stowers scored, Sanoja to second.8–2

Top 12th

1B Sanoja singled to right, Hernández scored, Stowers to second, Lopez to third.6–2

Top 12th

B Stowers walked, Marsee scored, Lopez to second, Hernández to third.5–2

Top 12th

1B Marsee singled to center, Conine scored.4–2

Top 12th

1B Conine singled to left, Ruiz scored. Miami Marlins challenged: call on the field was overturned.3–2

Bot 6th

1B Happ singled to right, Suzuki scored, Busch to third.2–2

Bot 6th

BFC Busch grounded into fielder's choice to first, Crow-Armstrong scored on error by catcher Mack, Suzuki safe at third on error.2–1

Top 6th

HR Stowers homered to left center (372 feet).2–0

Top 4th

1B Ramírez singled to center, Stowers scored, Sanoja to second.1–0

Team Stats

Miami MarlinsChicago Cubs

Batting

11 Hits 7

1 Home Runs 0

3 Walks 5

14 Strikeouts 17

1 Stolen Bases 1

23 Left on Base 29

Pitching & Fielding

210 Pitches Thrown 208

1 Errors 0

0 Double Plays 0

Box Score

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Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
H. HernandezLF	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	.228	31	.313	.437
O. LopezSS	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	.304	15	.348	.440
K. StowersDH	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	.240	24	.332	.455
J. Sanoja2B	5	0	2	1	0	1	1	.293	18	.333	.454
A. RamirezC	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	.237	9	.323	.367
J. MackC	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	.236	8	.282	.397
E. RuizRF	6	1	0	0	0	0	4	.216	34	.329	.373
G. Conine1B	6	1	1	1	0	0	1	.254	25	.346	.474
D. De Los Santos1B	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.185	12	.214	.259
G. Pauley3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.206	6	.253	.375
J. Serna2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.188	11	.222	.313
J. MarseeCF	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	.231	15	.348	.359
Team	45	8	11	8	1	3	14		208

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
J. Junk	5.0	2	0	0	1	6	84-59	4.31
C. Gibson	0.0	2	2	1	0	0	11-8	5.55
C. Faucher(B, 6)	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	19-11	3.39
M. Petersen	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	18-11	3.11
E. Perez	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	14-11	4.14
T. Zuber	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	20-11	5.67
J. Ralston	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	21-8	3.68
J. Ekness(W, 3-4)	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	14-11	3.54
V. Vodnik	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	9-7	5.08
Team	12.0	7	2	1	5	17	210-137

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Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
P. Crow-ArmstrongCF	4	1	2	0	2	1	.282	24	.373	.579
S. SuzukiRF	6	1	2	0	0	1	.267	28	.365	.471
M. Busch1B	4	0	1	0	2	1	.239	19	.352	.395
M. ConfortoDH	2	0	0	0	0	0	.243	12	.337	.478
M. ShawDH	4	0	0	0	0	2	.232	14	.323	.409
I. HappLF	6	0	1	1	0	2	.221	15	.329	.415
N. Hoerner2B	3	0	0	0	1	1	.264	27	.317	.354
P. Ramirez3B	5	0	0	0	0	2	.260	28	.317	.410
C. KellyC	5	0	1	0	0	3	.263	20	.342	.383
D. SwansonSS	5	0	0	0	0	4	.217	23	.300	.407
Team	44	2	7	1	5	17		210

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
S. Imanaga	5.0	4	1	1	0	7	0	91-58	3.74
A. Civale	2.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	30-19	4.21
D. Palencia	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	11-8	3.77
R. Rolison	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	25-17	2.90
R. Zeferjahn	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	13-8	3.93
C. Thielbar(L, 3-4)	1.0	2	3	2	0	0	0	14-10	4.99
E. Cabrera	0.2	2	3	3	2	1	0	24-13	5.96
Team	12.0	11	8	7	3	14	1	208-133