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The Cubs have spent the 2025 season scoring runs in bunches.
Then came only nine runs in four days against the Pirates at Wrigley Field.
But the Cubs took the series, in which all four games were decided by one run, winning three times, including in Sunday’s finale, a 3-2 victory in 10 innings.
“That was a grinder of a series,” said outfielder Ian Happ, who delivered the walk-off single in extra innings. “To come out on top of that, win that game, was huge.