Enhanced Box Score: Pirates 4, Cubs 2 – September 25, 2019

Moments after the Brewers beat the Reds tonight, clinching a postseason berth for themselves and officially eliminating the Cubs from contention, this is what happened in then-tied Cubs-Pirates game …

Walk, walk, wild pitch, wild pitch (run score), sac fly, Cubs give up two and lose to the Pirates 4-2. If that’s not just *perfect* for this season, I don’t know what is.

Full box score.

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