CUBS vs PIRATES (May 09, 2026)

 
News Box Score
 

2026 Bluegrass Little League Baseball
CUBS 9 (8-4), PIRATES 2 (1-11)
May 09, 2026 at Lexington, Ky. (Cardinal Run Park #5)

CUBS  ab  rbi 
LOGAN GRACE ss 
RIKER LUGO p/2b 
CLAY GROTE c 
LUKE WEBER 3b 
RYDER LYKINS cf 
WILLIAM TIMMERMAN rf/dh 
TRAVIS ROGERS 1b 
GUNNER FINK lf/dh 
RYAN WEBER 2b/p 
GAEL TOVIAS dh/lf 
JACK CALLAHAN dh/rf 
Totals   25 

PIRATES  ab  rbi 
DRAYDEN JONES ss 
MASON HELTON 3b 
OWEN BLANDFORD lf/pr 
JACK SMITH p/dh 
JOHN ELLIS c 
HUNTER BALLENGER dh/lf 
BENNETT GREGORY 1b/dh 
KASH BOYD-CHESTNUT cf/p 
KATELYN GESS 2b 
CONNOR HACKMAN dh/rf 
AYDEN CURD rf/dh 
Totals   22 

Score by Innings                R  H  E
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CUBS................ 010 134 -  9  8  2
PIRATES............. 100 100 -  2  4  3
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E - GROTE(5); ROGERS(4); BLANDFORD(3); SMITH(7); HACKMAN(3). LOB - CUBS 5; PIRATES 5. 2B - ROGERS(3). 3B - L. WEBER(3). HBP - FINK. SF - FINK(2). SB - GRACE(4); LUGO(3); GROTE 2(8); HELTON 2(7); BLANDFORD(2). CS - CHESTNUT(3).

CUBS   ip  er  bb  so  wp  bk  hbp  ibb  ab  bf  fo  go 
RIKER LUGO W,2-1  5.2  12  21  24 
RYAN WEBER   0.1 
 
PIRATES   ip  er  bb  so  wp  bk  hbp  ibb  ab  bf  fo  go 
JACK SMITH L,1-4  4.2  11  19  23 
KASH BOYD-CHESTNUT   0.1 
BENNETT GREGORY   1.0 

WP - LUGO 2(10); SMITH 3(18); GREGORY 3(14); CHESTNUT 3(10). HBP - by SMITH (FINK).

Strikeouts - LUGO 2; GROTE; L. WEBER; LYKINS; TIMMERMAN; ROGERS; R. WEBER; TOVIAS 3; CALLAHAN 2; HELTON; BLANDFORD 2; ELLIS; BALLENGER 2; GREGORY; CHESTNUT; GESS; HACKMAN; CURD 2. Walks - GRACE; LUGO; GROTE 2; LYKINS; HELTON; CHESTNUT; HACKMAN.

Umpires -
Start: 10:55 am Time: 1:41 Attendance:
Weather: Partly Cloudy 61 Game notes: PITCH TOTALS: Cubs - Lugo Pirates: Smith 87, Chestnut
CHESTNUT faced 4 batters in the 6th.

 
Box Score
 

2026 Bluegrass Little League Baseball
CUBS 9 (8-4), PIRATES 2 (1-11)
May 09, 2026 at Lexington, Ky. (Cardinal Run Park #5)

CUBS   ab    r    h  rbi   bb   so   po    a  lob 
LOGAN GRACE ss 
RIKER LUGO p/2b 
CLAY GROTE c  10 
LUKE WEBER 3b 
RYDER LYKINS cf 
WILLIAM TIMMERMAN rf/dh 
TRAVIS ROGERS 1b 
GUNNER FINK lf/dh 
RYAN WEBER 2b/p 
GAEL TOVIAS dh/lf 
JACK CALLAHAN dh/rf 
Totals  25  13  18 
  
PIRATES   ab    r    h  rbi   bb   so   po    a  lob 
DRAYDEN JONES ss 
MASON HELTON 3b 
OWEN BLANDFORD lf/pr 
JACK SMITH p/dh 
JOHN ELLIS c  12 
HUNTER BALLENGER dh/lf 
BENNETT GREGORY 1b/dh 
KASH BOYD-CHESTNUT cf/p 
KATELYN GESS 2b 
CONNOR HACKMAN dh/rf 
AYDEN CURD rf/dh 
Totals  22  12  18 

Score by Innings                R  H  E
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CUBS................ 010 134 -  9  8  2
PIRATES............. 100 100 -  2  4  3
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E - GROTE(5); ROGERS(4); BLANDFORD(3); SMITH(7); HACKMAN(3). LOB - CUBS 5; PIRATES 5. 2B - ROGERS(3). 3B - L. WEBER(3). HBP - FINK. SF - FINK(2). SB - GRACE(4); LUGO(3); GROTE 2(8); HELTON 2(7); BLANDFORD(2). CS - CHESTNUT(3).

CUBS   ip  er  bb  so  wp  bk  hbp  ibb  ab  bf  fo  go 
RIKER LUGO W,2-1  5.2  12  21  24 
RYAN WEBER   0.1 
  
PIRATES   ip  er  bb  so  wp  bk  hbp  ibb  ab  bf  fo  go 
JACK SMITH L,1-4  4.2  11  19  23 
KASH BOYD-CHESTNUT   0.1 
BENNETT GREGORY   1.0 

Win - LUGO (2-1). Loss - SMITH (1-4). Save - None. WP - LUGO 2(10); SMITH 3(18); GREGORY 3(14); CHESTNUT 3(10). HBP - by SMITH (FINK).

Umpires -
Start: 10:55 am Time: 1:41 Attendance:
Weather: Partly Cloudy 61 Game notes: PITCH TOTALS: Cubs - Lugo Pirates: Smith 87, Chestnut
CHESTNUT faced 4 batters in the 6th.

 
Play-by-Play
 

2026 Bluegrass Little League Baseball
CUBS 9 (8-4), PIRATES 2 (1-11)
May 09, 2026 at Lexington, Ky. (Cardinal Run Park #5)

CUBS starters: 10/ss GRACE; 22/p LUGO; 33/c GROTE; 44/3b L. WEBER; 14/cf LYKINS; 16/rf TIMMERMAN; 7/1b ROGERS; 64/lf FINK; 15/2b R. WEBER; 11/dh TOVIAS; 42/dh CALLAHAN;

PIRATES starters: 18/ss JONES; 12/3b HELTON; 99/lf BLANDFORD; 5/p SMITH; 22/c ELLIS; 1/dh BALLENGER; 20/1b GREGORY; 7/cf CHESTNUT; 50/2b GESS; 2/dh HACKMAN; 3/rf CURD;

CUBS 1st - GRACE popped up to 3b. LUGO struck out swinging. GROTE struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

PIRATES 1st - JONES grounded out to p. HELTON singled to second base. HELTON stole second. HELTON scored on a throwing error by c, unearned. BLANDFORD struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b. SMITH singled up the middle. SMITH to p for BLANDFORD. BLANDFORD pinch ran for SMITH. BLANDFORD stole second. ELLIS struck out swinging. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

CUBS 2nd - BLANDFORD to lf for SMITH. SMITH to p for BLANDFORD. HACKMAN to rf. CURD to dh. L. WEBER tripled to right center. LYKINS grounded out to 2b, RBI; L. WEBER scored. TIMMERMAN struck out looking. ROGERS struck out swinging. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

PIRATES 2nd - TIMMERMAN to dh. FINK to dh. TOVIAS to lf. CALLAHAN to rf. BALLENGER struck out swinging. GREGORY struck out swinging. CHESTNUT struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

CUBS 3rd - BLANDFORD to dh. BALLENGER to lf. HACKMAN to dh. CURD to rf. FINK singled to third base. R. WEBER struck out looking. TOVIAS struck out swinging. CALLAHAN struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

PIRATES 3rd - TIMMERMAN to rf. FINK to lf. TOVIAS to dh. CALLAHAN to dh. GESS singled to shortstop. HACKMAN struck out looking. CURD struck out looking. JONES flied out to rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

CUBS 4th - BLANDFORD to lf. BALLENGER to dh. HACKMAN to rf. CURD to dh. GRACE singled to pitcher, bunt, advanced to second on a throwing error by p. GRACE advanced to third on a throwing error by rf. LUGO walked; GRACE scored on a wild pitch, unearned. LUGO advanced to second on a wild pitch. GROTE walked. L. WEBER struck out looking. LYKINS struck out looking; GROTE stole second; LUGO stole third. TIMMERMAN lined out to p. 1 run, 1 hit, 2 errors, 2 LOB.

PIRATES 4th - HELTON struck out looking, reached first on a muffed throw by 1b, assist by c. HELTON stole second. BLANDFORD struck out looking. SMITH singled through the right side, RBI; HELTON scored, unearned. SMITH advanced to second on a wild pitch. ELLIS grounded out to p; SMITH advanced to third. BALLENGER struck out swinging. 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.

CUBS 5th - BLANDFORD to dh. BALLENGER to lf. HACKMAN to dh. CURD to rf. ROGERS doubled to right field. FINK hit by pitch. R. WEBER singled to catcher, bunt; FINK advanced to second; ROGERS advanced to third. TOVIAS struck out swinging. R. WEBER advanced to second on a wild pitch; FINK advanced to third on a wild pitch; ROGERS scored on a wild pitch. CALLAHAN struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b; R. WEBER advanced to third; FINK scored. GRACE walked. BLANDFORD to cf. SMITH to dh. CHESTNUT to p. GRACE stole second. GRACE advanced to third on a wild pitch; R. WEBER scored on a wild pitch. LUGO struck out swinging. 3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

PIRATES 5th - TIMMERMAN to dh. FINK to dh. TOVIAS to lf. CALLAHAN to rf. GREGORY popped up to ss. CHESTNUT walked. CHESTNUT out at second c to ss, caught stealing. GESS struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

CUBS 6th - SMITH to 1b. HACKMAN to rf. CURD to dh. GREGORY to dh. GROTE walked. GROTE stole second. L. WEBER reached on a dropped fly by cf, advanced to second; GROTE scored. L. WEBER advanced to third on a wild pitch. LYKINS walked; L. WEBER scored on a wild pitch, unearned. TIMMERMAN singled through the left side; LYKINS advanced to second. GREGORY to p. BALLENGER to dh. CHESTNUT to lf. ROGERS singled through the left side, advanced to second on the throw, RBI; TIMMERMAN advanced to second, out at third cf to 3b; LYKINS scored, unearned. ROGERS advanced to third on a wild pitch. FINK flied out to cf, SF, RBI; ROGERS scored, unearned. R. WEBER singled to center field. R. WEBER advanced to second on a wild pitch. R. WEBER advanced to third on a wild pitch. TOVIAS struck out looking. 4 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

PIRATES 6th - TIMMERMAN to rf. FINK to lf. TOVIAS to dh. CALLAHAN to dh. HACKMAN walked. CURD struck out swinging. JONES flied out to rf. HACKMAN advanced to second on a wild pitch. HELTON walked. LUGO to 2b. R. WEBER to p. BLANDFORD grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

 
Line score
 


CUBS 9, PIRATES 2 (May 09, 2026 at Lexington, Ky.)
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CUBS................ 010 134  -  9  8  2      (8-4)
PIRATES............. 100 100  -  2  4  3      (1-11)
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Pitchers: CUBS - RIKER LUGO; RYAN WEBER(6) and CLAY GROTE. PIRATES - JACK SMITH;
KASH BOYD-CHESTNUT(5); BENNETT GREGORY(6) and JOHN ELLIS.
Win-RIKER LUGO(2-1)  Loss-JACK SMITH(1-4)  T-1:41  A-0
Weather: Partly Cloudy 61
Game notes:
PITCH TOTALS: Cubs - Lugo
Pirates: Smith 87, Chestnut

CHESTNUT faced 4 batters in the 6th.