Marquee Sports Network: Alex Cohen and Jim Deshaies Pates not only down to their final out but Porter hod Ellie Del Cruz down to his final strike the onew grounded to short Danby a first there it is no hitter sh to iaga Nate Pearson Porter hod a combin no [Music] no go go 670 The Score: Pat Hughes and Ron Coomer the big strong right-hander Pirates down to their last strike the pitch bouncers slowly toward Swanson he's got it throws to First no hitter a combin no hitter for the Chicago Cubs sh imanaga seven Innings Porter hards gets the 03 Nate Pearson worked a scoreless and hitless eighth inning and the Cubs have combined on a no hit ball game here tonight at Wrigley first Cubs no hitter since 1972 here at the friendly confines for the Cubs Cubs congratulating one [Music] another Bruce will be down there he will be getting somebody in this exciting ball game tonight what a game for the Cubs they really come back in this series Pat big swings of the bat in pitching you really can't pitch much better than they pitch tonight well we said it was getting to the point in the season where you have to start talking about must win ball games and we put that one in that category tonight or this one in that category tonight and they came through everything went right dubs out hit the Pirates 17 to nothing which is an unusual disparity and they win by a score of 12 to nothing WRTO 1200 AM: Miguel Esparza and Elio Benitez strike CS Porter Hodge an o' Cruz l swinga l no hitter losos seen hits PSB go cups go no hitter wow chic Sportsnet Pittsburgh: Greg Brown and Bob Walk or the outfielders yeah outfielders are real nervous [Applause] also oh Cruz just trots to first base combine no hitter first here at Wrigley [Applause] and managa Pearson and hjge combined to no hit the [Applause] Pirates well you know we talked about it very early about you know how we probably are going to have to get a good effort Good Start uh from our pitching because of how good we were going to face IA just one of those guys that you know he's not really Elite stuff wise or anything but you just don't ever seem to get good swings good contact off of him and after those first couple Innings he kind of settled down and we couldn't do anything against him I would have liked to see was 6 in KDKA: Joe Block and John Wehner off the ground I haven't talked much about the Umpire but that pitch was uh way below the plate one-w pitch Cruz soft bouncer to short it's Swanson again he's got it and he's not running and Cruz jogging the First on what is a no hitter by the Cubs 12 to nothing one of the most lopsided no hitters in baseball history and 17 hits for the Cubs it was imanaga through seven Pearson for the eighth Hodge for the ninth on three ground ball outs to short and the Pirates are no hit for the third time in 5 years and for the second time here in Chicago in that span yeah that's an ugly ball game that's just U an ugly ball game you thought we had a hit second batter of the game Brian Reynolds they changed it to an error and who who would have thought that that would have been the only sniff of a hit and pitching wise yeah not a good day yeah that hit was changed to an error in the first inning long before any of this seemed to be a possibility but the Cubs no hit the Pirates tonight three pitchers combined for a no hitter in the second most lopsided shutout win by the Cubs against the Pirates in this long history of the two teams the only one more was a 21 nothing defeat back in 2022 this was game number 2,59 between these two teams and it was the Cubs no hitting the Pirates winning 12 to nothing here tonight