Dansby Swanson hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the eighth inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on Sunday in the rubber game of the

A back-and-forth series between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs was decided by a back-and-forth game at Wrigley Field in Sunday’s rubber match.

Since being signed by the Chicago Cubs in free agency ahead of the 2023 season, shortstop Dansby Swanson has not quite produced at the level the team had hoped for when agreeing to a massive seven-year,

A baserunning error by Chicago Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson cost the team during their loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Monday.

Dansby Swanson will be haunted by this base-running blunder for a little while. The Cubs’ shortstop missed getting his foot on first base in the seventh inning after hitting a chopper to third base and seeming to beat out the throw, thus driving in the game-tying run.

Cubs fans’ cheers reached a fever pitch Monday night at Wrigley Field in the bottom of the seventh inning, when it briefly looked like the team had tied the game against the Reds. A replay review, however, overturned the safe call at first: Dansby Swanson had stepped short of the base, and the inning was over.