The Cleveland Guardians beat the Chicago Cubs 6-5 on Apr 5, 2026 at Progressive Field.
Final · Progressive Field
Top performers
- Ian Happ went 2-for-5 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Cubs.
- Shota Imanaga pitched 5.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 1 earned run with 4 strikeouts.
- Gabriel Arias went 2-for-4 with 2 RBI for the Guardians.
- Parker Messick pitched 5.0 innings for the Guardians, allowing 1 earned run with 6 strikeouts.
Chicago Cubs box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Happ | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Alex Bregman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dansby Swanson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carson Kelly | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Matt Shaw | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Nico Hoerner | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Michael Busch | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Moises Ballesteros | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 31 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shota Imanaga | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Ben Brown | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ethan Roberts | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Webb | 0.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 8.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
Cleveland Guardians box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Kwan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Ramirez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabriel Arias | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayan Rocchio | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Austin Hedges | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chase DeLauter | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Angel Martinez | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rhys Hoskins | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| David Fry | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 30 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parker Messick | 5.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| Shawn Armstrong | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Matt Festa | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cade Smith | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Erik Sabrowski | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 3 |
Before and after
- Cubs · 2026 season · Previous Apr 5, 2026: CHC 1, CLE 0 · Next Apr 6, 2026: CHC 4, TB 6
- Guardians · 2026 season · Previous Apr 5, 2026: CHC 1, CLE 0 · Next Apr 6, 2026: KC 4, CLE 2