The Tampa Bay Rays beat the Chicago Cubs 6-4 on Apr 6, 2026 at Tropicana Field.
Final · Tropicana Field
Top performers
- Matt Shaw went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Cubs.
- Jameson Taillon pitched 6.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 3 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Cedric Mullins went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Rays.
- Shane McClanahan pitched 4.0 innings for the Rays, allowing 2 earned runs with 5 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carson Kelly | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Alex Bregman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nico Hoerner | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Shaw | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dansby Swanson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Ian Happ | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Busch | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Conforto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miguel Amaya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 29 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jameson Taillon | 6.0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Phil Maton | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 7.0 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
Tampa Bay Rays 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Caminero | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Yandy Diaz | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jonathan Aranda | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Chandler Simpson | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Fortes | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cedric Mullins | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Walls | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Williamson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 28 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane McClanahan | 4.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Ian Seymour | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bryan Baker | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Kevin Kelly | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 7.1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
Before and after
- Cubs · 2026 season · Previous Apr 5, 2026: CHC 5, CLE 6 · Next Apr 7, 2026: CHC 9, TB 2
- Rays · 2026 season · Previous Apr 5, 2026: TB 4, MIN 1 · Next Apr 7, 2026: CHC 9, TB 2