The Chicago Cubs beat the Tampa Bay Rays 9-2 on Apr 7, 2026 at Tropicana Field.
Final · Tropicana Field
Top performers
- Moises Ballesteros went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Cubs.
- Javier Assad pitched 5.2 innings for the Cubs, allowing 0 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Jonathan Aranda went 2-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Rays.
- Mason Englert pitched 3.2 innings for the Rays, allowing 3 earned runs with 2 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dansby Swanson | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Bregman | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Busch | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Miguel Amaya | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Shaw | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Nico Hoerner | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Moises Ballesteros | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Conforto | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 41 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Javier Assad | 5.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Hoby Milner | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Webb | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Phil Maton | 0.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Aranda | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Walls | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chandler Simpson | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Fortes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yandy Diaz | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richie Palacios | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Junior Caminero | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Cedric Mullins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan Vilade | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 30 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mason Englert | 3.2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Yoendrys Gomez | 3.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Cole Sulser | 2.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
Before and after
- Cubs · 2026 season · Previous Apr 6, 2026: CHC 4, TB 6 · Next Apr 8, 2026: CHC 6, TB 2
- Rays · 2026 season · Previous Apr 6, 2026: CHC 4, TB 6 · Next Apr 8, 2026: CHC 6, TB 2