The Chicago Cubs beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-2 on Apr 8, 2026 at Tropicana Field.
Final · Tropicana Field
Top performers
- Nico Hoerner went 3-for-5 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Cubs.
- Colin Rea pitched 5.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 1 earned run with 2 strikeouts.
- Jonathan Aranda went 2-for-3 with 1 RBI for the Rays.
- Jesse Scholtens pitched 4.2 innings for the Rays, allowing 0 earned runs with 4 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nico Hoerner | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Conforto | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carson Kelly | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Busch | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dansby Swanson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Bregman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Moises Ballesteros | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt Shaw | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 33 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Rea | 5.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Ben Brown | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Hoby Milner | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hunter Harvey | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Caminero | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Chandler Simpson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Williamson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Walls | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yandy Diaz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Aranda | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonny DeLuca | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hunter Feduccia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Team | 27 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse Scholtens | 4.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Joe Boyle | 4.1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
Before and after
- Cubs · 2026 season · Previous Apr 7, 2026: CHC 9, TB 2 · Next Apr 10, 2026: PIT 2, CHC 0
- Rays · 2026 season · Previous Apr 7, 2026: CHC 9, TB 2 · Next Apr 10, 2026: NYY 3, TB 5