The Chicago Cubs beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-4 on May 3, 2026 at Wrigley Field.
Final · Wrigley Field
Top performers
- Gabriel Moreno went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Diamondbacks.
- Merrill Kelly pitched 4.1 innings for the Diamondbacks, allowing 6 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Moises Ballesteros went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Cubs.
- Matthew Boyd pitched 6.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 2 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
Arizona Diamondbacks 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ketel Marte | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Nolan Arenado | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Geraldo Perdomo | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ildemaro Vargas | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabriel Moreno | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Corbin Carroll | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Lourdes Gurriel Jr. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jorge Barrosa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Adrian Del Castillo | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 30 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merrill Kelly | 4.1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Brandon Pfaadt | 2.1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan Thompson | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Sewald | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1 |
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 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Alex Bregman | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carson Kelly | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Moises Ballesteros | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Dansby Swanson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ian Happ | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Michael Busch | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 35 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Boyd | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Phil Maton | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Hoby Milner | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
Before and after
- Diamondbacks · 2026 season · Previous May 2, 2026: ARI 0, CHC 2 · Next May 5, 2026: PIT 0, ARI 9
- Cubs · 2026 season · Previous May 2, 2026: ARI 0, CHC 2 · Next May 4, 2026: CIN 4, CHC 5