The Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-4 on May 4, 2026 at Wrigley Field.
Final · Wrigley Field
Top performers
- Ke'Bryan Hayes went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Reds.
- Chase Petty pitched 5.2 innings for the Reds, allowing 3 earned runs with 1 strikeouts.
- Seiya Suzuki went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Cubs.
- Edward Cabrera pitched 6.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 3 earned runs with 8 strikeouts.
Cincinnati Reds 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JJ Bleday | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Elly De La Cruz | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tyler Stephenson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Spencer Steer | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sal Stewart | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nathaniel Lowe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TJ Friedl | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ke'Bryan Hayes | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Dane Myers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 32 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase Petty | 5.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Graham Ashcraft | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Emilio Pagan | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Brock Burke | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
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 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dansby Swanson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alex Bregman | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Carson Kelly | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ian Happ | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Michael Busch | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Moises Ballesteros | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Conforto | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Cabrera | 6.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| Ryan Rolison | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ben Brown | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Hoby Milner | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Maton | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 2 |
Before and after
- Reds · 2026 season · Previous May 3, 2026: CIN 0, PIT 1 · Next May 5, 2026: CIN 2, CHC 3
- Cubs · 2026 season · Previous May 3, 2026: ARI 4, CHC 8 · Next May 5, 2026: CIN 2, CHC 3