The Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-6 on May 6, 2026 at Wrigley Field.
Final · Wrigley Field
Top performers
- Matt McLain went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Reds.
- Brady Singer pitched 6.0 innings for the Reds, allowing 4 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
- Ian Happ went 3-for-5 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Cubs.
- Colin Rea pitched 5.1 innings for the Cubs, allowing 1 earned run with 5 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer Steer | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| JJ Bleday | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Elly De La Cruz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Nathaniel Lowe | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sal Stewart | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jose Trevino | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TJ Friedl | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Matt McLain | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Stephenson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dane Myers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 33 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brady Singer | 6.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Graham Ashcraft | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tejay Antone | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Brock Burke | 0.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Sam Moll | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierce Johnson | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 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 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Happ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Dansby Swanson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alex Bregman | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Carson Kelly | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Busch | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Moises Ballesteros | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Michael Conforto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 36 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Rea | 5.1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Jacob Webb | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Phil Maton | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Trent Thornton | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hoby Milner | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 10.0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
Before and after
- Reds · 2026 season · Previous May 5, 2026: CIN 2, CHC 3 · Next May 7, 2026: CIN 3, CHC 8
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