The Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-3 on May 7, 2026 at Wrigley Field.
Final · Wrigley Field
Top performers
- Blake Dunn went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Reds.
- Rhett Lowder pitched 3.0 innings for the Reds, allowing 3 earned runs with 1 strikeouts.
- Michael Conforto went 3-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Cubs.
- Shota Imanaga pitched 6.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 1 earned run with 10 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elly De La Cruz | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ke'Bryan Hayes | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tyler Stephenson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Sal Stewart | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| JJ Bleday | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dane Myers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Matt McLain | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Blake Dunn | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Spencer Steer | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Nathaniel Lowe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 37 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhett Lowder | 3.0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Luis Mey | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jose Franco | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Connor Phillips | 1.0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moises Ballesteros | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nico Hoerner | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Busch | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dansby Swanson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Conforto | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Ian Happ | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Alex Bregman | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Miguel Amaya | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 29 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shota Imanaga | 6.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| Trent Thornton | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Palencia | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 7.1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 1 |
Before and after
- Reds · 2026 season · Previous May 6, 2026: CIN 6, CHC 7 · Next May 8, 2026: HOU 10, CIN 0
- Cubs · 2026 season · Previous May 6, 2026: CIN 6, CHC 7 · Next May 8, 2026: CHC 7, TEX 1