The Chicago Cubs beat the Texas Rangers 7-1 on May 8, 2026 at Globe Life Field.
Final · Globe Life Field
Top performers
- Seiya Suzuki went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Cubs.
- Ben Brown pitched 4.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 0 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Justin Foscue went 1-for-2 with 1 RBI for the Rangers.
- Kumar Rocker pitched 3.2 innings for the Rangers, allowing 3 earned runs with 3 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Bregman | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Nico Hoerner | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dansby Swanson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Conforto | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ian Happ | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Carson Kelly | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Michael Busch | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 36 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Brown | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Javier Assad | 3.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ethan Roberts | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Rolison | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
Texas Rangers 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corey Seager | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ezequiel Duran | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Jung | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brandon Nimmo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jake Burger | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Jansen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew McCutchen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Evan Carter | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Justin Foscue | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alejandro Osuna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joc Pederson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kumar Rocker | 3.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Cal Quantrill | 3.1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Jakob Junis | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyler Alexander | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
Before and after
- Cubs · 2026 season · Previous May 7, 2026: CIN 3, CHC 8 · Next May 9, 2026: CHC 0, TEX 6
- Rangers · 2026 season · Previous May 7, 2026: TEX 2, NYY 9 · Next May 9, 2026: CHC 0, TEX 6